This statistic displays the national minimum wage and national living wage per hour as of October 2018, with forecasts for 2019 through to 2023. In 2018, there was a difference of 45 pence per hour between the hourly national minimum and national living wage. This gap was expected to grow to 96 pence per hour by 2023.
Forecasted national minimum wage and living wage in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2023 (in British pounds per hour)
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Statistics on Earnings and wages in the UK
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 1999-2022
- Basic Statistic Average weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK 1997-2022
- Basic Statistic Average full-time hourly wage in the UK 1997-2022
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for part-time employees in the UK 1999-2022
- Basic Statistic Average weekly earnings for part-time employees in the UK 1997-2022
- Basic Statistic Average part-time hourly wage in the UK 1997-2022
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2022, by percentile
- Basic Statistic Minimum wage amount in the UK 1999-2022, by wage category
Gender and Pay
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- Basic Statistic Gender pay gap in the UK 1997-2022
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 1999-2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic Average weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK 1997-2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic Average full-time hourly wage in the UK 1997-2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2022, by age and gender
- Basic Statistic Average weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2022, by age and gender
- Basic Statistic Average full-time hourly wage in the UK 2022, by age and gender
Demographics
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- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2004-2022, by age group
- Premium Statistic Average weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2004-2022, by age group
- Basic Statistic Average full-time hourly wage in the UK 2004-2022, by age group
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2022, by region
- Basic Statistic Average full-time weekly wage in the UK 2022, by region
- Basic Statistic Average full-time hourly wage in the UK 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Pay gap between white and ethnic minority groups in England and Wales 2012-2019
- Premium Statistic Median hourly pay in England and Wales 2019, by ethnicity
Sectors and qualifications
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- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2022, by sector
- Basic Statistic Average weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2022, by sector
- Basic Statistic Average full-time hourly wage in the UK 2022, by sector
- Basic Statistic Highest paid occupations in the UK 2022
- Basic Statistic Lowest paid occupations in the UK 2022
- Basic Statistic Average annual salary of graduates and non-graduates in England 2007-2021
- Basic Statistic Average gross annual salary in the UK 2017, by education level and age
- Premium Statistic Average gross annual salary for graduates in the UK 2017, by degree subject
Wage Growth
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- Basic Statistic Annual growth in earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2000-2022
- Basic Statistic Annual growth in earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2000-2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic Average weekly earning growth for full-time workers in the UK 2005-2022, by age group
- Premium Statistic Average weekly earning growth in the UK 2001-2022
- Basic Statistic Average weekly earning growth in the UK 2001-2022, by sector
- Premium Statistic Average weekly earning growth in the UK compared with inflation 2001-2022
- Basic Statistic Average weekly earning growth in the UK 2022, by industry sector
Further related statistics
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- United Kingdom (UK): minimum wage and CPI percentage changes 2000-2013
- Wage and salary workers in the U.S. paid less than minimum wage 1979-2020, by gender
- Wages in the U.S.: real and nominal value of the minimum wage through 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion of purpose of minimum wage jobs 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: small-business owners' support for raising the minimum wage 2013
- Wage and salary workers paid minimum wage U.S. 1979-2020, by gender
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on higher minimum wage if jobs will be lost 2013
- Public opinion on raising the National Living Wage in the UK 2016
- Share of adults who support a minimum wage increase U.S. April 2021, by income
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on raising the minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S: effect of higher minimum wage on small-business operations 2013
- Real minimum wages in the United States 2000-2020
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage in 2013
- Perception of a fair minimum wage by employers in the United States, in June 2015
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Statistics
- United Kingdom (UK): minimum wage and CPI percentage changes 2000-2013
- Wage and salary workers in the U.S. paid less than minimum wage 1979-2020, by gender
- Wages in the U.S.: real and nominal value of the minimum wage through 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion of purpose of minimum wage jobs 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: small-business owners' support for raising the minimum wage 2013
- Wage and salary workers paid minimum wage U.S. 1979-2020, by gender
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on higher minimum wage if jobs will be lost 2013
- Public opinion on raising the National Living Wage in the UK 2016
- Share of adults who support a minimum wage increase U.S. April 2021, by income
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on raising the minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S: effect of higher minimum wage on small-business operations 2013
- Real minimum wages in the United States 2000-2020
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage in 2013
- Perception of a fair minimum wage by employers in the United States, in June 2015
Office for Budget Responsibility. (October 1, 2018). Forecasted national minimum wage and living wage in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2023 (in British pounds per hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/974281/uk-forecast-national-minimum-wage-and-living-wage/
Office for Budget Responsibility. "Forecasted national minimum wage and living wage in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2023 (in British pounds per hour)." Chart. October 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed January 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/974281/uk-forecast-national-minimum-wage-and-living-wage/
Office for Budget Responsibility. (2018). Forecasted national minimum wage and living wage in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2023 (in British pounds per hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/974281/uk-forecast-national-minimum-wage-and-living-wage/
Office for Budget Responsibility. "Forecasted National Minimum Wage and Living Wage in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2018 to 2023 (in British Pounds per Hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/974281/uk-forecast-national-minimum-wage-and-living-wage/
Office for Budget Responsibility, Forecasted national minimum wage and living wage in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2023 (in British pounds per hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/974281/uk-forecast-national-minimum-wage-and-living-wage/ (last visited January 28, 2023)
Forecasted national minimum wage and living wage in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2023 (in British pounds per hour) [Graph], Office for Budget Responsibility, October 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/974281/uk-forecast-national-minimum-wage-and-living-wage/