"Figure 12: Average difference in mean hourly pay (excluding overtime) by job tenure group, aged 16 to 64, 2015, UK","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Data for 2015 is provisional 2. This percentage is the difference in pay compared with the reference group. The reference group is those that have been employed for less than 6 months 3. These percentage are the pay differences for employees of the various job tenures below compared with an employee whose job tenure is less than 6 months 4. Compared to a job tenure of less than 6 months, the longer an employee is in a job the more they earn 5. Those that have been in their job for more than 20 years earn, on average, 25.5% more than those with a job tenure of less than 6 months" "Unit","%" "","" "Length of tenure","2014","2015" "Between 6 months and 1 year","3.9","3.0" "Between 1 and 2 years","6.4","6.5" "Between 2 and 5 years","10.8","11.6" "Between 5 and 10 years","15.6","15.1" "Between 10 and 20 years","20.6","19.1" "Over 20 years","26.6","25.5"