Corrections
14 August 2025
A minor error has been identified in table 17 and table 20 which contain data for the whole economy and division 10 to 33 (Manufacturing) in the Annual unit wage costs (UWCs) back series index (2022 equals 100) within the Labour costs and labour income, UK dataset. The error affects the dataset published on 15 May 2025. This happened because of an incorrect calculation in the system used to produce the estimates. No other data are affected, and the error has been corrected in our August 2025 release. Please contact productivity@ons.gov.uk for more information. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
05 December 2025
An error has been identified in data used in the Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: July to September 2025 and April to June 2025 and Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: April to June 2025 and January to March 2025.
The error causes small changes in figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the bulletins released in 14 August 2025 and 13 November 2025. For the latest bulletin:
Figure 4 - In 2025Q1 the decrease (-0.1) in RTI hours worked causes an increase (0.1) in RTI output per worker
Figure 5 - In 2025Q1 the decrease (-0.1) in RTI hours worked causes an increase (0.1) in RTI output per hour
Figure 6 - Small (less than 0.01) changes in contributions
Figure 7 - Corrections to hours growth and OPH growths to all sectors.
The error also causes small changes in the datasets Output per hour, Output per hour worked by division, Labour cost labour income and the time series PRDY and UCST released in the 14 August 2025 and 13 November 2025.
This error was caused by a processing error. Please contact productivity@ons.gov.uk for more information. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Notices
14 August 2024
A minor error has been identified in data for the division 10 to 33 (Manufacturing) in the Annual unit wage costs (UWCs) back series index (2019 equals 100) within the Labour costs and labour income, UK dataset. The error affects the dataset published on 14 May 2024. This happened because of an incorrect calculation in the system used to produce the estimates. No other data are affected, and the error has been corrected in our August release. Please contact productivity@ons.gov.uk for more information. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
19 May 2026
Compensation of employees (CoE) by industry is estimated by applying whole‑economy year‑on‑year CoE growth rates to industry-level data for periods after the latest Supply and Use (SU) balanced year (currently 2023).
This approach results in limited variation in CoE growth across industries. This means that trends in Labour Costs and Labour Income for post‑SU balanced years may not fully reflect underlying differences between industries.
31 July 2026
An error has been identified in data used to calculate the annual unit wage costs index (2023 = 100) for Section C (Manufacturing) in this dataset.
The error affects data from 1982 to 1996 in Table 10, Column C (Manufacturing) and data from Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 1982 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 1996 in Table 20, Column C (Manufacturing).
This happened because of an outdated data series being used in the calculation of pre-1997 manufacturing unit wage costs. The error will be corrected and updated data will be published in our Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK release on 18 August 2026. No other industries or series are affected.
For more information, please contact productivity@ons.gov.uk. We apologise for this error.
