UK average salary by region
Gross pay of full-time employees in each UK region from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, the survey HMRC payroll records underpin.
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| Gross pay by region (ASHE, ONS)5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median weekly pay, gross13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mean weekly pay, gross13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median hourly pay, gross13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median annual pay, gross13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median paid hours per week13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median earnings in Wales by local authority (Welsh Government)6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median gross weekly earnings41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median gross hourly earnings41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median gross weekly earnings — men42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median gross weekly earnings — women42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median gross hourly earnings — men42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Median gross hourly earnings — women42 |
Latest reading
United Kingdom stood at £766.6 in 2025. That is +5.3% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 2002 to 2025. Source: Nomis — official labour market statistics (ONS); StatsWales — Welsh Government open data.
- Latest
- £766.6
- 2025
- vs previous period
- +5.3%
- 2024
About this data
Gross pay of full-time employees in each UK region from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, the survey HMRC payroll records underpin. Median and mean weekly pay, hourly pay, annual pay and paid hours, by region of residence, yearly since 1997. Also on this page: median weekly and hourly earnings for every Welsh local authority, by sex (Welsh Government).
Frequently asked questions
- What earnings measures are included for UK regions?
- The table reports gross weekly pay, hourly pay, annual pay and weekly paid hours from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- Are the regional earnings figures based on mean or median pay?
- The dataset provides both median and mean gross pay figures for full-time employees, which prevents extreme high incomes from skewing regional comparisons.
- What local authority breakdown is available for Wales?
- The dataset provides median weekly and hourly earnings across individual Welsh local authorities, including Conwy, Swansea, Bridgend, Flintshire, Newport and Neath Port Talbot.
- How far back does this regional earnings dataset go?
- Annual regional earnings and hours figures from the ONS and StatsWales on this page cover periods since 2002, updated with each annual release.
