"Figure 8: Weekly full-time earnings in most industries increased in April 2021 compared with April 2020","" "Growth in gross weekly full-time earnings by industry for 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021, UK","" "","" "Notes","1. Estimates for 2021 data are provisional. 2. Employees are on adult rates, pay is unaffected by absence unless furloughed. 3. Full-time is defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions). 4. Industries as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification 2007. " "Unit","%" "","" "","2019-2020","2020-2021" "Agriculture forestry and fishing ","2.3","3.5" "Mining and quarrying ","3.4","-1.3" "Manufacturing ","-3.1","8.3" "Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply ","2.5","5.5" "Water supply; sewerage waste management and remediation activities ","-2.3","2.2" "Construction ","-10.4","16.8" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles ","-1.8","7.6" "Transportation and storage ","0.0","5.7" "Accommodation and food service activities ","-7.4","4.6" "Information and communication ","3.8","0.2" "Financial and insurance activities ","0.0","3.4" "Real estate activities ","1.8","3.4" "Professional scientific and technical activities ","-2.5","4.2" "Administrative and support service activities ","2.6","2.5" "Public administration and defence; compulsory social security ","2.1","-2.5" "Education ","1.3","4.1" "Human health and social work activities ","2.0","1.7" "Arts entertainment and recreation ","0.0","0.9" "Other service activities ","-0.4","7.5"