Average weekly earnings in Great Britain - November 2025

11th November 2025

The following information is for the period from July to September 2025.

Annual growth in employees' average earnings was 4.6% for regular earnings (excluding bonuses) and 4.8% 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 0.5% for regular pay and 0.7% for total pay.

Using the Consumer Prices Index excluding owner occupiers' housing costs (CPI) to adjust for inflation, annual growth in real terms was 0.8% for regular pay and 1.0% for total pay.

Annual average regular earnings growth was 6.6% for the public sector and 4.2% 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.

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