Earnings

This video summarises the key messages in the latest labour market release.

The latest average weekly earnings figures

Comparing January – March 2013, with the previous three months, there was a fall in the number of employed people, a rise in the number of people “not in the labour force”, or economically inactive, and a rise in the number of people who were unemployed

Average weekly earnings by sector (Monthly Wages & Salaries Survey).

This dataset contains Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) series. The AWE is the ONS's headline measure of short-term earnings growth. The data is derived from the Monthly Wages & Salaries Survey, a survey of employers.

Gross weekly earnings by occupation (Labour Force Survey). This table is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November. This spreadsheet has been set up in printer-friendly format showing data for the last two years, with historic data appearing in hidden rows. The spreadsheet has macro buttons to unhide the rows to enable users to view the entire time series. If the macros do not work this is probably due to the security settings on your computer - you can either change the security settings or unhide the rows manually.

Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees (Labour Force Survey). This table is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November. This spreadsheet has been set up in printer-friendly format showing data for the last two years, with historic data appearing in hidden rows. The spreadsheet has macro buttons to unhide the rows to enable users to view the entire time series. If the macros do not work this is probably due to the security settings on your computer - you can either change the security settings or unhide the rows manually.

Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees by region (Labour Force Survey). This table is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November. This spreadsheet has been set up in printer-friendly format showing data for the last two years, with historic data appearing in hidden rows. The spreadsheet has macro buttons to unhide the rows to enable users to view the entire time series. If the macros do not work this is probably due to the security settings on your computer - you can either change the security settings or unhide the rows manually.

The Labour Market release contains the latest data for employment, unemployment, economic inactivity, claimant count, average earnings, labour productivity, vacancies and labour disputes.

This video summarises the key messages in the latest labour market release.

Comparing December 2012 - February 2013, with the previous three months, there was a rise in the number of unemployed people, a fall in the number of people “not in the labour force”, or economically inactive, and little change in the number of people in work

Average weekly earnings by sector (Monthly Wages & Salaries Survey).

Average Weekly Earnings (AWE), seasonally adjusted. This spreadsheet includes the headline estimates of earnings growth based on the Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.

This dataset contains the main labour market statistics data series. All of the series in this dataset are available in spreadsheet format from the labour market data tables. In this dataset Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates are shown for the mid-month of the three-month average time periods. For example, estimates for January to March 2012 are shown as "February 2012", estimates for February to April 2012 are shown as "March 2012", etc.

A summary of the article looking at how the average earnings of employees in London and the UK changed between 2002 and 2012, once adjusted to take account of inflation.

This bulletin contains the latest estimates of labour market statistics (including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) for the United Kingdom.

Excel spreadsheets containing estimates of labour market statistics are available here. These spreadsheets contain historic estimates going back as far as comparable data exists for each time series.

Comparing the period November 2012 to January 2013, with August to October 2012, there was a fall in the number of people “not in the labour force”. This has resulted in more people in employment and a small increase in the number of unemployed people

Average weekly earnings by industry (Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey).

Average weekly earnings by sector (Monthly Wages & Salaries Survey).

This dataset contains the main labour market statistics data series. All of the series in this dataset are available in spreadsheet format from the labour market data tables. In this dataset Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates are shown for the mid-month of the three-month average time periods. For example, estimates for January to March 2012 are shown as "February 2012", estimates for February to April 2012 are shown as "March 2012", etc.

Also known as Labour Costs Index (LCI). Measures changes in the average labour costs per hour worked. Labour costs include wages and salaries as well as employer social contributions, maternity, paternity and sick pay and benefits in kind.

The Patterns of Pay article presents an analysis of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) results. ASHE is ONS’s most detailed and comprehensive source of information on levels of earnings, make-up of total earnings and distribution of the earnings of employees.

These tables accompany the Patterns of Pay article which presents an analysis of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) estimates from 1997 to 2012. ASHE is ONS's most detailed and comprehensive source of information on levels, make-up and distribution of the earnings of employees.

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) pension tables present information for UK employees by type of pension arrangements within the company. The pension tables contain breakdowns by age, by industry including public/private sector, by occupation and by size of company.