The median annual earnings for full-time employees in Northern Ireland was approximately 37,052 British pounds in 2025, compared with 34,232 pounds in the previous year. At the start of the provided time period, in 1999, the average full-time salary in Northern Ireland was 15,798 pounds per year, with median earnings exceeding 20,000 pounds per year in 2005, and 30,000 pounds by 2022.

Provides information on potential living standards, as determined by disposable income.

Source agency: Social Development (Northern Ireland)

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Households Below Average Income Reports (Northern Ireland)

The median annual earnings in the United Kingdom was 39,039 British pounds per year in 2025. Annual earnings varied significantly by region, ranging from 49,692 pounds in London to 34,403 pounds in the North East. Along with London, only South East England and Scotland had earnings above the UK average, at 39,983 pounds and 39,719 pounds respectively. Regional Inequality in the UK Various other indicators highlight the degree of regional inequality in the UK, especially between London and the rest of the country. Productivity in London, as measured by output per hour, was 26.2 percent higher than the UK average. By comparison, every other UK region, except the South East, fell below the UK average for productivity. In gross domestic product per head, London was also an outlier. The average GDP per head in the UK was just over 37,000 pounds in 2023, but for London it was almost 64,000 pounds. Again, the South East's GDP per head was slightly above the UK average, with every other region below it. Within London itself, there is also a great degree of inequality. In 2023, for example, the average earnings in Kensington and Chelsea were 964 pounds per week, compared with 675 pounds in Barking and Dagenham. Wages continue to grow in 2025 In March 2025, weekly wages in the UK were growing by around 5.6 percent, or 1.8 percent when adjusted for inflation. For almost two years, wages have grown faster than inflation after a long period where prices were rising faster than wages between 2021 and 2023. This was due to a sustained period of high inflation in the UK, which peaked in October 2022 at 11.1 percent. Although inflation started to slow the following month, it wasn't until June 2023 that wages started to outpace inflation. By this point, the damage caused by high energy and food inflation had led to the the worst Cost of Living Crisis in the UK for a generation.

From April 1, 2024, doctors starting their first year of foundation training in Northern Ireland were paid a basic salary of ****** British pounds a year. Consultant salaries, on the other hand, started at ******* British pounds annually. The actual income depends on actual hours worked at night, weekend, on-call, working over ** hrs per week, or any other potential pay premium. General practitioners (GPs) can either be employed and are salaried GPs, or independent contractors in charge of their own practices as a business (alone or in partnerships).

This statistic shows the average income ratings in the United Kingdom in 2018, by region. Greater London had the highest rating for income in this year, compared with Northern Ireland, which had the lowest score. The four regions with the highest income scores were all located in Southern England while Northern England had two of the lowest scoring regions in this year (Yorkshire and the North East.)

In 2025, weekly earnings for full-time workers in London grew by 5.7 percent when compared with the previous year, with wages growing fastest in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland at 7.4 percent.

United Kingdom GDHI: per Capita: Index: Northern Ireland data was reported at 80.900 UK=100 in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 80.600 UK=100 for 2015. United Kingdom GDHI: per Capita: Index: Northern Ireland data is updated yearly, averaging 81.700 UK=100 from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2016, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 85.100 UK=100 in 2006 and a record low of 78.600 UK=100 in 2001. United Kingdom GDHI: per Capita: Index: Northern Ireland data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.A048: ESA 2010: Gross Disposable Household Income: by Region.

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The Family Resources Survey (FRS) has been running continuously since 1992 to meet the information needs of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It is almost wholly funded by DWP.

The FRS collects information from a large, and representative sample of private households in the United Kingdom (prior to 2002, it covered Great Britain only). The interview year runs from April to March.

The focus of the survey is on income, and how much comes from the many possible sources (such as employee earnings, self-employed earnings or profits from businesses, and dividends; individual pensions; state benefits, including Universal Credit and the State Pension; and other sources such as savings and investments). Specific items of expenditure, such as rent or mortgage, Council Tax and water bills, are also covered.

Many other topics are covered and the dataset has a very wide range of personal characteristics, at the adult or child, family and then household levels. These include education, caring, childcare and disability. The dataset also captures material deprivation, household food security and (new for 2021/22) household food bank usage.

The FRS is a national statistic whose results are published on the gov.uk website. It is also possible to create your own tables from FRS data, using DWP’s Stat Xplore tool. Further information can be found on the gov.uk Family Resources Survey webpage.

Secure Access FRS data
In addition to the standard End User Licence (EUL) version, Secure Access datasets, containing unrounded data and additional variables, are also available for FRS from 2005/06 onwards - see SN 9256. Prospective users of the Secure Access version of the FRS will need to fulfil additional requirements beyond those associated with the EUL datasets. Full details of the application requirements are available from http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/media/178323/secure_frs_application_guidance.pdf" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Guidance on applying for the Family Resources Survey: Secure Access.

FRS, HBAI and PI
The FRS underpins the related Households Below Average Income (HBAI) dataset, which focuses on poverty in the UK, and the related Pensioners' Incomes (PI) dataset. The EUL versions of HBAI and PI are held under SNs 5828 and 8503, respectively. The Secure Access versions are held under SN 7196 and 9257 (see above).

The FRS aims to:

• support the monitoring of the social security programme
• support the costing and modelling of changes to National Insurance contributions and social security benefits
• provide better information for the forecasting of benefit expenditure

From April 2002, the FRS was extended to include Northern Ireland.

In August 2019, at the depositor's request, the Pensioners' Income (PI) dataset (pianon) previously held with the FRS was moved to a separate PI series study, SN 8503.

In 1978, the Provisional IRA was the largest paramilitary organization during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and some sources estimated the organization had an annual income of roughly one million British pounds. The IRA raised funds through a variety of illegal methods, with theft believed to have been responsible for more than half the money raised in 1978. A different, more recent source estimates that, in the 1970s, the IRA had an average annual income well over two million pounds, with money raised through bars and clubs (through skimming, illegal slot machines, or the sale of stolen alcohol and cigarettes) bringing in over one million pounds per year.

In 2023, the gross domestic product per capita in England was ****** British pounds, compared with ****** in Scotland, ****** in Wales, and ****** in Northern Ireland.

GP Earnings and Expenses Estimates 2020/21 presents earnings and expenses information for full and part-time GPs working in the UK as either a contractor or salaried GP during the 2020/21 financial year. The findings in this report are based upon anonymised tax data from HM Revenue and Customs' Self Assessment tax records and cover both NHS/Health Service and private income. Earnings and expenses information is published for contractor, salaried and combined (contractor and salaried) GPs at country level, with a regional breakdown where available. Figures are also given by contract type for GPs working under a General Medical Services (GMS) or a Primary Medical Services (PMS) contract as well as combined (GPMS). The report is primarily used as evidence in remuneration negotiations and by the Review Body for Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB). It has been agreed by the Technical Steering Committee (TSC), which is chaired by NHS Digital and has representation from the four UK Health Departments, NHS England and, representing the interests of GPs, the British Medical Association. The first cases of COVID-19 in the UK were confirmed late January 2020 and the first UK-wide lockdown was announced in March 2020. Differing but similar arrangements were put in place across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to support general practice during this period with the focus being managing the pandemic. Practices also played a role to varying degrees across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in their respective vaccination programmes which may have impacted practice income. The pandemic is also likely to have impacted on expenses incurred during this period. Details can be found in the results chapters for each country and the Interpreting Results sections of this publication.

GDHI：人均：北爱尔兰在12-01-2016达15,719.000英镑，相较于12-01-2015的15,563.000英镑有所增长。GDHI：人均：北爱尔兰数据按年更新，12-01-1997至12-01-2016期间平均值为12,934.000英镑，共20份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2016，达15,719.000英镑，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1997，为8,803.000英镑。CEIC提供的GDHI：人均：北爱尔兰数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于Office for National Statistics，数据归类于全球数据库的英国 – 表 UK.A048：2010年欧洲账户体系（ESA 2010）：家庭可支配总收入：按地区。