Average weekly earnings in Great Britain - April 2025

15th April 2025

The following information is for the period from December 2024 to February 2025.

For this release we have implemented revisions, on an exceptional basis, back to October 2020 to allow for late and updated returns we received from one business to be included and improve the quality of the estimates.

At the whole economy level, these revisions are generally small and within the range we would expect to see during seasonal adjustment reviews; as the estimates are broken down below the whole economy level, the revisions become larger.

Annual growth in employees' average earnings for regular earnings (excluding bonuses) was 5.9% and total earnings (including bonuses) was 5.6%.

Annual growth in real terms, adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH), was 2.1% for regular pay and 1.9% for total pay.

Annual average regular earnings growth was 5.9% for the private sector and 5.7% for the public sector.

The annual growth in employees' average regular earnings (excluding bonuses) was 5.9% in December 2024 to February 2025. Growth was last higher than this in January to March 2024, when it was 6.0%.

Annual growth in total earnings (including bonuses) was 5.6% in December 2024 to February 2025. This is the same as the previous three-month period. Growth was last higher than this in October to December 2024, when it was 6.0%.

In real terms (adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH)), regular pay growth was 2.1% in December 2024 to February 2025 and total pay growth was 1.9%. Both real regular and total annual growth are equal to the previous three-month period, and it was last higher in the period before this. The recent increase in inflation has reduced the real annual growth rate.

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