The median annual earnings for full-time employees in Northern Ireland was approximately 34,378 British pounds in 2024, compared with 32,879 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.

The median annual earnings in the United Kingdom was 37,430 British pounds per year in 2024. Annual earnings varied significantly by region, ranging from 47,455 pounds in London to 32,960 pounds in the North East. Along with London, two other areas of the UK had median annual earnings above the UK average; South East England, and Scotland, at 39,038 pounds and 38,315 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.

United Kingdom GHP: Mean: Northern Ireland: Total data was reported at 14.550 GBP in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 14.110 GBP for 2017. United Kingdom GHP: Mean: Northern Ireland: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 13.250 GBP from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2018, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.550 GBP in 2018 and a record low of 12.760 GBP in 2011. United Kingdom GHP: Mean: Northern Ireland: Total 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.G048: Gross Hourly Pay: Mean: by Region.

Full-time workers in London earned an average weekly salary of 838.9 British pounds a week in 2023, which was by far the highest of any region of the United Kingdom. The region with the lowest average salary was North East England, at 608.4 pounds a week.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of the project was to provide machine-readable economic and social history statistics relating to the whole of Ireland for the period 1821-1971. Further information about the project is available on the QUB Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis website. Main Topics: The dataset contains census of industrial production data covering output, capital employed, wages, persons employed, firm size and location; and trade statistics covering commodities imported and exported and value of trade between countries. All the relevant background material is incorporated either in the documentation files or in the scanned images of the tables of contents, prefaces, and notes in the original source. The main census of industrial production tables are: Gross value of output, cost of materials, total net output, salaries, wages, remainder of net output, and number of persons engaged for each industry or trade (1926, 1929, 1932-1971) Republic of Ireland only. Value of industrial commodities for each industry or trade (1926, 1929, 1932-1947) Republic of Ireland only. Value of stocks of materials, work in progress, stocks of goods made by the establishment, and stocks of goods purchased for resale without further processing for each industry or trade (1953-1963 and 1966-1971) Republic of Ireland only. Value of stocks of materials, work in progress, stocks of goods made by the establishment, plant and machinery, and building and land for each industry or trade (1953-1963 and 1966-1971) Republic of Ireland. Annual change in value of fixed capital in each year including cost of plant, machinery and vehicles, cost of new buildings including extensions and substantial alterations, cost of land and other fixed assets, value of sales of plant and machinery, value of sales of vehicles, value of sales of land and buildings for each industry or trade (1945-1954, 1956-1965 and 1968-1971) Republic of Ireland only. Value of various fuels consumed by each industry and trades (1926, 1929 and 1932-1947) Republic of Ireland only. Total number of proprietors, salaried employees, industrial wage earners, other wage earners for each industry or trade, grouped by gender and age under or over 18 (1926, 1929, 1932-1947) Republic of Ireland only. Wage rates both for salaried employees and wage earners for each industry or trade (1926, 1929, 1936-1947) Republic of Ireland only. Average earnings per week and average hours worked by week for each industry or trade, grouped by gender and age under or over 18 (1937-1944, 1958-1967 and 1969-1971) Republic of Ireland only. Number of wage earners for each industry or trade grouped by wage rate and gender(1937, 1958-1967) Republic of Ireland only. Number of wage earners for each industry or trade grouped by wage rate and age under or over 18 (1938-1944) Republic of Ireland only. Size of labour force in firms for each industry or trade (1929, 1935-1938 and 1944-1947) Republic of Ireland only. Number of firms, gross output excluding excise duty, net output, and average number of persons engaged grouped by county for each industry or trade (1936-1947) Republic of Ireland only. Value of sales and work done, value of stocks of finished products and work in progress at beginning and end of year, cost of outward transport of goods sold, gross output, net output, persons employed, output per person employed, costs of purchases of materials and fuel, stocks of materials and fuels at beginning and end of year, cost of inward transport of materials and fuels used, and amount paid for work given out for each industry or trade (1951-1957) Northern Ireland only. Gross output, sales, purchases of materials and fuels, net output, net output per person, persons employed, and wages and salaries paid for each industry or trade (1963 and 1968-1972) Northern Ireland only. Gross output, cost of materials and amount paid to other firms for work given out, cost of inward transport, net output, persons employed, and output per person employed for each industry or trade (1930, 1935 and 1949-1968) Northern Ireland only. Number of working proprietors and directors, number of administrative, technical and clerical staff, number of operatives, salaries of administrative, technical and clerical staff, earnings of operatives for each industry or trade (1949-1972) Northern Ireland only. Value of plant and machinery and plant acquired during the year, value of vehicles acquired during year, capital expenditure on new buildings, disposal of plant, machinery and vehicles for each industry or trade (1949-1968) Northern Ireland only New building work, land and existing buildings, plant and machinery, vehicles, total disposals, net capital expenditure, change during the year, goods on hand for sale at end of year, work in progress at end of year, materials and fuels at end of year vehicles for each industry or trade (1963 and 1968-1972) Northern Ireland only. Number of firms, gross output, net output, number of persons engaged, expenditure on wages and salaries and net capital expenditure grouped by county for each industry or trade (1955-1958 and 1968) Northern Ireland only. Gross output, net output and persons engaged grouped by county (1935, 1949-1951, 1954, 1958, 1963 and 1968) Northern Ireland only. Number of firms, gross output, net output, number of persons engaged grouped by firm size for each industry or trade (1955-1958 and 1968) Northern Ireland only. Cost and quantity of various fuels consumed by different industries and trades (1935, 1951, 1956, 1963 and 1968-1972) Northern Ireland only. The main trade statistics tables are: Value of imports, exports and re-exports grouped by commodity (1931-1971) Republic of Ireland only. Value of imports, exports and re-exports grouped by country of origin or destination (1931-1971) Republic of Ireland only. Value of imports and exports grouped by commodity (1924-1971) Northern Ireland only. Value of imports and exports grouped by country of origin or destination (1936-1938, 1943-1945, 1956-1958, 1960-1962, 1966-1971) Northern Ireland only. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Dental Earnings and Expenses Estimates, 2020/21, provides a detailed study of the earnings and expenses of self-employed primary care dentists who undertook some NHS/Health Service work during the financial year. Figures relate to both NHS/Health Service and private dentistry and are shown for full-time and part-time dentists. Although the report contains analysis for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the values are not directly comparable between countries; this is due to differing contractual arrangements as well as the use of different methods to derive dental type in each country. The analyses throughout this report are based on anonymised tax data for dentists with accounting periods ending in the fourth quarter of 2020/21 and effective as of the end of March 2021. The tax data cover self-employed dental income from all sources, including from private dental practice. Data on earnings from employment or for those dentists in private practice only are not included. The report is primarily used as evidence in remuneration negotiations and by the Review Body for Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration. It has been produced by NHS Digital in consultation with the Dental Working Group which includes representatives from the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement, Welsh Government, Department of Health Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Business Services Organisation, Scottish Government, NHS National Services Scotland: Information Services Division, NHS Business Services Authority Information Services, HMRC: Knowledge, Analysis and Intelligence Division, the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers and the British Dental Association representing the views and interests of dentists. 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. Most routine dentistry was paused between April and June 2020. This was followed by a period of recovery and restoration of services throughout the remainder of 2020/21. Differing but similar arrangements were put in place across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to support dental practice income during this period. In addition, Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) payments were made by the government to eligible businesses that had been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. 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. Analysis shown in the timeseries files for previous years includes breakdowns by weekly working hours bandings using information from the biennial Dental Working Patterns Survey, however the Dental Working Patterns Survey was not run for 2020/21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and these data are not available for 2020/21. We welcome feedback on all of our publications. Please contact us with any comments and suggestions by email to PrimaryCareWorkforce@nhs.net stating Dental Earnings and Expenses Estimates in the subject line, or by telephone on 0300 303 567.

GP Earnings and Expenses Estimates, 2021/22 presents earnings and expenses information for full and part-time GPs working in the UK as either a contractor or salaried GP during the 2021/22 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 England and has representation from the four UK Health Departments 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 2020/21 and 2021/22 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.