"Figure 3: Scotland had the largest decrease in the proportion of low-paid employee jobs between 2000 and 2019","" "Proportion of low-paid employee jobs, by region, UK, April 2000 and April 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Region is determined by the employee’s place of work. 2. Footnotes applicable to all charts in this bulletin can be found in [Section 7: Measuring these data](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/lowandhighpayuk/2019#measuring-the-data)." "Unit","%" "","" "Region","2000","2019" "Northern Ireland","33.2","21.1" "East Midlands","32.5","20.1" "North East","32.8","19.9" "Yorkshire and the Humber","32.1","19.6" "Wales","32.3","19.1" "West Midlands","29.4","18.7" "North West","29.7","18.6" "South West","32.8","17.7" "East","28.6","16.5" "Scotland","30.3","14.5" "South East","25.1","13.9" "London","18.3","8.7"