In 2023, the lowest-paid occupation in the United Kingdom was estimated to be retail cashiers, and check-out operators, at 382.7 pounds per week, followed by childminders at 385.4 pounds.

In 2025, the lowest-paid occupation in the United Kingdom was that of Market Research Interviewers, at 459.7 pounds per week, followed by Coffee Shop Workers at 462.5 pounds.

Full-time workers in the finance and insurance sector had the highest average annual salaries in the United Kingdom in 2025, at approximately 58,488 British pounds, with those working in accommodation and food service professions having the lowest average salary, at 28,687 pounds per year.

The median annual earnings for full-time employees in the United Kingdom was just over 39,000 British pounds in 2025, compared with 37,400 pounds in the previous year. At the start of the provided time period, in 1999, the average full-time salary in the UK was 17,800 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.

Annual estimates of the number and proportion of UK jobs paying below various 10 pence thresholds and the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage, by employee age group, from 1998 to 2023.

Estimates of the number and proportion of UK employee jobs with hourly pay below the living wage, by region, work geography, local authority and parliamentary constituency, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

Between 2019 and 2023, people living in households in the Asian and ‘Other’ ethnic groups were most likely to be in persistent low income before and after housing costs

Wages in the United Kingdom increased 4.80 percent in September 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.

The highest earning age group for full-time workers in the United Kingdom in 2024 were those aged between 40 and 49, with an average hourly salary of 22.52 British pounds an hour. By contrast, workers that were 16 to 17 earned an average of nine pounds an hour, and were the lowest earning age group.

As a result of a data issue that emerged during quality assurance, it will not be possible to release revised 2012 and provisional 2013 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings results and Low Pay Estimates tomorrow as scheduled. The revised publication date for these figures is 12 December 2013. ONS apologises for any inconvenience this may cause users. Source agency: Office for National Statistics Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Low pay estimates

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

39.8% of workers from the Indian ethnic group were in 'professional' jobs in 2021 – the highest percentage out of all ethnic groups in this role.

United Kingdom UK: Wage And Salary Workers: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Employment data was reported at 80.506 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 80.497 % for 2016. United Kingdom UK: Wage And Salary Workers: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 82.171 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2017, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 83.941 % in 2000 and a record low of 80.497 % in 2016. United Kingdom UK: Wage And Salary Workers: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Employment and Unemployment. Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as 'paid employment jobs,' where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in November 2017.; Weighted average; Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections.

Wages in the United Kingdom remained unchanged at 733 GBP/Week in September. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Average Weekly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.