Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, 2000-2021: Secure Access

<p>The <i>Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey</i> (MWSS) is the main source of information for three key indicators of Short-Term Earnings generated by the Office for National Statistics: the Average Earnings Index, the Average Weekly Earnings and the Index of Labour Costs per Hour.<br> <br>The MWSS is distributed monthly to approximately 8,800 businesses and covers around 12.8 million employees. Companies are required to respond under the Statistics of Trade Act 1947. Businesses are selected from the Inter-Departmental Business Register. Every company with more than 1,000 employees is surveyed. Sampling is random for businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees. The MWSS does not cover businesses with fewer than 20 employees, and so the very smallest businesses in the economy are not represented. The self-employed and government-supported trainees are also not surveyed.<br> <br>The major strength of the MWSS is that it provides comprehensive information on earnings, by industry. In terms of industrial coverage, information on all industries is collected, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classifications (1992). Information on both the public and private sectors is available.<br> <br> <i>Linking to other business studies</i><br>These data contain Inter-Departmental Business Register reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.<br><br><span style="font-style: italic;">Latest edition information<br></span>For the twenty-fourth edition (January 2022), monthly data files for July, August and September 2021 have been added to the study.</p>

月度工资与薪金调查（Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, MWSS）是英国国家统计局（Office for National Statistics）编制的三项短期薪酬核心指标的主要信息来源，分别为平均薪酬指数、周均薪酬及单位小时劳动成本指数。

该调查每月向约8800家企业发放，覆盖约1280万名雇员。根据1947年《贸易统计法》（Statistics of Trade Act 1947），企业需履行报送义务。调查样本从跨部门商业注册登记簿（Inter-Departmental Business Register）中抽取：雇员人数超过1000人的企业将被全数纳入调查；雇员人数不足1000人的企业则通过随机抽样选取。本调查不覆盖雇员人数少于20人的企业，因此经济体中规模极小的企业未被纳入样本；个体经营者及政府资助的受训人员亦不在调查范围内。

MWSS的核心优势在于可按行业维度提供全面的薪酬相关信息。在行业覆盖范围上，其采集的数据涵盖1992年标准行业分类（Standard Industrial Classifications）定义的全部行业，同时覆盖公共部门与私营部门。

与其他商业研究的关联
本数据集包含跨部门商业注册登记簿参考编号。此类编号为匿名且唯一的企业组织标识，可帮助研究人员整合不同商业调查数据源。研究人员可申请获取其他商业数据以辅助自身研究工作。

最新版本信息
第24版（2022年1月）新增了2021年7月、8月及9月的月度数据文件。