Earnings and working hours

Average weekly earnings of people in the UK and information on the gender pay gap and low pay. Data from Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).

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AWE: Whole Economy Year on Year Three Month Average Growth (%): Seasonally Adjusted Total Pay Excluding Arrears

Year on year 3 months average

7.9 %

2023 SEP

Release date:: 14 November 2023
Next release:: 12 December 2023

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Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: November 2023

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Annual growth in regular pay (excluding bonuses) was 7.7% in July to September 2023, this is slightly down on the previous periods but is still among the highest annual growth rates since comparable records began in 2001.
Annual growth in employees' average total pay (including bonuses) was 7.9% in July to September 2023; this total growth rate is affected by the NHS and civil service one-off payments made in July and August 2023.
Annual growth in real terms (adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH)) for total pay rose on the year by 1.4% in July to September 2023, and for regular pay rose on the year by 1.3%.

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AWE: Whole Economy Year on Year Three Month Average Growth (%): Seasonally Adjusted Total Pay Excluding Arrears

Year on year 3 months average

7.9 % 2023 SEP

Release date:

14 November 2023

Next release:

12 December 2023
AWE: Whole Economy Level (£): Seasonally Adjusted Total Pay Excluding Arrears

£ 673 2023 SEP

Release date:

14 November 2023

Next release:

12 December 2023
AWE: Whole Economy Year on Year Three Month Average Growth (%): Seasonally Adjusted Regular Pay Excluding Arrears

Year on year 3 months average

7.7 % 2023 SEP

Release date:

14 November 2023

Next release:

12 December 2023
AWE: Whole Economy Level (£): Seasonally Adjusted Regular Pay Excluding Arrears

£ 621 2023 SEP

Release date:

14 November 2023

Next release:

12 December 2023
Average actual weekly hours of work for full-time workers (seasonally adjusted)

36.4 hours 2023 MAY-JUL

Release date:

14 November 2023

Next release:

12 December 2023

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Analysis of wage and price increases

Experimental statistics of detailed industry wages from the Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, with comparison industry output price data, from the article "Analysis of wage and price increases, UK: 2011 to 2023.
Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, non-seasonally adjusted

Earnings and employment statistics from Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI), UK, NUTS 1, 2 and 3 areas and local authorities, monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Experimental Statistics.
Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, revision triangle

Revisions of earnings and employment statistics from Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI), UK, monthly. Experimental Statistics.
Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, seasonally adjusted

Earnings and employment statistics from Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI), UK, NUTS 1, 2 and 3 areas and local authorities, monthly, seasonally adjusted. Experimental Statistics.
EARN01: Average weekly earnings

Average weekly earnings at sector level headline estimates, Great Britain, monthly, seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
Average weekly earnings time series

Average weekly earnings, UK, monthly.

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Employee earnings in the UK: 2023

Measures of employee earnings, using data from the Annual Survey for Hours and Earnings (ASHE).
Gender pay gap in the UK: 2023

Differences in pay between women and men by age, region, full-time and part-time, and occupation.
Low and high pay in the UK: 2023

The distribution of hourly earnings of high-paid and low-paid jobs and jobs paid below the National Minimum Wage.
Index of Labour Costs per Hour, UK: July to September 2020

Changes in the costs of employing labour, analysed by sector and industry. Experimental Statistics.
Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: November 2023

Estimates of growth in earnings for employees before tax and other deductions from pay.
Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK: November 2023

Experimental monthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data. This is a joint release between HMRC and the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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