"Figure 6b: Average percentage difference in mean hourly earnings (includes pensions) of employees, by occupational group and firm size, private sector compared with public sector, UK, 2017","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Bars show the percentage by which public sector earnings are higher or lower than private sector earnings. 2. Data for 2017 are provisional. " "Unit","%" "","" "","Less than 11","Between 11 and 25","Between 26 and 50","Between 51 and 250","Between 251 and 500","Over 500" "Upper","41.87","18.25","15.01","8.73","-0.45","1.89" "Upper Middle","32.43","22.13","14.98","9.27","4.04","-1.25" "Lower Middle","14.37","18.25","19.36","16.67","13.64","12.99" "Lower","18.91","18.25","19.36","16.67","13.64","10.11"