"Figure 13: Median pay increased most in health and social work and least in the accommodation and food services sector","" "Percentage change on same month last year, seasonally adjusted, UK, February 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. The latest period is based on early data and therefore is more likely to be subject to slightly more significant revisions. 2. The UK median is shown here for comparative purposes, but it does not represent an “average” of median pay growth across the regions. It is statistically possible, for example, for median pay growth for the UK as a whole to be higher or lower than pay growth in all constituent parts of the UK. 3. Changes in growth rates are affected by changes in the base period (a year ago) as well as changes in the latest period." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Median earnings growth","UK median" "Accommodation and food services","-7.691424","3.89885622" "Other service activities","-0.93543","3.89885622" "Construction","-0.291568","3.89885622" "Finance and insurance","0.828698","3.89885622" "Manufacturing","1.629285","3.89885622" "Wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles","3.33201","3.89885622" "Arts entertainment and recreation","3.528739","3.89885622" "Professional scientific and technical","4.006553","3.89885622" "Public administration and defence; social security","4.39671","3.89885622" "Education","5.022928","3.89885622" "Information and communication","5.172054","3.89885622" "Administrative and support services","5.341432","3.89885622" "Transportation and storage","6.194911","3.89885622" "Health and social work","6.76018","3.89885622"