"Figure 6: Annual percentage change in median full-time gross weekly earnings and the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), UK, April 1998 to 2013","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Employees on adult rates, pay unaffected by absence 2. Full-time defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions) 3. CPI figures are based on the All Items Consumer Prices Index of inflation for April 4. 2013 earnings figure is provisional " "Unit","%" "","" "Year (April)","Earnings","CPI" "1998","4.5","1.8" "1999","3.2","1.5" "2000","3.9","0.6" "2001","4.7","1.2" "2002","4.0","1.4" "2003","3.3","1.4" "2004","4.7","1.1" "2005","2.9","1.9" "2006","3.5","2.0" "2007","3.2","2.8" "2008","4.7","3.0" "2009","1.9","2.3" "2010","2.1","3.7" "2011","0.4","4.5" "2012","1.6","3.0" "2013","2.2","2.4"