Average weekly earning growth in the UK 2001-2024

Wages in the United Kingdom grew by approximately 4.8 percent in September 2024, although when adjusted for inflation, wages only grew in real terms by 1.9 percent. When bonus pay is included in wage growth calculations, wages grew by 4.3 percent in nominal terms, but by only 1.4 percent in real terms. Between March and June 2020, there is a clear fall in wage growth, brought on by the sudden economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the high-growth rates in the first half of 2021 also partially skewed by this factor.Almost two years of inflation outpacing wagesBetween November 2021 and June 2023 inflation was higher than wage growth in the UK, resulting in falling real terms earnings throughout this 20-month period. While UK inflation peaked at 11.1 percent in October 2022, it was not until April 2023 that it fell below double figures, and as of December 2023, was still at the relatively high rate of four percent. Forecasts from the Autumn 2023 budget predict that the annual UK inflation will have averaged out at 7.5 percent in 2023, before falling to 3.6 percent in 2024. The decline in real term wages is just one of the aspects of the current Cost of Living Crisis, which has led to the steepest fall in living standards for a generation Average earnings and gender pay gapFor full-time workers in the United Kingdom, the median average annual earnings was 34,963 British pounds in 2023, compared with 33,061 pounds in 2022. In London, average salaries were significantly higher than the rest of the country, at 44,370 pounds. Just two other areas of the United Kingdom, the South East and Scotland, had annual salaries above the UK average. North East England had the lowest average salary, at 31,200 pounds. As of 2023, the gender pay gap for median gross hourly earnings in the UK was 14.3 percent for all workers, falling to 7.7 percent for full-time workers and -3.3 percent for part-time workers. Compared with 1997, when the gender pay gap was 27.5 percent for all workers, there has been a degree of progress, although, at current trends, it will be some time before the gap is closed entirely.

2024年9月，英国工资增长率约为4.8%，然而经通货膨胀调整后，实际工资增长率仅为1.9%。将奖金计入工资增长计算时，名义工资增长率上升至4.3%，但实际增长率仅为1.4%。2020年3月至6月间，由于COVID-19大流行引发的突发经济冲击，工资增长率明显下降。2021年上半年的高增长率也部分受到了这一因素的影响。在2021年11月至2023年6月期间，英国通货膨胀率高于工资增长率，导致在这20个月的实际工资持续下降。尽管英国通货膨胀率在2022年10月达到11.1%的峰值，但直到2023年4月才降至两位数以下，截至2023年12月，通货膨胀率仍保持在相对较高的4%水平。2023年秋季预算的预测显示，2023年英国年度通货膨胀率平均为7.5%，预计2024年将降至3.6%。实际工资的下降仅仅是当前生活成本危机的一个方面，该危机导致了数代以来生活水平的最剧烈下降。关于平均收入和性别工资差距，英国全职工作者的中位年薪在2023年为34,963英镑，较2022年的33,061英镑有所上升。在伦敦，平均工资显著高于全国平均水平，达到44,370英镑。英国仅有东南部和苏格兰两个地区的年薪高于全国平均水平。英格兰东北部的平均工资最低，为31,200英镑。截至2023年，英国所有工人的中位毛时薪性别工资差距为14.3%，全职工作者为7.7%，兼职工作者为-3.3%。与1997年所有工人的性别工资差距为27.5%相比，虽然取得了一定程度的进步，但根据目前的趋势，要完全消除差距还需一段时间。