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.

Average weekly earnings, UK, monthly.

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

Average Earnings Excluding Bonus in the United Kingdom decreased to 5.20 percent in April from 5.50 percent in March of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom Average Earnings Excluding Bonus YoY.

Average weekly earnings at industry level including manufacturing, construction and energy, Great Britain, monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.

Wages in the United Kingdom increased 5.30 percent in April of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Average Weekly Earnings Growth - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Average weekly earnings at sector level including manufacturing, finance and services, Great Britain, monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.

Wages in the United Kingdom decreased to 720 GBP/Week in April from 723 GBP/Week in March of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Average Weekly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Average weekly earnings for the whole economy, for total and regular pay, in real terms (adjusted for consumer price inflation), UK, monthly, seasonally adjusted.

Every year between 2013 and 2021, employees from the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group had the lowest average hourly pay out of all ethnic groups.

Gross weekly and hourly earnings by level of occupation, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Real Earnings Excluding Bonuses in the United Kingdom decreased to 0.80 percent in April from 1.50 percent in March of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom Real Average Weekly Earnings Excluding Bonuses.

In 2025, it is predicted that average earnings in the United Kingdom will increase by 4.3 percent, compared with a growth rate of 4.7 percent in 2024, and 7.6 percent in 2023, the fastest average earnings growth in this time period. By contrast, average earnings did not grow at all in 2020, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earnings vs inflation Although earnings grew at their fastest pace between 2021 and 2023 in this provided time period, this was offset by the period of very high inflation that occurred alongside it. This reached a peak of 11.1 percent in October 2022, with inflation only reaching the typical target rate of two percent in May 2024. Despite strong wage growth, the average UK worker saw their earnings fall relative to inflation between November 2021 and May 2023. As of January 2024, weekly wages in the UK were still growing faster than inflation, at two percent for regular pay and 1.7 percent for pay including bonuses. Full-time earnings reach over 37,000 GBP in 2024 Full-time employees in the United Kingdom earned an average annual salary of 37,430 British pounds in 2024, compared with just over 34,963 in the previous year. As of this year, men reported higher earnings than women did, with the UK reporting a gender pay gap of 13.1 percent for 2024, compared with 27.5 percent in 1997. Workers in their 40s had the highest average earnings by age group, at approximately 56,000 for men, and 44,000 for women. Although men earned more than women in all age groups, this gap was smallest among workers aged 18 to 21.

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

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

New Earnings Survey (NES) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) percentile and median time series by full-time employees, full-time males and full-time females.

United Kingdom (DC)Average Earning Index: IB: Other Services data was reported at 108.800 1999=100 in Oct 2003. This records an increase from the previous number of 106.200 1999=100 for Sep 2003. United Kingdom (DC)Average Earning Index: IB: Other Services data is updated monthly, averaging 103.050 1999=100 from Jul 1999 (Median) to Oct 2003, with 52 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 111.100 1999=100 in Dec 2002 and a record low of 92.400 1999=100 in Aug 1999. United Kingdom (DC)Average Earning Index: IB: Other Services 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.G056: Average Earnings Index: Including Bonuses (Discontinued).

United Kingdom (DC)Average Earning Index: IB: Transport, Storage & Communication data was reported at 111.100 1999=100 in Oct 2003. This records an increase from the previous number of 110.800 1999=100 for Sep 2003. United Kingdom (DC)Average Earning Index: IB: Transport, Storage & Communication data is updated monthly, averaging 104.550 1999=100 from Jul 1999 (Median) to Oct 2003, with 52 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 117.800 1999=100 in Jun 2003 and a record low of 95.100 1999=100 in Aug 1999. United Kingdom (DC)Average Earning Index: IB: Transport, Storage & Communication data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.G056: Average Earnings Index: Including Bonuses (Discontinued).