"Figure 7: Average hourly earnings, regardless of sector, rise sharply in the younger age groups","" "Mean hourly earnings of all employees by age and sector, UK 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Data for 2019 are provisional. 2. SALSAC is a variable in ASHE that records whether an employee participates in a salary sacrifice arrangement or not." "Unit","£" "","" "2019","Public sector (hourly earnings incl overtime and bonuses)","Public sector (hourly total renumeration)","Private sector (hourly earnings incl overtime and bonuses)","Private sector (hourly total renumeration)" "16 to 19","9.86","11.03","8.18","8.21" "20 to 24","13.34","15.31","11.66","11.94" "25 to 29","16.20","18.53","15.28","15.84" "30 to 34","18.11","20.84","18.04","18.80" "35 to 39","19.35","22.42","19.98","20.91" "40 to 44","20.08","23.34","21.35","22.43" "45 to 49","19.43","22.63","21.13","22.26" "50 to 54","18.81","21.96","20.24","21.36" "55 to 59","18.33","21.26","18.86","19.89" "60 to 64","16.78","19.12","17.05","17.84" "65+","15.74","17.14","16.32","16.65"