"Figure 7: The occupations most affected by the pandemic in 2020, particularly the lower paid, have shown the greatest weekly pay increases in 2021","" "Growth in gross weekly full-time earnings by occupation 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). 6. Occupations as defined by the Standard Occupational Classification 2010. " "Unit","%" "","" "","2020 to 2021","2019 to 2020" "Elementary occupations","7.7","0.6" "Process plant and machine operatives","9.1","-5.2" "Sales and customer service occupations","6","0.5" "Caring leisure and other service occupations","2.2","3" "Skilled trades occupations","9","-6.5" "Administrative and secretarial occupations","4","0.8" "Associate professional and technical occupations","2.1","-1.9" "Professional occupations","2.7","1.1" "Managers directors and senior officials","0","-1.1"