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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
3.7 %
2026 AUG
- Release date:
- 20 October 2026
- Next release:
- 17 November 2026
Employee earnings in the UK: 2026
What's in the bulletin?
- Median weekly earnings for full-time employees were £811.20 in April 2026, compared with £766.60 in April 2025. This was an increase of 5.8% on the year, continuing the upward trend observed in recent years.
- Median weekly earnings for all employees increased by 4.9% during the same period. This is less than the increase observed for full-time employees (5.8%). The difference can partly be explained by: the higher proportion of part-time employee jobs in April 2026 compared with April 2025 a decrease in average hours worked by part-time employees
- Median weekly earnings for part-time employees increased by 2.9% on the year to April 2026. This was also affected by the reduction in average hours worked by part-time employees.
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Time series related to Earnings and working hours
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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
3.7 % 2026 AUG- Release date:
- 20 October 2026
- Next release:
- 17 November 2026
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£ 757 2026 AUG
- Release date:
- 20 October 2026
- Next release:
- 17 November 2026
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AWE: Whole Economy Year on Year Three Month Average Growth (%): Seasonally Adjusted Regular Pay Excluding Arrears
Year on year 3 months average
3.7 % 2026 AUG- Release date:
- 20 October 2026
- Next release:
- 17 November 2026
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£ 707 2026 AUG
- Release date:
- 20 October 2026
- Next release:
- 17 November 2026
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36.7 hours 2026 JUN-AUG
- Release date:
- 20 October 2026
- Next release:
- 17 November 2026
Datasets related to Earnings and working hours
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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EARN01: Average weekly earnings
Average weekly earnings at sector level headline estimates, Great Britain, monthly, seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
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Average weekly earnings time series
Average weekly earnings, UK, monthly.
Publications related to Earnings and working hours
Statistical bulletins
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Employee earnings in the UK: 2026
Measures of employee earnings, using data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).
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Gender pay gap in the UK: 2026
Differences in pay between women and men by age, region, full-time and part-time, and occupation.
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Low and high pay in the UK: 2026
The distribution of earnings of high-paid and low-paid employee jobs and employee jobs paid below the UK minimum wage.
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Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK: October 2026
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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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.
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Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: October 2026
Estimates of growth in earnings for employees before tax and other deductions from pay.
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London had the smallest gender pay gap 20 years ago, but now it has the largest
The pay gap between men and women working in London has barely changed in over two decades, new ONS analysis shows.
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How do the jobs men and women do affect the gender pay gap?
Women are more likely than men to work in low-paid sectors, but even in roles dominated by women they often earn less.
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New methods for monthly earnings and employment estimates from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information (PAYE RTI) data
An article explaining the methods used to derive monthly employee and earnings estimates from Pay as You Earn Real Time Information (PAYE RTI) administrative data. The article also includes comparisons with ONS’s official sources of Labour Market data.
Methodology related to Earnings and working hours
- Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Low Pay and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Pension Results QMI
- Income and earnings statistics guide
- Average weekly earnings QMI
- Guide to interpreting Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) estimates
- Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) methodology and guidance
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