The median annual earnings for full-time employees in the United Kingdom was approximately 37,430 British pounds in 2024, compared with 34,963 pounds in the previous year. At the start of the provided time period, in 1999, the average full-time salary in the UK was 17,803 pounds per year, with median earnings exceeding 20,000 pounds per year in 2002, and 30,000 by 2019. Wages continue to grow faster than inflation in 2024 Between November 2021 and July 2023 inflation was higher than wage growth in the UK, with wages still outpacing inflation as of April 2024. At the peak of the recent wave of high inflation in October 2022, the CPI inflation rate reached a 41-year-high of 11.1 percent, wages were growing much slower at 6.1 percent. Since that peak, inflation remained persistently high for several months, only dropping below double figures in April 2023, when inflation was 8.7 percent, down from 10.1 percent in the previous month. For 2023 as a whole, the average annual rate of inflation was 7.3 percent but is forecast to fall to 2.2 percent in 2024, and 1.5 percent in 2025. Highest and lowest-paid occupations As of 2023, the highest-paid occupation in the UK was that of Chief Executives and Senior Officials, who had an average weekly pay of approximately, 1,576 pounds. By contrast, the lowest-paid occupation that year was that of retail cashiers, and check-out operators, who earned approximately 383 pounds a week. For industry sectors as a whole, people who worked full-time in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply sector had the highest average earnings, at 955 pounds a week, compared with 505 pounds a week in the accommodation and food services sector, the lowest average earnings in 2023.

The median hourly earnings for full-time employees in the United Kingdom was 18.72 British pounds in 2024, compared with 17.48 pounds in the previous year. At the start of this provided time period, in 1997, the average hourly wage in the UK was 7.92 pounds per hour, rising to more than ten pounds per hour by 2003, and above 15 pounds per hour by 2020. Minimum and living wage in the UK In the United Kingdom, employers are expected to pay their employees a minimum wage that is determined by how old they are. Under 18s for example, had a minimum wage of 5.28 British pounds in 2023, with the figure increasing to 7.49 pounds those aged 18 to 20, 10.18 for 21 to 22 year old's, and 10.42 for those aged 23 and over. There is also a voluntarily paid living Wage that employers can choose to pay their workers. For the 2023/24 financial year this was twelve pounds an hour, rising to 13.15 pounds an hour for workers based in London. Icelandic the highest earners in Europe Iceland had the highest average annual wage in the Europe in 2022 at around 79,500 U.S dollars. This was followed by Luxembourg at 78,300 dollars, Switzerland at 72,990 and Belgium at 64,850 dollars. The United Kingdom’s average annual wage amounted to around 53,985 U.S dollars in the same year. In this year, the country with the lowest annual salary in Europe was Greece, at 25,980 pounds per year.

In 2024, the average annual full-time salary for men in the United Kingdom was 40,035 British pounds, compared with 34,000 pounds for women, a difference of just over 6,000 pounds. In the previous year, men earned an average annual salary of 37,382, compared with women who earned 31,672.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked, weekly, hourly and annual earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by region and four-digit Standard Occupational Classification.

In 2020, part-time workers in the United Kingdom who were in their 40s earned an average hourly salary of 11.26 British pounds an hour, the most of any age group. By contrast part-time workers aged between 16 and 17 earned just 6.70 pounds an hour, and were paid the lowest average salary in the provided age groups.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by work-based region to local and unitary authority level.

Annual earnings for full-time employees in the United Kingdom grew by approximately 6.9 percent in 2024, compared with 5.8 percent in the previous year.

Average weekly earnings at sector level headline estimates, Great Britain, monthly, seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.

In 2020 part-time workers in the United Kingdom aged between 16 and 17 had an average weekly salary of just over 61 British pounds a week, compared with part-time workers in their 40s who earned around 232 pounds a week.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by four-digit Standard Industrial Classification 2007.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by region and two-digit Standard Industrial Classification 2007.

In the 3 years to March 2021, black households were most likely out of all ethnic groups to have a weekly income of under £600.

Key information about United Kingdom Monthly Earnings

• United Kingdom Monthly Earnings stood at 3,592 USD in Nov 2024, compared with the previous figure of 3,694 USD in Oct 2024
• UK Monthly Earnings data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2000 to Nov 2024, with an average number of 2,857 USD
• The data reached the an all-time high of 3,707 USD in Sep 2024 and a record low of 1,817 USD in Sep 2000

• In the latest reports, UK Population reached 68 million people in Dec 2023
• Unemployment Rate of UK dropped to 4 % in Oct 2023
• The country's Labour Force Participation Rate dropped to 63 % in Oct 2023

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by public and private sector, and non-profit bodies and mutual associations.

Data on the median average annual gross salary for part-time employees in the United Kingdom in 2020, by region, showed that the London had the highest average salaries at over 12 thousand British pounds, with East England having the lowest at 10.7 thousand pounds.

Gender Pay Gap legislation introduced in April 2017 requires all employers of 250 or more employees to publish their gender pay gap annually. The gender pay gap is the difference between the average earnings of men and women, expressed relative to men’s earnings.

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.