Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: October 2025

14th October 2025

The following information is for the period from June to August 2025.

Annual growth in employees' average earnings was 4.7% for regular earnings (excluding bonuses) and 5.0% for total earnings (including bonuses).

Annual growth in real terms, adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH), was 0.6% for regular pay and 0.8% for total pay.

Using the Consumer Prices Index excluding owner occupiers' housing costs (CPI) to adjust for inflation, annual growth in real terms was 0.9% for regular pay and 1.2% for total pay.

Annual average regular earnings growth was 6.0% for the public sector and 4.4% for the private sector; however, the public sector annual growth rate is affected by some public sector pay rises being paid earlier in 2025 than in 2024, causing a base effect.

After the public sector, the wholesaling, retailing, hotels and restaurants sector showed the strongest regular annual growth rate.

The annual growth in employees' average regular earnings (excluding bonuses) was 4.7% in June to August 2025 (Figure 2). This is slightly down from the previous three-month period (4.8%). It was last lower than 4.7% in February to April 2022, when it was 4.5%.

Annual growth in total earnings (including bonuses) was 5.0% in June to August 2025. This is slightly up from the previous three-month period (4.8%), mainly because the bonuses paid in August 2025 were slightly higher than the bonuses paid in August 2024.

In real terms (adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH)), annual regular pay growth was 0.6% in June to August 2025. This is slightly down from the previous three-month period (0.7%). It was last lower than 0.6% in April to June 2023, when it was 0.1%.

Annual real total pay growth (using CPIH) was 0.8% in June to August 2025, slightly up from the previous three-month period (0.6%).

Annual average regular earnings growth was 6.0% for the public sector in June to August 2025 (Figure 4). This is up on the previous three-month period (5.6%). However, the public sector annual growth rate is being affected by some public sector pay rises being paid earlier in 2025 than in 2024, causing a base effect.

Annual average regular earnings growth was 4.4% for the private sector, slightly down on the previous three-month period (4.7%). It was last lower than 4.4% in October to December 2021, when it was 4.2%.

Annual average total earnings growth was 5.8% for the public sector in June to August 2025. This is up on the previous three-month period when it was 5.1% and again affected by base effect. Annual average total earnings growth was 4.8% for the private sector, slightly up on the previous three-month period (4.7%).

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