"Figure 10: Distribution of growth in real hourly earnings by age group, 2017","" "Plus or minus 0.5 percentage points","" "","" "Notes","1. 2017 data are provisional. 2. For each growth rate on the horizontal axis, the area under the curve indicates a portion of employees who experienced earnings growth within 0.5 percentage points of that rate. 3. This figure uses individual level data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) to calculate the growth of nominal weekly earnings for employees observed in pairs of years in 2016 and 2017. Note that the ASHE methodology is not specifically designed to model earnings growth for employees over time. 4. Note that the proportion of employees experiencing a pay growth of 4.2% may not reflect the proportion of employees on the National Living Wage in the earnings distribution in April 2017. This is because the growth analysis is focusing on employed employees in two consecutive periods and not just in April 2017." "Unit","%" "","" "","18 to 20","21 to 24","25 to 34","35 to 49","50 to 64","65 and over" "-10.0%","1.1","1.3","1.2","1.3","1.1","0.9" "-9.9%","1.3","1.2","1.2","1.3","1.1","1.1" "-9.8%","1.5","1.1","1.3","1.3","1.1","1.1" "-9.7%","1.3","1.0","1.3","1.3","1.2","1.2" "-9.6%","1.2","1.1","1.3","1.3","1.2","1.1" "-9.5%","1.3","1.1","1.4","1.3","1.3","1.0" "-9.4%","1.1","1.2","1.3","1.3","1.3","1.0" "-9.3%","1.1","1.2","1.4","1.3","1.3","0.9" "-9.2%","1.1","1.3","1.3","1.4","1.3","1.1" "-9.1%","1.2","1.2","1.4","1.4","1.3","1.2" "-9.0%","0.9","1.2","1.5","1.5","1.4","1.3" "-8.9%","0.9","1.3","1.4","1.4","1.4","1.2" "-8.8%","0.7","1.3","1.4","1.4","1.4","1.2" "-8.7%","0.8","1.3","1.4","1.4","1.4","1.2" "-8.6%","0.8","1.3","1.4","1.4","1.3","1.2" "-8.5%","0.9","1.3","1.4","1.4","1.3","1.2" "-8.4%","1.1","1.3","1.3","1.4","1.4","1.3" "-8.3%","1.2","1.2","1.4","1.4","1.5","1.2" "-8.2%","1.2","1.3","1.3","1.4","1.5","1.0" "-8.1%","1.2","1.3","1.3","1.4","1.4","1.0" "-8.0%","1.3","1.3","1.3","1.4","1.5","1.0" "-7.9%","1.3","1.3","1.3","1.4","1.5","0.9" "-7.8%","1.3","1.3","1.3","1.4","1.5","1.0" "-7.7%","1.2","1.3","1.3","1.5","1.6","1.0" "-7.6%","1.3","1.3","1.4","1.5","1.6","1.0" "-7.5%","1.2","1.3","1.4","1.5","1.6","1.0" "-7.4%","1.2","1.3","1.4","1.5","1.6","1.1" "-7.3%","1.3","1.3","1.5","1.5","1.6","1.2" "-7.2%","1.4","1.2","1.5","1.6","1.6","1.3" "-7.1%","1.4","1.3","1.5","1.5","1.6","1.3" "-7.0%","1.4","1.3","1.6","1.6","1.6","1.2" "-6.9%","1.3","1.3","1.6","1.6","1.6","1.3" "-6.8%","1.4","1.3","1.6","1.6","1.7","1.2" "-6.7%","1.4","1.4","1.7","1.6","1.7","1.3" "-6.6%","1.3","1.4","1.6","1.7","1.6","1.3" "-6.5%","1.3","1.4","1.6","1.7","1.6","1.4" "-6.4%","1.2","1.3","1.7","1.8","1.7","1.4" "-6.3%","1.0","1.6","1.7","1.9","1.8","1.5" "-6.2%","0.9","1.6","1.8","1.8","1.7","1.5" "-6.1%","0.9","1.5","1.8","1.9","1.8","1.7" "-6.0%","0.9","1.5","1.7","1.9","1.8","1.7" "-5.9%","0.8","1.7","1.8","1.9","1.8","1.7" "-5.8%","0.8","1.8","1.7","1.9","1.8","1.8" "-5.7%","1.2","1.9","1.7","1.9","1.9","1.6" "-5.6%","1.4","1.9","1.8","1.9","1.9","1.7" "-5.5%","1.5","2.0","1.8","2.0","2.0","1.6" "-5.4%","1.6","2.2","1.8","2.0","2.0","1.7" "-5.3%","1.6","2.0","1.7","2.0","2.0","1.6" "-5.2%","1.6","2.1","1.8","2.1","2.1","1.7" "-5.1%","1.5","2.2","1.8","2.1","2.2","1.5" "-5.0%","1.7","2.4","1.9","2.2","2.2","1.6" "-4.9%","1.7","2.3","1.9","2.2","2.2","1.6" "-4.8%","1.7","2.4","2.0","2.2","2.3","1.6" "-4.7%","1.6","2.4","2.0","2.3","2.3","1.7" "-4.6%","1.4","2.4","2.0","2.3","2.3","1.5" "-4.5%","1.5","2.4","2.1","2.3","2.4","1.5" "-4.4%","1.6","2.3","2.1","2.4","2.5","1.3" "-4.3%","1.7","2.4","2.2","2.4","2.5","1.5" "-4.2%","1.8","2.3","2.3","2.4","2.5","1.7" "-4.1%","2.0","2.1","2.3","2.5","2.4","1.9" "-4.0%","1.8","1.9","2.4","2.5","2.5","2.1" "-3.9%","1.8","1.9","2.4","2.6","2.6","2.2" "-3.8%","1.7","1.8","2.4","2.7","2.6","2.1" "-3.7%","1.7","1.7","2.5","2.8","2.7","2.4" "-3.6%","1.8","1.7","2.5","2.7","2.8","2.6" "-3.5%","1.7","1.7","2.6","2.9","3.0","2.9" "-3.4%","1.7","1.9","2.7","2.9","3.0","3.0" "-3.3%","1.7","1.9","2.8","3.1","3.2","3.2" "-3.2%","1.7","2.2","2.8","3.4","3.5","3.2" "-3.1%","1.9","2.4","3.1","3.7","4.1","3.4" "-3.0%","7.1","6.1","8.1","11.1","13.9","20.2" "-2.9%","7.5","6.2","8.5","11.7","14.7","20.8" "-2.8%","7.7","6.3","8.7","11.9","15.0","21.0" "-2.7%","7.8","6.5","9.0","12.4","15.6","21.5" "-2.6%","8.2","6.6","9.1","12.6","15.9","21.7" "-2.5%","8.3","6.7","9.3","12.8","16.1","21.8" "-2.4%","8.4","6.6","9.3","13.0","16.2","22.1" "-2.3%","8.7","7.0","9.4","13.3","16.4","22.4" "-2.2%","8.7","6.9","9.5","13.4","16.7","22.5" "-2.1%","8.8","7.0","9.6","13.9","17.2","22.9" "-2.0%","4.1","3.9","6.1","9.4","10.9","9.2" "-1.9%","4.0","4.0","6.0","9.8","11.6","9.8" "-1.8%","4.2","4.2","6.2","10.2","11.9","10.2" "-1.7%","4.7","4.3","6.3","10.3","11.9","10.0" "-1.6%","4.9","4.5","6.4","10.5","12.1","10.3" "-1.5%","5.8","4.9","6.8","11.3","13.1","11.1" "-1.4%","6.0","5.1","7.0","11.7","13.7","11.6" "-1.3%","5.8","4.9","7.2","11.7","13.8","11.4" "-1.2%","6.5","5.1","7.5","12.0","13.9","11.4" "-1.1%","6.1","5.2","7.7","12.2","14.1","11.5" "-1.0%","6.6","5.5","7.9","12.1","14.3","11.5" "-0.9%","6.9","5.8","7.8","11.6","13.3","10.6" "-0.8%","6.6","5.6","7.8","11.7","13.5","10.4" "-0.7%","6.1","5.7","7.9","11.9","13.7","10.8" "-0.6%","5.9","6.0","8.1","11.9","13.7","11.0" "-0.5%","5.3","6.1","8.1","11.7","13.5","10.6" "-0.4%","5.3","6.3","8.1","11.5","13.3","10.3" "-0.3%","5.2","6.2","8.2","11.4","13.3","10.5" "-0.2%","4.9","6.1","7.9","11.2","13.0","10.3" "-0.1%","5.7","6.4","8.3","11.1","12.7","10.3" "0.0%","5.0","6.0","7.1","8.6","9.6","7.8" "0.1%","5.0","6.0","7.2","8.5","9.5","7.9" "0.2%","5.2","6.2","7.1","8.2","8.9","7.7" "0.3%","5.3","6.1","7.1","8.0","8.6","7.5" "0.4%","4.9","5.9","7.1","8.1","8.5","7.2" "0.5%","4.7","5.7","6.8","7.6","7.8","7.0" "0.6%","5.0","5.8","6.7","7.6","7.7","7.1" "0.7%","5.6","6.1","6.7","7.5","7.4","7.2" "0.8%","5.4","6.3","6.9","7.6","7.3","7.6" "0.9%","4.9","6.1","6.8","7.5","7.1","7.5" "1.0%","4.9","6.1","7.3","7.9","7.1","7.7" "1.1%","5.7","6.9","9.3","9.6","9.1","12.5" "1.2%","6.0","6.8","9.3","9.4","8.9","12.4" "1.3%","6.0","6.7","9.3","9.2","8.7","12.2" "1.4%","6.5","6.7","9.2","9.0","8.5","12.1" "1.5%","6.4","6.9","9.2","8.9","8.3","11.6" "1.6%","6.2","6.5","9.1","8.7","8.1","11.3" "1.7%","5.9","6.4","9.0","8.6","8.1","10.8" "1.8%","5.7","6.2","8.8","8.3","7.8","10.5" "1.9%","6.0","6.2","8.7","8.1","7.7","10.0" "2.0%","6.5","6.3","8.0","7.4","7.1","9.5" "2.1%","5.9","7.6","6.0","5.5","4.9","4.6" "2.2%","5.9","7.7","5.9","5.4","4.9","4.4" "2.3%","6.2","7.9","5.8","5.3","4.8","4.0" "2.4%","6.2","8.1","5.8","5.1","4.5","3.8" "2.5%","10.3","7.8","5.5","4.9","4.4","3.7" "2.6%","10.0","8.1","5.5","4.8","4.1","3.7" "2.7%","10.1","8.1","5.6","4.7","4.1","3.6" "2.8%","10.4","8.2","5.4","4.6","4.1","3.6" "2.9%","10.8","8.2","5.0","4.3","3.7","3.4" "3.0%","10.3","8.0","4.8","4.2","3.6","3.1" "3.1%","10.3","6.1","4.7","4.1","3.6","3.1" "3.2%","10.1","5.9","4.6","4.0","3.4","3.1" "3.3%","10.0","5.9","4.4","3.9","3.2","3.3" "3.4%","9.8","5.4","4.3","3.8","3.2","3.2" "3.5%","5.9","5.4","4.4","3.9","3.1","3.5" "3.6%","6.2","5.3","4.3","3.7","3.1","3.4" "3.7%","6.0","5.4","4.1","3.7","3.1","3.3" "3.8%","6.0","5.2","4.1","3.6","3.0","3.1" "3.9%","5.3","4.9","4.0","3.5","2.9","3.0" "4.0%","5.2","5.0","4.1","3.6","3.0","3.1" "4.1%","4.6","4.9","4.2","3.5","2.8","2.8" "4.2%","4.4","4.7","4.2","3.5","2.9","2.6" "4.3%","4.2","4.9","4.2","3.4","2.9","2.8" "4.4%","4.0","4.8","4.2","3.4","2.8","2.7" "4.5%","4.2","4.8","4.0","3.3","2.7","2.6" "4.6%","4.0","4.7","4.0","3.3","2.7","2.6" "4.7%","4.1","4.4","4.0","3.2","2.6","2.5" "4.8%","4.0","4.3","4.1","3.2","2.6","2.7" "4.9%","3.7","4.3","4.2","3.2","2.6","2.7" "5.0%","3.5","3.9","4.0","3.0","2.5","2.7" "5.1%","3.9","4.1","4.0","3.1","2.6","2.8" "5.2%","3.9","4.1","3.9","3.0","2.5","2.7" "5.3%","3.7","3.8","3.8","3.0","2.5","2.5" "5.4%","3.5","4.0","3.9","2.9","2.5","2.4" "5.5%","3.0","3.9","4.0","3.0","2.6","2.2" "5.6%","2.9","4.2","4.2","3.0","2.6","2.0" "5.7%","2.8","4.2","4.2","3.0","2.6","2.3" "5.8%","2.8","4.6","4.3","3.0","2.5","2.1" "5.9%","3.3","4.9","4.4","3.0","2.4","1.8" "6.0%","3.5","4.8","4.4","2.9","2.4","1.9" "6.1%","3.1","4.6","4.3","2.8","2.3","1.9" "6.2%","2.8","4.7","4.2","2.8","2.3","2.1" "6.3%","2.7","4.5","4.3","2.8","2.3","2.0" "6.4%","2.8","4.4","4.2","2.7","2.2","2.1" "6.5%","2.8","4.6","3.9","2.5","2.1","1.9" "6.6%","2.5","4.1","3.7","2.4","2.0","2.2" "6.7%","2.4","4.0","3.6","2.4","2.1","1.9" "6.8%","2.3","3.7","3.6","2.4","2.1","2.2" "6.9%","2.0","3.5","3.4","2.4","2.1","2.3" "7.0%","1.9","3.7","3.3","2.3","2.0","2.2" "7.1%","1.9","3.5","3.2","2.3","1.9","2.3" "7.2%","2.0","3.3","3.2","2.3","1.9","2.1" "7.3%","2.1","3.2","3.1","2.3","1.8","2.1" "7.4%","2.0","3.2","3.0","2.3","1.8","2.1" "7.5%","2.0","3.2","3.0","2.3","1.8","2.2" "7.6%","2.0","3.2","2.9","2.2","1.7","2.1" "7.7%","2.1","3.3","2.9","2.2","1.6","2.1" "7.8%","2.2","3.3","2.8","2.2","1.5","1.8" "7.9%","2.3","3.2","2.7","2.2","1.6","1.8" "8.0%","2.3","3.3","2.7","2.2","1.6","1.7" "8.1%","2.4","3.3","2.7","2.2","1.6","1.7" "8.2%","2.6","3.3","2.6","2.1","1.6","1.6" "8.3%","2.7","3.4","2.6","2.1","1.6","1.7" "8.4%","2.7","3.4","2.7","2.1","1.5","1.5" "8.5%","3.0","3.2","2.7","2.0","1.5","1.4" "8.6%","2.9","3.2","2.7","1.9","1.5","1.3" "8.7%","3.8","3.6","3.0","2.0","1.6","1.4" "8.8%","3.6","3.3","2.8","1.9","1.5","1.3" "8.9%","3.5","3.3","2.8","1.9","1.5","1.3" "9.0%","3.5","3.2","2.8","1.9","1.5","1.3" "9.1%","3.4","3.2","2.8","1.9","1.5","1.2" "9.2%","3.3","3.3","2.9","2.0","1.5","1.4" "9.3%","3.1","3.2","2.9","2.0","1.5","1.3" "9.4%","3.1","3.3","2.9","1.9","1.5","1.4" "9.5%","3.1","3.3","2.7","1.9","1.4","1.5" "9.6%","3.3","3.3","2.5","2.0","1.4","1.5" "9.7%","2.3","2.8","2.2","1.8","1.3","1.3" "9.8%","2.2","2.6","2.1","1.8","1.3","1.3" "9.9%","2.7","2.7","2.2","1.7","1.2","1.3" "10.0%","2.8","2.7","2.2","1.7","1.2","1.5" "10.1%","3.0","2.8","2.3","1.6","1.2","1.5" "10.2%","2.8","2.6","2.1","1.5","1.1","1.3" "10.3%","2.8","2.8","2.1","1.5","1.2","1.3" "10.4%","2.6","2.7","2.1","1.6","1.2","1.2" "10.5%","2.4","2.7","2.1","1.6","1.2","1.1" "10.6%","2.4","2.7","2.2","1.5","1.2","1.2" "10.7%","2.2","2.7","2.2","1.5","1.1","1.3" "10.8%","2.5","2.9","2.2","1.4","1.1","1.2" "10.9%","2.0","2.9","2.3","1.5","1.2","1.3" "11.0%","1.7","2.8","2.3","1.4","1.2","1.0" "11.1%","1.6","2.7","2.2","1.4","1.2","1.0" "11.2%","1.9","2.7","2.3","1.4","1.2","1.0" "11.3%","2.0","2.4","2.3","1.3","1.1","0.9" "11.4%","2.1","2.5","2.2","1.3","1.1","1.1" "11.5%","2.0","2.6","2.2","1.3","1.1","1.0" "11.6%","2.4","2.6","2.2","1.3","1.1","1.0" "11.7%","2.6","2.7","2.2","1.2","1.1","1.0" "11.8%","2.3","2.6","2.3","1.3","1.1","1.0" "11.9%","2.3","2.4","2.2","1.3","1.0","0.9" "12.0%","2.8","2.6","2.1","1.2","1.1","1.0" "12.1%","3.0","2.6","2.1","1.3","1.0","1.0" "12.2%","2.6","2.7","2.0","1.2","1.0","0.9" "12.3%","2.7","2.7","2.0","1.2","1.0","1.0" "12.4%","2.9","2.6","2.0","1.2","0.9","0.8" "12.5%","2.8","2.5","2.1","1.1","0.8","0.9" "12.6%","2.4","2.5","2.0","1.1","0.8","0.9" "12.7%","2.3","2.4","2.0","1.2","0.8","0.8" "12.8%","2.3","2.4","2.0","1.1","0.8","0.8" "12.9%","2.3","2.5","1.9","1.1","0.8","0.7" "13.0%","2.3","2.4","1.9","1.1","0.7","0.8" "13.1%","2.1","2.3","1.8","1.1","0.7","0.7" "13.2%","2.2","2.2","1.8","1.1","0.8","0.8" "13.3%","2.3","2.3","1.8","1.2","0.8","0.7" "13.4%","2.2","2.4","1.8","1.2","0.8","0.8" "13.5%","2.3","2.4","1.7","1.2","0.9","0.7" "13.6%","2.4","2.4","1.7","1.2","0.8","0.7" "13.7%","2.5","2.4","1.7","1.2","0.8","0.7" "13.8%","2.7","2.4","1.7","1.1","0.8","0.7" "13.9%","2.7","2.4","1.7","1.1","0.8","0.8" "14.0%","2.3","2.3","1.7","1.1","0.8","0.8" "14.1%","2.2","2.4","1.7","1.1","0.7","0.8" "14.2%","2.2","2.3","1.7","1.1","0.7","0.8" "14.3%","2.5","2.3","1.7","1.0","0.6","0.7" "14.4%","2.3","2.4","1.7","1.0","0.7","0.7" "14.5%","2.4","2.3","1.7","0.9","0.6","0.6" "14.6%","2.2","2.2","1.7","0.9","0.7","0.5" "14.7%","2.5","2.2","1.7","0.9","0.7","0.5" "14.8%","2.3","2.2","1.6","0.9","0.7","0.5" "14.9%","2.2","2.2","1.6","0.9","0.7","0.4" "15.0%","2.4","2.1","1.6","0.9","0.7","0.4" "15.1%","2.5","2.0","1.6","0.9","0.8","0.4" "15.2%","2.5","2.1","1.5","0.9","0.8","0.4" "15.3%","2.2","2.1","1.5","0.9","0.8","0.4" "15.4%","2.4","1.9","1.5","0.9","0.8","0.4" "15.5%","2.3","1.9","1.5","0.9","0.7","0.6" "15.6%","2.6","1.8","1.5","0.8","0.7","0.7" "15.7%","2.3","1.8","1.5","0.8","0.7","0.7" "15.8%","2.2","1.8","1.4","0.8","0.7","0.7" "15.9%","2.3","1.6","1.5","0.8","0.6","0.6" "16.0%","2.6","1.7","1.4","0.8","0.6","0.5" "16.1%","2.3","1.8","1.3","0.8","0.6","0.6" "16.2%","2.5","1.8","1.3","0.7","0.6","0.7" "16.3%","2.4","1.8","1.3","0.7","0.6","0.8" "16.4%","2.4","1.8","1.3","0.7","0.6","0.7" "16.5%","3.1","2.2","1.4","0.9","0.7","0.8" "16.6%","3.0","2.1","1.4","0.8","0.7","0.9" "16.7%","3.4","2.2","1.3","0.9","0.7","0.9" "16.8%","3.5","2.2","1.3","0.9","0.6","0.9" "16.9%","3.5","2.3","1.3","0.8","0.6","1.0" "17.0%","3.3","2.3","1.4","0.8","0.6","1.0" "17.1%","3.5","2.3","1.4","0.8","0.6","1.0" "17.2%","3.6","2.2","1.4","0.8","0.6","0.9" "17.3%","3.5","2.2","1.4","0.8","0.6","0.9" "17.4%","3.4","2.2","1.4","0.8","0.6","1.0" "17.5%","2.5","1.7","1.3","0.7","0.5","0.9" "17.6%","2.5","1.7","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.8" "17.7%","2.3","1.7","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.7" "17.8%","2.2","1.6","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.8" "17.9%","2.3","1.5","1.1","0.7","0.6","0.8" "18.0%","2.2","1.5","1.1","0.7","0.6","0.8" "18.1%","2.1","1.4","1.1","0.7","0.6","0.7" "18.2%","2.2","1.4","1.1","0.7","0.6","0.7" "18.3%","2.4","1.4","1.1","0.7","0.6","0.5" "18.4%","2.3","1.4","1.1","0.7","0.6","0.5" "18.5%","2.4","1.4","1.1","0.7","0.6","0.4" "18.6%","2.2","1.4","1.1","0.7","0.5","0.3" "18.7%","2.2","1.4","1.1","0.7","0.5","0.4" "18.8%","2.2","1.4","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.0" "18.9%","2.2","1.4","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.0" "19.0%","2.1","1.3","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.0" "19.1%","2.4","1.4","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.0" "19.2%","2.0","1.3","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.0" "19.3%","2.1","1.3","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.4" "19.4%","2.3","1.3","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.3" "19.5%","2.5","1.4","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.3" "19.6%","2.5","1.5","1.2","0.7","0.5","0.4" "19.7%","2.4","1.4","1.1","0.7","0.5","0.3" "19.8%","2.3","1.4","1.1","0.6","0.5","0.3" "19.9%","2.1","1.3","1.1","0.6","0.5","0.3" "20.0%","2.3","1.4","1.0","0.6","0.5","0.4"