UK Business News, 23 November 2011
  

Figures from the ONS 2011 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings show that:

• In April 2011 median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees were £501, up 0.4 per cent from £499 in 2010;
• For men, full time earnings were £539, up 0.2 per cent, compared with £445 for women, up 1.4 per cent;
• Median gross weekly earnings for all employees were £404, the same as in 2010;
• Median gross annual earnings for full-time employees (including those whose pay was affected by absence) were £26,200, an increase of 1.4 per cent from 2010;
• Median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees were highest in London at £651 and lowest in Northern Ireland at £451 Between 2010 and 2011 the hourly earnings, excluding overtime, for full-time employees of the bottom decile grew by 0.1 per cent to £7.01 per hour, compared with growth of 1.8 per cent in the top decile to £26.75 per hour.

Source: ONS

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