"Figure 4: Median hourly earnings excluding overtime of full-time employees in the public sector, UK and London (2012 constant prices)","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Results are for employees on adult rates of pay, whose pay for the survey pay period was not affected by absence 2. London is shown on a residence basis (for employees resident in London) and on a workplace basis (for employees working in London, including people commuting from outside London) 3. Real earnings (in 2012 constant prices) are calculated using the UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) for the 12 months to April 4. A change in the weighting of ASHE onto a SOC2010 basis in 2011 explains some of the decrease in real wages since 2009 5. There are two additional discontinuities in the series, in 2004 and 2006, due to improvements to the survey. In both cases, these slightly reduced the estimates of median earnings (in current prices) with respect to the methodology used previously, at a time when nominal and real earnings were rising 6. ASHE breakdowns by public and private sector are produced according to the legal status of the employers. Between 2008 and 2009 Lloyds Banking Group, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and HBOS PLC were reclassified from the private sector to the public sector. " "Unit","£ per hour" "","" "2012 constant prices","UK men","UK women","London (residence) men","London (residence) women","London (workplace) men","London (workplace) women" "2002","15.30","13.41","17.85","16.22","18.50","16.45" "2003","15.18","13.58","17.91","16.37","18.55","16.45" "2004","15.91","14.28","18.38","16.68","19.20","16.85" "2005","16.28","14.66","18.83","17.34","19.44","17.46" "2006","16.30","14.73","18.81","17.08","19.27","17.43" "2007","16.51","14.77","19.15","17.49","19.55","17.62" "2008","16.72","14.85","19.26","17.50","20.09","17.67" "2009","17.03","15.07","20.08","17.93","21.02","18.35" "2010","16.82","15.16","19.66","17.73","20.69","18.19" "2011","16.24","14.55","19.17","16.91","19.98","17.45" "2012","15.98","14.41","18.90","16.75","20.22","17.36"