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.

From April 2025 onwards, the UK's main national minimum wage category, the national living wage, will rise to ***** pounds per hour, up from ***** pounds per hour in the previous financial year. This amount will apply to workers aged 21 and over, compared with 2022 and 2023 when it was only for workers aged 23 and over, and for those aged 25 and over between 2016 and 2021. The main minimum wage from 2010 to 2015 was the 21+ rate, and 22+ rate between 1999 and 2009. Evolution of the minimum wage Since its introduction in 1999, the minimum wage has had various rate categories, usually based on age. For the first five years, there were two categories, one for workers 18 to 21, and another for workers aged 22 and over. In 2004, a minimum wage for under 18s was introduced, and between 2010 and 2015 there were three rates based on age, and one for apprenticeships. Another age based-rate was added in 2016, but from 2024 onwards, the model will revert to four rate categories overall. In addition to the legal minimum wage, there is also a voluntary real living wage, which for 2024/25 is **** pounds per hour, rising to ***** pounds per hour for workers in London. Wages continue to outpace inflation in 2024 Since July 2023, wages have grown faster than inflation in the UK with December 2024 seeing regular weekly earnings grow by *** percent, compared with the CPI inflation rate of *** percent that month. For almost two years between November 2021 and June 2023, wage growth struggled to keep up with inflation, with the biggest gap occurring in October 2022 when inflation peaked at **** percent. The fall in real earnings in one of the most important factors in the UK's ongoing cost of living crisis. At the height of the crisis, around ** percent of UK households were reporting a monthly increase in their cost of living, with this falling to ** percent by March 2024.

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 2025 Between November 2021 and July 2023 inflation was higher than wage growth in the UK, with wages still outpacing inflation as of March 2025. 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 fell to 2.5 percent in 2024, but is forecast to increase to 3.2 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.

For workers under the age of **, the national minimum wage in the United Kingdom is **** British pounds per hour as of April 2025. This is an increase of **** pounds when compared with 2024 when the minimum wage for this age group was **** pounds. This particular minimum wage category was ***** pounds when it was first introduced in 2004, five years after the launch of the minimum age for workers aged 19 or over. Minimum wage rates history In 1999, when the UK minimum wage was first introduced, there were two different wage rates; one for those aged 18 to 21, and another for those aged 22 or over. These two rates were joined by an under ** rate in 2004, and then in 2010 the minimum wage was reorganized to include a rate for apprentice workers, while the top rate was increased to include workers aged 21. As of 2025, after several further waves of reorganization, there are **** different wage categories. For workers aged 21 and over, the minimum hourly wage is ***** pounds, falling to *** pounds for ** to 20-year-olds, and 7.55 pounds for under 18s and apprentices. Wages continue growing in 2025 As of January 2025, weekly wages were growing by approximately *** percent, the twentieth-consecutive month of wage growth following a long period of wages falling. High inflation throughout 2022 and 2023, meant that prices were rising faster than pay for a long twenty-month period between ************* and *********. With inflation down, and wages still growing, there are hopeful signs the UK might be over the worst of the Cost of Living Crisis, ongoing since late 2021. As of **********, however, almost ** percent of UK households were still reporting an increase in their living costs, relative to the previous month.

Since 2006 the GLA Group has been implementing the London Living Wage (LLW).The Group continues to include the LLW as a requirement for contracts that are let or renewed.

We calculate the Living Wage by a combination of two approaches. The first, developed by the Family Budget Unit (FBU), estimates the costs of a ‘Low Cost but Acceptable’ (LCA) budget for a selection of households and calculates the wage required to meet these costs. This is termed the “Basic Living Costs” approach. The second – the “Income Distribution” approach – simply identifies the median income for London (appropriately weighted for 11 household types) and then takes 60 per cent of it.

The Mayor continues to lobby national Government to adopt the London Living Wage across Whitehall.

All annual living wage reports, titled 'A Fairer London', can be found on the GLA website.

In the three months to April 2025, average weekly earnings in the United Kingdom grew by 5.2 percent, while pay including bonuses grew by 5.3 percent, when compared with the same period leading to April 2024. In the same month, the inflation rate for the Consumer Price Index was 3.5 percent, indicating that wages were rising faster than prices that month. Average salaries in the UK In 2024, the average salary for full-time workers in the UK was 37,430 British pounds a year, up from 34,963 in the previous year. In London, the average annual salary was far higher than the rest of the country, at 47,455 pounds per year, compared with just 32,960 in North East England. There also still exists a noticeable gender pay gap in the UK, which was seven percent for full-time workers in 2024, down from 7.5 percent in 2023. Lastly, the monthly earnings of the top one percent in the UK was 15,887 pounds as of November 2024, far higher than even that of the average for the top five percent, who earned 7,641 pounds per month, while pay for the lowest 10 percent of earners was just 805 pounds per month. Waves of industrial action in the UK One of the main consequences of high inflation and low wage growth throughout 2022 and 2023 was an increase in industrial action in the UK. In December 2022, for example, there were approximately 830,000 working days lost due to labor disputes. Throughout this month, workers across various industry sectors were involved in industrial disputes, such as nurses, train drivers, and driving instructors. Many of the workers who took part in strikes were part of the UK's public sector, which saw far weaker wage growth than that of the private sector throughout 2022. Widespread industrial action continued into 2023, with approximately 303,000 workers involved in industrial disputes in March 2023. There was far less industrial action by 2024, however, due to settlements in many of the disputes, although some are ongoing as of 2025.

Minimalne wynagrodzenie w Wielkiej Brytanii wzrosło do 12,21 GBP/godz. w 2025 r. z 11,44 GBP/godz. w 2024 r. Aktualne wartosci, dane historyczne, prognozy, statystyki, wykresy i kalendarz ekonomiczny - Wielka Brytania - Placa Minimalna.

A GLA Csoport 2006 óta alkalmazza a London Living Wage (LLW) rendszert.

A megélhetési béreket két megközelítés kombinációjával számítjuk ki. Az első, amelyet a Családi Költségvetési Osztály (FBU) dolgozott ki, megbecsüli az „alacsony költségű, de elfogadható” (LCA) költségvetés költségeit egyes háztartások esetében, és kiszámítja az e költségek fedezéséhez szükséges bért. Ez az úgynevezett „alapvető megélhetési költségek” megközelítés. A második – a „jövedelemelosztási” megközelítés – egyszerűen meghatározza London medián jövedelmét (11 háztartástípus esetében megfelelően súlyozva), majd annak 60%-át veszi figyelembe. A polgármester továbbra is lobbizik a nemzeti kormánynál, hogy fogadja el a londoni megélhetési béreket a Whitehallban.

A megélhetési bérekről szóló valamennyi éves jelentés, amelynek címe „A Fairer London”, megtalálható a GLA honlapján.A GLA Csoport 2006 óta alkalmazza a London Living Wage (LLW) rendszert.

A megélhetési béreket két megközelítés kombinációjával számítjuk ki. Az első, amelyet a Családi Költségvetési Osztály (FBU) dolgozott ki, megbecsüli az „alacsony költségű, de elfogadható” (LCA) költségvetés költségeit egyes háztartások esetében, és kiszámítja az e költségek fedezéséhez szükséges bért. Ez az úgynevezett „alapvető megélhetési költségek” megközelítés. A második – a „jövedelemelosztási” megközelítés – egyszerűen meghatározza London medián jövedelmét (11 háztartástípus esetében megfelelően súlyozva), majd annak 60%-át veszi figyelembe.

A polgármester továbbra is lobbizik a nemzeti kormánynál, hogy fogadja el a londoni megélhetési béreket a Whitehallban. A megélhetési bérekről szóló valamennyi éves jelentés, amelynek címe „A Fairer London”, megtalálható a GLA honlapján. A megélhetési béreket két megközelítés kombinációjával számítjuk ki. Az első, amelyet a Családi Költségvetési Osztály (FBU) dolgozott ki, megbecsüli az „alacsony költségű, de elfogadható” (LCA) költségvetés költségeit egyes háztartások esetében, és kiszámítja az e költségek fedezéséhez szükséges bért. Ez az úgynevezett „alapvető megélhetési költségek” megközelítés. A második – a „jövedelemelosztási” megközelítés – egyszerűen meghatározza London medián jövedelmét (11 háztartástípus esetében megfelelően súlyozva), majd annak 60%-át veszi figyelembe. A polgármester továbbra is lobbizik a nemzeti kormánynál, hogy fogadja el a londoni megélhetési béreket a Whitehallban.

A megélhetési bérekről szóló valamennyi éves jelentés, amelynek címe „A Fairer London”, megtalálható a GLA honlapján.A GLA Csoport 2006 óta alkalmazza a London Living Wage (LLW) rendszert.

A megélhetési béreket két megközelítés kombinációjával számítjuk ki. Az első, amelyet a Családi Költségvetési Osztály (FBU) dolgozott ki, megbecsüli az „alacsony költségű, de elfogadható” (LCA) költségvetés költségeit egyes háztartások esetében, és kiszámítja az e költségek fedezéséhez szükséges bért. Ez az úgynevezett „alapvető megélhetési költségek” megközelítés. A második – a „jövedelemelosztási” megközelítés – egyszerűen meghatározza London medián jövedelmét (11 háztartástípus esetében megfelelően súlyozva), majd annak 60%-át veszi figyelembe.

A polgármester továbbra is lobbizik a nemzeti kormánynál, hogy fogadja el a londoni megélhetési béreket a Whitehallban.

A megélhetési bérekről szóló valamennyi éves jelentés, amelynek címe „A Fairer London”, megtalálható a GLA honlapján.

Kopš 2006. gada GLA grupa īsteno Londonas iztikas minimumu (LLW). Grupa turpina iekļaut LLW kā prasību līgumiem, kas tiek izīrēti vai atjaunoti.

Mēs aprēķinām iztikas minimumu, apvienojot divas pieejas. Pirmajā, ko izstrādājusi Ģimenes budžeta nodaļa (FBU), aplēstas “zemu izmaksu, bet pieņemama” (LCA) budžeta izmaksas atsevišķām mājsaimniecībām un aprēķināta šo izmaksu segšanai nepieciešamā alga. To sauc par “dzīves pamatizmaksu” pieeju. Otrajā — “ienākumu sadales” pieejā — vienkārši nosaka Londonas vidējo ienākumu (atbilstoši svērts 11 mājsaimniecību veidiem) un pēc tam ņem 60 % no tā. Mērs turpina lobēt valsts valdību, lai pieņemtu Londonas dzīvo algu pāri Whitehall.

Visus ziņojumus par iztikas minimumu gadā ar nosaukumu "Fairer London" var atrast GLA tīmekļa vietnē.Kopš 2006. gada GLA grupa īsteno Londonas iztikas minimumu (LLW). Grupa turpina iekļaut LLW kā prasību līgumiem, kas tiek izīrēti vai atjaunoti.

Mēs aprēķinām iztikas minimumu, apvienojot divas pieejas. Pirmajā, ko izstrādājusi Ģimenes budžeta nodaļa (FBU), aplēstas “zemu izmaksu, bet pieņemama” (LCA) budžeta izmaksas atsevišķām mājsaimniecībām un aprēķināta šo izmaksu segšanai nepieciešamā alga. To sauc par “dzīves pamatizmaksu” pieeju. Otrajā — “ienākumu sadales” pieejā — vienkārši nosaka Londonas vidējo ienākumu (atbilstoši svērts 11 mājsaimniecību veidiem) un pēc tam ņem 60 % no tā.

Mērs turpina lobēt valsts valdību, lai pieņemtu Londonas dzīvo algu pāri Whitehall. Visus ziņojumus par iztikas minimumu gadā ar nosaukumu "Fairer London" var atrast GLA tīmekļa vietnē. Mēs aprēķinām iztikas minimumu, apvienojot divas pieejas. Pirmajā, ko izstrādājusi Ģimenes budžeta nodaļa (FBU), aplēstas “zemu izmaksu, bet pieņemama” (LCA) budžeta izmaksas atsevišķām mājsaimniecībām un aprēķināta šo izmaksu segšanai nepieciešamā alga. To sauc par “dzīves pamatizmaksu” pieeju. Otrajā — “ienākumu sadales” pieejā — vienkārši nosaka Londonas vidējo ienākumu (atbilstoši svērts 11 mājsaimniecību veidiem) un pēc tam ņem 60 % no tā. Mērs turpina lobēt valsts valdību, lai pieņemtu Londonas dzīvo algu pāri Whitehall.

Visus ziņojumus par iztikas minimumu gadā ar nosaukumu "Fairer London" var atrast GLA tīmekļa vietnē.Kopš 2006. gada GLA grupa īsteno Londonas iztikas minimumu (LLW). Grupa turpina iekļaut LLW kā prasību līgumiem, kas tiek izīrēti vai atjaunoti.

Mēs aprēķinām iztikas minimumu, apvienojot divas pieejas. Pirmajā, ko izstrādājusi Ģimenes budžeta nodaļa (FBU), aplēstas “zemu izmaksu, bet pieņemama” (LCA) budžeta izmaksas atsevišķām mājsaimniecībām un aprēķināta šo izmaksu segšanai nepieciešamā alga. To sauc par “dzīves pamatizmaksu” pieeju. Otrajā — “ienākumu sadales” pieejā — vienkārši nosaka Londonas vidējo ienākumu (atbilstoši svērts 11 mājsaimniecību veidiem) un pēc tam ņem 60 % no tā.

Mērs turpina lobēt valsts valdību, lai pieņemtu Londonas dzīvo algu pāri Whitehall.

Visus ziņojumus par iztikas minimumu gadā ar nosaukumu "Fairer London" var atrast GLA tīmekļa vietnē.