Annual Survey Of Hours And Earnings (ashe)

5th December 2022

Statistics from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2022.

 Gross median weekly earnings for full-time employees in Scotland were £640.50 in 2022, an increase of 3.2 per cent over the year and continues the longer-term upward trend seen prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 The gender pay gap for full-time employees in Scotland has typically been reducing over time.

 Gender pay gap for full-time employees in Scotland increased from 3.0 per cent in 2021 to 3.7 per cent in 2022. However, this is still below the gap of 7.2 per cent on 2019 (pre-pandemic).

 Proportion of employees in Scotland aged 18 and over earning less than the real living wage decreased from 14.5 per cent in 2021 to 9.0 per cent in 2022, continuing the downward trend seen since 2018.

Read the full report HERE