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