Drug Worker Salary

The average salary for a Drug Worker in the UK is:

£24,711

Job profile for a Drug Worker

Working with young people and adult substance misusers within the community/custody. helping them to access drug treatment. this will include supporting them with physical, psychological, emotion, social issues. referrals are also made to external agencies such as rehab, detox, housing, employment, education, social services, GPs.

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Drug Worker Salary Comparison

In 2008, the average salary for this job was £30,000.

The average salary in 2009 was £28,254, based on 6 respondents (a difference of -6% from the 2008 figure.

The average salary in 2012 was £22,575, based on 4 respondents (a difference of 0% from the 2011 figure.

The median salary for a Drug Worker based on all salary survey responses is: £24,000

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About the Salary Survey Data in this survey is based on over 368,000 individual salary records. The date period for which job information was gathered varies, but is usually between 2008 - 2012. For precise date related information, custom reports may be ordered with greater granularity. Working 8 hours a day, 250 days of the year, the data suggests the hourly rate for Drug Worker is £12.36.


Assorted Drug Worker Salary Information

SalaryLocationDate
£28,000North West15-January-15
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Drug Worker Salary By UK Region

These figures use non-job specific statistical weighting from our salary data pool and also include for comparison the salaries for a Drug Worker job in US Dollars based on a recent exchante rate (last rate update 02/05/2013 with a pound to dollar exchange rate 1.56) for comparisons for our international visitors
Salary US Dollars Region
£21746 $33923.76 North West
£26935 $42018.6 London
£19769 $30839.64 Yorkshire and North East
£21499 $33538.44 South West
£25453 $39706.68 South East
£21005 $32767.8 Scotland
£22240 $34694.4 Northern Ireland
£20758 $32382.48 Wales
£22982 $35851.92 Midlands
£20511 $31997.16 East of England

With regard to age and impact on salary for a Drug Worker, a statistical average weighting (that is based on how salary varies by age and not for a specific job which may vary considerably) suggests these figures: £18,534 for a worker in their 20s, £24,217 (30s), £28,665 (40s) and £28,665 (50s).
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The average salary figure above for a Drug Worker is considered highly likely to be representative of the UK market average due to the high number of respondents who had this exact job title.

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