"Figure 1: ASHE and AWE headline measures for the whole economy; indexed to 2005=100 ","" "April 2005 to 2016, United Kingdom (ASHE) and Great Britain (AWE)","" "","" "Notes","1. The headline ASHE measure is median gross weekly earnings for employees in the United Kingdom who worked full time, on adult rates and whose earnings for the survey pay period were not affected by absence. 2. The ASHE index uses the estimates on the newer basis of the two available where any discontinuities exist in the headline series. 3. The headline AWE measure is seasonally adjusted mean total weekly earnings which include bonuses but exclude arrears for employees in Great Britain. 4. Although the headline AWE measure is the three month average, this can be significantly affected by bonuses being paid in the February/March period, which is not captured by ASHE. Thus for consistency, only the month of April has been used. 5. Note these figures for the headline measures are correct as of September 2017 " "Unit","2005=100 " "","" "Year (April)","ASHE","AWE" "2005","100","100" "2006","103.5","104.2" "2007","106.1","108.5" "2008","111.1","113.6" "2009","113.3","115.3" "2010","115.6","116.8" "2011","115.6","119.3" "2012","117.4","121.5" "2013","120","126.1" "2014","120.2","123.9" "2015","122.2","127.3" "2016","124.9","131.2" "","",""