"Figure 6: Distribution of growth in real hourly earnings by industry, 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. 5. Construction refers to the SIC codes 41 to 43. Education refers to the SIC code 85. Financial and insurance activities refer to the SIC codes 64 to 66. Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, and accommodation and food services refer to the SIC codes 45 to 47 and 55 to 56. " "Unit","%" "","" "","Construction","Financial and insurance activities","Education","Wholesale and retail trade, and accommodation and food service activities" "-10.0%","1.5","0.9","1.0","1.1" "-9.9%","1.4","0.9","1.1","1.2" "-9.8%","1.4","0.9","1.1","1.1" "-9.7%","1.3","1.0","1.2","1.1" "-9.6%","1.3","1.1","1.2","1.1" "-9.5%","1.2","1.0","1.2","1.2" "-9.4%","1.2","1.1","1.2","1.2" "-9.3%","1.2","1.1","1.2","1.2" "-9.2%","1.3","1.0","1.3","1.3" "-9.1%","1.5","0.9","1.4","1.4" "-9.0%","1.6","0.9","1.4","1.4" "-8.9%","1.7","0.8","1.4","1.4" "-8.8%","1.6","0.9","1.3","1.4" "-8.7%","1.9","0.8","1.2","1.4" "-8.6%","1.9","0.9","1.2","1.4" "-8.5%","1.9","0.9","1.2","1.3" "-8.4%","1.9","1.0","1.3","1.3" "-8.3%","2.0","0.9","1.3","1.3" "-8.2%","2.0","0.9","1.3","1.3" "-8.1%","1.9","0.9","1.3","1.2" "-8.0%","1.9","0.9","1.3","1.2" "-7.9%","1.8","1.0","1.3","1.2" "-7.8%","1.9","0.9","1.3","1.2" "-7.7%","1.6","1.1","1.4","1.2" "-7.6%","1.6","1.0","1.4","1.3" "-7.5%","1.6","1.0","1.4","1.3" "-7.4%","1.6","0.9","1.3","1.3" "-7.3%","1.6","1.0","1.4","1.3" "-7.2%","1.5","1.0","1.5","1.3" "-7.1%","1.4","1.0","1.5","1.3" "-7.0%","1.4","1.1","1.5","1.4" "-6.9%","1.6","1.1","1.5","1.4" "-6.8%","1.6","1.3","1.5","1.4" "-6.7%","1.8","1.2","1.4","1.5" "-6.6%","1.8","1.3","1.4","1.4" "-6.5%","1.7","1.5","1.4","1.4" "-6.4%","1.8","1.4","1.5","1.5" "-6.3%","1.9","1.5","1.5","1.5" "-6.2%","2.0","1.6","1.3","1.5" "-6.1%","2.1","1.6","1.3","1.6" "-6.0%","2.1","1.6","1.3","1.6" "-5.9%","2.0","1.7","1.4","1.6" "-5.8%","1.8","1.6","1.4","1.6" "-5.7%","1.6","1.6","1.5","1.6" "-5.6%","1.7","1.5","1.6","1.7" "-5.5%","1.8","1.6","1.6","1.8" "-5.4%","2.0","1.7","1.5","1.9" "-5.3%","2.1","1.8","1.5","1.8" "-5.2%","2.2","1.8","1.6","1.9" "-5.1%","2.2","1.8","1.7","1.9" "-5.0%","2.1","1.9","1.7","2.0" "-4.9%","2.1","2.0","1.7","2.0" "-4.8%","2.2","2.1","1.8","2.0" "-4.7%","2.2","2.2","1.7","2.1" "-4.6%","2.1","2.1","1.7","2.1" "-4.5%","2.1","2.2","1.8","2.1" "-4.4%","1.9","2.3","1.9","2.2" "-4.3%","1.9","2.5","1.8","2.3" "-4.2%","1.8","2.6","1.9","2.3" "-4.1%","1.9","2.5","1.8","2.3" "-4.0%","2.2","2.8","1.8","2.4" "-3.9%","2.2","2.9","2.0","2.4" "-3.8%","2.5","3.0","1.9","2.5" "-3.7%","2.6","3.0","2.0","2.5" "-3.6%","2.6","3.2","1.9","2.6" "-3.5%","2.9","3.2","2.1","2.7" "-3.4%","3.0","3.2","2.0","2.7" "-3.3%","3.0","3.2","2.2","2.9" "-3.2%","3.3","3.2","2.3","3.1" "-3.1%","3.7","4.4","2.6","3.3" "-3.0%","18.7","12.7","6.9","11.0" "-2.9%","19.1","13.3","7.2","11.3" "-2.8%","19.2","13.4","7.6","11.5" "-2.7%","19.6","13.8","8.0","11.6" "-2.6%","19.7","14.0","8.5","11.8" "-2.5%","19.5","14.5","8.8","11.8" "-2.4%","19.6","14.7","9.2","12.0" "-2.3%","19.5","15.2","10.3","12.0" "-2.2%","19.4","15.7","10.7","12.0" "-2.1%","19.1","15.1","11.3","12.1" "-2.0%","4.3","7.4","12.9","5.3" "-1.9%","4.1","7.0","16.5","5.3" "-1.8%","4.3","7.4","17.0","5.5" "-1.7%","4.3","7.7","17.2","5.7" "-1.6%","4.2","8.4","17.4","5.8" "-1.5%","4.9","9.0","17.5","6.5" "-1.4%","5.1","9.8","17.7","6.7" "-1.3%","5.5","9.8","17.0","6.8" "-1.2%","5.6","10.1","17.0","7.2" "-1.1%","6.4","10.9","17.1","7.6" "-1.0%","7.7","13.5","16.8","8.7" "-0.9%","7.7","13.9","13.3","8.8" "-0.8%","8.2","14.9","13.1","8.8" "-0.7%","8.5","15.4","13.6","8.9" "-0.6%","9.0","16.0","13.6","9.1" "-0.5%","9.7","16.1","13.5","9.0" "-0.4%","10.0","16.0","13.4","9.1" "-0.3%","9.7","15.9","13.4","9.1" "-0.2%","9.7","15.4","13.0","9.1" "-0.1%","9.4","15.3","12.6","9.5" "0.0%","8.1","12.5","7.4","8.2" "0.1%","8.2","12.1","7.2","8.2" "0.2%","7.6","11.1","7.0","8.1" "0.3%","7.3","10.5","6.2","8.1" "0.4%","7.2","9.5","6.4","8.1" "0.5%","6.0","8.3","6.4","7.6" "0.6%","5.7","7.7","6.3","7.8" "0.7%","5.6","7.4","6.3","8.0" "0.8%","5.6","8.1","6.6","8.0" "0.9%","5.1","7.4","6.8","7.6" "1.0%","4.7","7.0","8.9","7.5" "1.1%","5.6","6.9","9.2","12.6" "1.2%","5.5","6.4","9.3","12.6" "1.3%","5.5","6.0","9.1","12.5" "1.4%","5.4","5.8","8.7","12.6" "1.5%","5.6","5.7","8.5","12.7" "1.6%","5.7","5.7","8.7","12.2" "1.7%","5.8","5.4","8.6","12.0" "1.8%","5.8","4.6","8.3","11.8" "1.9%","6.2","4.6","8.0","11.5" "2.0%","6.2","4.5","5.9","11.1" "2.1%","5.8","4.4","5.6","6.4" "2.2%","5.4","4.5","5.8","6.2" "2.3%","5.2","4.2","5.7","6.1" "2.4%","4.9","4.0","5.7","5.9" "2.5%","4.6","4.0","5.6","5.9" "2.6%","4.3","4.1","5.3","5.8" "2.7%","4.2","4.2","5.4","5.8" "2.8%","4.1","4.5","5.3","5.6" "2.9%","3.5","4.2","5.0","5.5" "3.0%","3.4","4.0","4.8","5.4" "3.1%","3.1","3.9","4.6","5.0" "3.2%","3.2","4.0","4.2","4.9" "3.3%","3.3","4.0","4.0","4.9" "3.4%","3.3","3.8","3.9","4.7" "3.5%","3.7","3.8","3.7","4.6" "3.6%","3.6","3.7","3.4","4.6" "3.7%","3.6","3.5","3.3","4.5" "3.8%","3.6","2.9","3.2","4.5" "3.9%","3.5","2.9","3.1","4.3" "4.0%","3.8","3.2","3.3","4.4" "4.1%","3.6","3.2","3.5","4.2" "4.2%","3.6","3.2","3.5","4.3" "4.3%","3.7","3.2","3.5","4.3" "4.4%","3.6","3.4","3.5","4.1" "4.5%","3.4","3.3","3.6","3.9" "4.6%","3.4","3.3","3.6","3.8" "4.7%","3.5","3.3","3.4","3.8" "4.8%","3.4","3.3","3.5","3.7" "4.9%","3.6","3.1","3.5","3.6" "5.0%","3.3","3.0","3.3","3.4" "5.1%","3.3","2.8","3.0","3.4" "5.2%","3.4","2.5","3.0","3.2" "5.3%","3.0","2.6","3.0","3.1" "5.4%","3.0","2.5","3.1","3.0" "5.5%","3.0","2.6","3.1","3.1" "5.6%","3.1","2.6","3.5","3.1" "5.7%","2.9","2.8","3.7","3.0" "5.8%","3.0","2.8","4.0","3.0" "5.9%","2.7","3.0","4.1","2.9" "6.0%","2.8","2.9","4.1","3.0" "6.1%","2.7","3.1","4.1","2.9" "6.2%","2.6","3.1","4.1","2.8" "6.3%","2.7","3.0","4.2","2.7" "6.4%","2.6","3.1","4.0","2.7" "6.5%","2.3","2.8","3.7","2.6" "6.6%","2.3","2.9","3.4","2.5" "6.7%","2.5","2.6","3.3","2.5" "6.8%","2.7","2.9","2.9","2.5" "6.9%","2.8","2.9","2.6","2.5" "7.0%","2.8","2.8","2.5","2.5" "7.1%","2.8","2.6","2.3","2.5" "7.2%","2.8","2.5","2.2","2.5" "7.3%","2.9","2.5","2.0","2.5" "7.4%","3.1","2.3","1.9","2.5" "7.5%","3.2","2.3","2.0","2.4" "7.6%","2.9","2.2","2.0","2.5" "7.7%","2.9","2.1","1.8","2.4" "7.8%","2.8","1.9","1.7","2.3" "7.9%","2.8","1.7","1.7","2.4" "8.0%","2.6","1.8","1.7","2.3" "8.1%","2.3","1.8","1.7","2.3" "8.2%","2.4","1.9","1.6","2.4" "8.3%","2.3","2.0","1.6","2.4" "8.4%","2.3","2.0","1.7","2.3" "8.5%","2.4","1.9","1.6","2.3" "8.6%","2.5","1.8","1.4","2.3" "8.7%","2.6","1.9","1.4","2.9" "8.8%","2.5","1.8","1.4","2.8" "8.9%","2.3","2.0","1.4","2.8" "9.0%","2.6","2.0","1.4","2.7" "9.1%","2.7","1.8","1.4","2.7" "9.2%","3.0","1.9","1.5","2.8" "9.3%","2.8","1.8","1.5","2.7" "9.4%","2.7","1.8","1.4","2.8" "9.5%","2.4","1.9","1.4","2.7" "9.6%","2.4","1.9","1.4","2.6" "9.7%","2.3","1.9","1.5","2.0" "9.8%","1.9","2.0","1.4","2.0" "9.9%","1.9","2.0","1.4","1.9" "10.0%","1.9","2.0","1.4","1.9" "10.1%","1.8","2.0","1.4","1.9" "10.2%","1.4","2.0","1.3","1.8" "10.3%","1.7","2.0","1.3","1.8" "10.4%","1.7","2.0","1.3","1.8" "10.5%","1.8","1.9","1.4","1.7" "10.6%","1.7","1.9","1.4","1.7" "10.7%","1.5","1.8","1.4","1.7" "10.8%","1.6","1.7","1.4","1.7" "10.9%","2.0","1.6","1.4","1.7" "11.0%","1.8","1.6","1.4","1.7" "11.1%","2.0","1.4","1.3","1.6" "11.2%","2.1","1.4","1.4","1.6" "11.3%","1.9","1.3","1.3","1.5" "11.4%","1.9","1.2","1.2","1.5" "11.5%","1.9","1.1","1.3","1.5" "11.6%","2.1","1.3","1.3","1.5" "11.7%","2.2","1.3","1.3","1.6" "11.8%","2.3","1.4","1.2","1.6" "11.9%","1.9","1.3","1.2","1.5" "12.0%","2.0","1.2","1.1","1.6" "12.1%","2.1","1.4","1.1","1.6" "12.2%","2.0","1.5","1.1","1.7" "12.3%","2.0","1.4","1.1","1.6" "12.4%","2.1","1.4","1.0","1.6" "12.5%","2.1","1.6","0.9","1.6" "12.6%","1.9","1.4","0.9","1.5" "12.7%","2.0","1.3","0.9","1.5" "12.8%","2.0","1.3","0.9","1.5" "12.9%","1.9","1.3","0.9","1.4" "13.0%","1.8","1.2","0.9","1.3" "13.1%","1.6","1.2","0.9","1.3" "13.2%","1.6","1.1","1.0","1.2" "13.3%","1.7","1.3","1.0","1.2" "13.4%","1.6","1.3","1.0","1.2" "13.5%","1.6","1.2","1.1","1.2" "13.6%","1.5","1.3","1.0","1.2" "13.7%","1.4","1.4","1.0","1.2" "13.8%","1.4","1.4","1.0","1.2" "13.9%","1.4","1.4","1.0","1.2" "14.0%","1.3","1.4","1.0","1.2" "14.1%","1.5","1.3","1.0","1.2" "14.2%","1.5","1.4","0.9","1.2" "14.3%","1.4","1.2","0.9","1.2" "14.4%","1.4","1.2","0.9","1.2" "14.5%","1.4","1.2","0.8","1.1" "14.6%","1.5","1.1","0.8","1.2" "14.7%","1.5","1.1","0.8","1.2" "14.8%","1.4","1.1","0.7","1.2" "14.9%","1.5","1.1","0.7","1.2" "15.0%","1.5","1.3","0.8","1.2" "15.1%","1.5","1.2","0.7","1.2" "15.2%","1.5","1.2","0.7","1.2" "15.3%","1.4","1.2","0.7","1.2" "15.4%","1.4","1.1","0.7","1.1" "15.5%","1.3","1.0","0.8","1.1" "15.6%","1.2","1.0","0.8","1.1" "15.7%","1.2","0.9","0.8","1.0" "15.8%","1.2","0.9","0.8","1.0" "15.9%","1.0","1.0","0.8","1.1" "16.0%","1.0","0.8","0.8","1.0" "16.1%","1.0","1.0","0.8","1.0" "16.2%","0.8","1.0","0.7","1.0" "16.3%","0.9","0.9","0.8","1.0" "16.4%","0.9","0.9","0.7","1.0" "16.5%","1.5","1.1","0.7","1.2" "16.6%","1.5","1.0","0.7","1.2" "16.7%","1.4","1.0","0.7","1.2" "16.8%","1.4","1.0","0.7","1.2" "16.9%","1.4","1.0","0.7","1.1" "17.0%","1.4","1.1","0.7","1.1" "17.1%","1.4","1.0","0.8","1.1" "17.2%","1.4","0.9","0.8","1.1" "17.3%","1.5","0.9","0.8","1.0" "17.4%","1.6","1.0","0.8","1.0" "17.5%","0.9","0.8","0.7","0.8" "17.6%","1.0","0.8","0.7","0.8" "17.7%","1.0","0.7","0.7","0.8" "17.8%","1.1","0.8","0.7","0.8" "17.9%","1.2","0.7","0.7","0.8" "18.0%","1.3","0.6","0.7","0.8" "18.1%","1.4","0.7","0.6","0.8" "18.2%","1.4","0.8","0.6","0.8" "18.3%","1.3","0.8","0.6","0.8" "18.4%","1.3","0.8","0.6","0.8" "18.5%","1.3","0.9","0.6","0.8" "18.6%","1.3","0.9","0.6","0.8" "18.7%","1.3","0.9","0.6","0.9" "18.8%","1.2","0.8","0.6","0.9" "18.9%","1.2","0.8","0.6","0.9" "19.0%","1.2","0.9","0.6","0.9" "19.1%","1.0","0.8","0.6","0.9" "19.2%","1.0","0.8","0.6","0.9" "19.3%","0.9","0.8","0.6","1.0" "19.4%","0.9","0.7","0.6","1.0" "19.5%","1.0","0.6","0.6","0.9" "19.6%","1.1","0.7","0.7","1.0" "19.7%","0.9","0.7","0.6","0.9" "19.8%","0.9","0.7","0.7","0.8" "19.9%","0.9","0.7","0.7","0.8" "20.0%","0.8","0.6","0.7","0.7"