"Figure 9: Earnings progression of the lowest earners for 25- to 29-years-old group by resident region as captured in 2011","" "England and Wales, from 2011 to 2015","" "","" "Notes","1. Regions, distribution of earnings and age have been calculated on 2011 data. 2. Movers and progression have been calculated on 2015 data. Movers are the people that they live in different region between 2011 and 2015.The 2015 region is based on unique identifier created by DWP specifically for our purposes. The identifier allows for the linking of the income and benefits data to each other and to the DWP Customer Information System (CIS). The address and demographic characteristics of individuals included in the income and benefits datasets are obtained through linking to the CIS. 3. The CIS contains basic information (including name, address and date of birth) on all individuals who have ever had a national insurance number. For more information on the CIS see [DWP Customer Information System](https://data.gov.uk/dataset/a93f7cb6-86f7-4f8c-89aa-f91cee9475be/customer-information-system). 4. Percentages are calculated based on the number of individuals in the progression category divided by the number of lowest earners in its region. " "Unit","number of people" "","" ""," unknown region for 2015 "," progression is unknown "," not experiencing wage progression and they moved region "," not experiencing wage progression and they stayed in the region","experiencing wage progression and they moved region","experiencing wage progression and they stayed in the region" "London"," 483 "," 19059 "," 1557 "," 12973 "," 3150 "," 21952 " "South East"," 292 "," 12359 "," 1215 "," 11397 "," 2842 "," 16550 " "North West"," 307 "," 11393 "," 704 "," 13389 "," 1803 "," 16948 " "West Midlands"," 182 "," 8720 "," 624 "," 9660 "," 1583 "," 12619 " "Yorkshire and The Humber"," 188 "," 8587 "," 641 "," 9296 "," 1644 "," 11663 " "East"," 195 "," 8039 "," 731 "," 7971 "," 1717 "," 10540 " "South West"," 195 "," 7308 "," 693 "," 8167 "," 1687 "," 10594 " "East Midlands"," 161 "," 6838 "," 621 "," 7397 "," 1590 "," 9649 " "Wales"," 117 "," 4757 "," 357 "," 5584 "," 955 "," 6887 " "North East"," 91 "," 4150 "," 257 "," 5068 "," 666 "," 5824 "