Commenting on today’s
figures, ONS senior statistician Roger Smith said:
The Low and high pay in the UK: 2019
“Earnings continued to
increase in the latest year. In recent years this has been fastest among the
lowest-paid occupations. However, taking inflation into account, real pay is
still some way below its pre-crisis level.
“The gender pay gap has
been falling slowly in recent years for full-time employees, but in 2019 it was
little changed. However, for employees under 40, the gap is now close to zero;
it’s among older workers that the pay gap remains substantial.”
The ONS has today
published the 2019 findings of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. As with
last year’s result, there are now three separate bulletins, one looking at the
overall results, one looking at the gender pay gap and the third looking at the
distribution of high and low earnings.
Main points
- Median
weekly earnings for full-time employees reached £585 in April 2019, an
increase of 2.9% since April 2018.
- In
real terms (after adjusting for inflation), median full-time employee
earnings increased by 0.9% in the year to April 2019.
The following releases are
available below:
The Low and high pay in the UK: 2019
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