Feature
Pay Packet
- Data Office for National Statistics (ASHE) and HMRC (PAYE Real Time Information)
- Covers Gross pay of employees, UK, before inflation
- Updated the latest release
What a week's work pays, by job and by region, before inflation.
A week's pay
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) counts employee jobs, so someone with two jobs counts twice. It covers the UK in April each year. PAYE Real Time Information covers payrolled employees only (no self-employed), mixes full-time and part-time work, and its latest month is a flash estimate that will be revised. All pay is gross and before inflation.
Median monthly pay of PAYE employees, UK
London and the rest
ASHE median gross weekly pay of full-time employees, by the region where they work, in April. The red marker is the UK median; regional medians do not average to the UK figure.
Full-time median gross weekly pay, by region of work
The pay ladder
Two-digit occupation groups of the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC 2020), full-time employees, UK, in April. ONS withholds estimates it judges unreliable; the table shows them as not published. The SOC 2020 series starts in 2021.
Full-time median gross weekly pay, by occupation group
Payroll count
HMRC PAYE Real Time Information, UK, seasonally adjusted; accredited official statistics. Counts payrolled employees, not the self-employed. Regions are where employees live; industries are the employer's.