Methodology related to earnings and working hours

  • Guide to interpreting Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) estimates

    Methodology | Released on 26 October 2017

    A guide to help users understand estimates from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) and aid interpretation by addressing common questions about the data.

    Keywords: ASHE, earnings, pay, wages, hours

  • Average weekly earnings QMI

    Methodology | Released on 25 October 2017

  • Model-Based Estimates of households in poverty for Middle Layer Super Output Areas, 2013/14 Technical Report

    Methodology | Released on 27 April 2017

    Small area model-based income estimates covering middle layer super output areas (MSOAs) in England and Wales.

    Keywords: deprivation, earnings, local, MSOA, middle super output areas

  • Income estimates for small areas technical report: financial year ending 2014

    Methodology | Released on 16 December 2016

    Methods used to produce small area income estimates for local areas in England and Wales, known as Middle layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs), including information on the quality of the models and estimates.

    Keywords: small area income estimates, local area income, total annual income, disposable annual income, housing costs

  • Small area income estimates: quality assurance of administrative data, Oct 2016

    Methodology | Released on 24 October 2016

    The level of quality assurance required for the administrative data used in the production of the small area income estimates (SAIE), which provide estimates of mean weekly household income for middle layer super output areas (MSOAs) in England and Wales.

    Keywords: QAAD, data quality, household income

  • Small Area Income Estimates: Plans for future production and development

    Methodology | Released on 11 July 2016

    This document supports our work to meet requirement 1 of the assessment report which is split into the following two parts: develop and publish an integrated engagement strategy, and publish development plans for the small area estimation of income
  • Low Pay methodology and guidance

    Methodology | Released on 4 February 2016

  • Average Weekly Earnings revised estimation for employers with under 20 employees

    Methodology | Released on 13 October 2015

    It describes the revisions coming from a review of the methodology and the use of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) until and including April 2014. The main data source for the Average Weekly Earnings series, is the Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.

    Keywords: labour market, LFS, Labour force survey, AWE, average weekly earnings, articles, employment, unemployment, jobs

  • Calculating the proportion of employee jobs under the living wage - a methodology article

    Methodology | Released on 20 August 2015

    The ONS estimates of proportions of employee jobs paying less than the living wage are based on data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. The estimates are calculated from the micro data to ensure the figures are reliable.

    Keywords: labour market, LFS, Labour force survey, AWE, average weekly earnings, articles, employment, unemployment, jobs

  • Review of the Reconciliation of ONS Jobs estimates

    Methodology | Released on 17 June 2015

    The Data sources and methodology used have been review and updated (where possible) regarding temporary foreign workers, workers living in communal establishments and estimation of the over counting of self employed jobs. The figures have been re calculated to take account of 2011 Census based population estimates.

    Keywords: labour market, LFS, Labour force survey, AWE, average weekly earnings, articles, employment, unemployment, jobs