"Figure 1: Pay growth for employees in both total pay (including bonuses) and regular pay (excluding bonuses) is estimated to be 3.1%, which translates to 1.5% in real terms","" "Great Britain average weekly earnings annual growth rates, seasonally adjusted, between January to March 2001 and November to January 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Period","Total pay (nominal)","Regular pay (nominal)","Total pay (real)","Regular pay (real)" "Jan-Mar 2001","6.187343043","3.918427864","4.869173693","2.684520449" "Feb-Apr 2001","6.272924463","4.510636546","4.89197728","3.167818993" "Mar-May 2001","5.146643953","4.928563608","3.607757176","3.344097531" "Apr-Jun 2001","5.508204058","5.064547008","3.675740105","3.227790724" "May-Jul 2001","5.210430154","5.072025778","3.284865404","3.194326438" "Jun-Aug 2001","5.24684807","5.294259809","3.24368156","3.376687442" "Jul-Sep 2001","4.787266214","5.240353766","2.934133139","3.427026246" "Aug-Oct 2001","4.730665722","5.044043033","2.959945945","3.259496074" "Sep-Nov 2001","4.516617174","4.793618415","2.9851558","3.257320696" "Oct-Dec 2001","4.091858584","4.681734307","2.721037284","3.210327821" "Nov-Jan 2002","3.77059584","4.582292237","2.273993901","3.025919267" "Dec-Feb 2002","3.292693413","4.714265739","1.61729646","2.992797016" "Jan-Mar 2002","3.246955521","4.89219692","1.440617239","3.04932214" "Feb-Apr 2002","3.069419696","4.726280188","1.33303231","2.924304581" "Mar-May 2002","3.32010908","4.365090673","1.773357133","2.754024461" "Apr-Jun 2002","3.548713724","4.216553892","2.123768483","2.849609057" "May-Jul 2002","3.764529051","4.232945335","2.431050044","2.91699116" "Jun-Aug 2002","3.54330884","3.878215402","2.237094332","2.543919725" "Jul-Sep 2002","3.341026155","3.491774282","1.991180525","2.08172732" "Aug-Oct 2002","2.983023692","3.201005822","1.564536712","1.783102293" "Sep-Nov 2002","2.883911553","3.180310266","1.359886136","1.673418832" "Oct-Dec 2002","2.655127935","3.011890873","1.053063838","1.390061774" "Nov-Jan 2003","2.587938154","3.102863195","0.995010523","1.514163549" "Dec-Feb 2003","2.387680316","3.080209808","0.779114593","1.558001748" "Jan-Mar 2003","2.903938261","3.013024095","1.32401802","1.525039768" "Feb-Apr 2003","3.078091899","2.951111676","1.507946266","1.41599168" "Mar-May 2003","3.292011158","3.055768594","1.829079263","1.541657909" "Apr-Jun 2003","2.846835917","3.129974683","1.437874841","1.757935813" "May-Jul 2003","2.704211187","3.032069877","1.380193952","1.778306237" "Jun-Aug 2003","2.859026044","3.138814762","1.524624376","1.888422838" "Jul-Sep 2003","3.112363345","3.388357874","1.85892145","2.077470608" "Aug-Oct 2003","3.522633104","3.640946066","2.286112083","2.27654594" "Sep-Nov 2003","3.644371011","3.714137663","2.442963636","2.344752037" "Oct-Dec 2003","3.869192078","3.93250392","2.582155713","2.572871397" "Nov-Jan 2004","3.956862824","3.843509607","2.634553232","2.444778248" "Dec-Feb 2004","3.884244492","3.660090648","2.613375128","2.232155954" "Jan-Mar 2004","3.747425369","3.375115441","2.604509824","2.00797983" "Feb-Apr 2004","3.780973196","3.407441726","2.660872015","2.166463818" "Mar-May 2004","4.092498004","3.533522451","2.810750836","2.252012146" "Apr-Jun 2004","4.28684283","3.603636566","2.838179668","2.161818341" "May-Jul 2004","4.391827694","3.674185885","2.814323928","2.13487102" "Jun-Aug 2004","4.372748148","3.763724205","2.913028639","2.278999031" "Jul-Sep 2004","4.574406181","3.76666356","3.03049906","2.383063858" "Aug-Oct 2004","4.701577397","3.818907606","3.11173859","2.468412203" "Sep-Nov 2004","4.907281339","3.761200162","3.138487775","2.353279415" "Oct-Dec 2004","4.766351132","3.899764272","3.134636537","2.370305177" "Nov-Jan 2005","4.803608939","3.98249194","3.059565762","2.34829335" "Dec-Feb 2005","5.040686073","4.147765673","3.286457725","2.457523238" "Jan-Mar 2005","5.05399571","4.318726143","3.035976629","2.533864684" "Feb-Apr 2005","4.724868603","4.305274985","2.761410039","2.417606242" "Mar-May 2005","4.337303752","4.282949517","2.336187163","2.336888323" "Apr-Jun 2005","4.311598351","4.15513337","2.329586712","2.234756957" "May-Jul 2005","4.504593741","4.263538009","2.425051491","2.203485836" "Jun-Aug 2005","4.712707903","4.335115745","2.480107742","2.137035095" "Jul-Sep 2005","4.761489787","4.465430309","2.439263404","2.031199669" "Aug-Oct 2005","4.527268984","4.382295159","2.261230484","1.938485103" "Sep-Nov 2005","4.315152784","4.340325329","2.172892627","1.928716956" "Oct-Dec 2005","4.308820448","4.047276634","2.148324131","1.769761152" "Nov-Jan 2006","4.37802506","4.020424281","2.023871716","1.780140041" "Dec-Feb 2006","4.911639216","4.023349885","2.470208738","1.78581475" "Jan-Mar 2006","5.234287896","4.001208094","2.761703805","1.81574441" "Feb-Apr 2006","5.434755872","3.928290087","3.119120439","1.72910454" "Mar-May 2006","4.943624288","3.840206871","2.565435404","1.552912304" "Apr-Jun 2006","4.935245141","4.02643568","2.505386571","1.536629553" "May-Jul 2006","4.842668391","3.932226841","2.337048981","1.390991021" "Jun-Aug 2006","4.551386485","3.739258405","2.000983121","1.134061012" "Jul-Sep 2006","3.900155715","3.517297363","1.480559891","0.936240999" "Aug-Oct 2006","3.783150181","3.655469077","1.41659056","1.048978796" "Sep-Nov 2006","3.902481679","3.846314792","1.572995174","1.224833712" "Oct-Dec 2006","4.634682344","4.050356701","2.024271792","1.301045662" "Nov-Jan 2007","5.591697504","3.95226752","2.616423508","1.180612133" "Dec-Feb 2007","6.689170999","3.909249107","3.578789691","1.126881241" "Jan-Mar 2007","6.37412477","3.911065445","3.0504759","1.078548075" "Feb-Apr 2007","5.420436603","3.998763477","2.387054158","1.109673073" "Mar-May 2007","4.476439774","4.121022962","1.624688803","1.309631535" "Apr-Jun 2007","4.247228468","4.1374027","1.885220827","1.531150207" "May-Jul 2007","4.440586867","4.345334372","2.247009452","1.988693607" "Jun-Aug 2007","4.631950736","4.557955344","2.576962901","2.398260833" "Jul-Sep 2007","5.055573987","4.658260372","3.120070613","2.672193507" "Aug-Oct 2007","4.865957219","4.420951837","2.895480005","2.356268505" "Sep-Nov 2007","4.711308518","4.209663998","2.615424289","1.989526363" "Oct-Dec 2007","3.900349664","4.036577992","1.69555505","1.696382341" "Nov-Jan 2008","3.965010501","4.101232237","1.512327134","1.708938346" "Dec-Feb 2008","3.893264745","4.102307283","1.329726381","1.629513169" "Jan-Mar 2008","4.756419135","4.202820463","1.801309712","1.654406253" "Feb-Apr 2008","4.71084343","4.360208688","1.747521859","1.611958162" "Mar-May 2008","4.607803099","4.204722248","1.466484575","1.21353218" "Apr-Jun 2008","3.808144191","3.955253168","0.649878939","0.576080281" "May-Jul 2008","3.498217906","3.573710354","-0.087484843","-0.191060452" "Jun-Aug 2008","3.139547821","3.413481412","-0.821641383","-0.687467648" "Jul-Sep 2008","2.921953408","3.340844576","-1.422651399","-1.112075294" "Aug-Oct 2008","2.99559615","3.407745852","-1.423848649","-1.026206453" "Sep-Nov 2008","2.768440574","3.385894877","-1.506676399","-0.837326208" "Oct-Dec 2008","2.723830797","3.333780123","-0.946710528","-0.328356105" "Nov-Jan 2009","1.167825677","3.068584513","-1.992135568","-0.216462614" "Dec-Feb 2009","-1.572372367","2.861823678","-4.283187518","-0.183633083" "Jan-Mar 2009","-2.728447813","2.469103054","-5.713455035","-0.477101252" "Feb-Apr 2009","-1.80400976","2.157766686","-4.462071008","-0.509924349" "Mar-May 2009","0.374145396","2.046207383","-2.045274001","-0.298004636" "Apr-Jun 2009","1.092678802","2.059324658","-0.673148096","0.061922057" "May-Jul 2009","0.652944919","1.90396565","-1.0176142","0.087393368" "Jun-Aug 2009","0.628261182","1.578984845","-0.911668448","-0.037657754" "Jul-Sep 2009","0.57870377","1.356996018","-0.739081265","0.033736133" "Aug-Oct 2009","0.591334488","1.222902893","-0.666632868","0.028591659" "Sep-Nov 2009","0.722559608","1.125645266","-0.612689101","-0.093217404" "Oct-Dec 2009","0.750495007","1.116597187","-0.849767686","-0.496038134" "Nov-Jan 2010","1.065319674","1.383231802","-0.845955256","-0.636790742" "Dec-Feb 2010","2.551464963","1.561893661","0.653542375","-0.627970208" "Jan-Mar 2010","2.809380279","1.806004385","2.176356718","-0.462535888" "Feb-Apr 2010","2.739681597","1.6674804","1.695660685","-0.653735064" "Mar-May 2010","1.563120337","1.56072075","-0.00221689","-0.90427893" "Apr-Jun 2010","1.613618903","1.339420712","-1.462710568","-1.169226427" "May-Jul 2010","1.812451559","1.596031434","-0.890329223","-0.802562197" "Jun-Aug 2010","1.84536116","1.959087292","-0.640430018","-0.415265843" "Jul-Sep 2010","1.976548511","2.225304268","-0.461361815","-0.130654767" "Aug-Oct 2010","2.129023202","2.241617187","-0.41057219","-0.197321572" "Sep-Nov 2010","2.180852736","2.270881051","-0.459572662","-0.23983105" "Oct-Dec 2010","2.196973293","2.18971771","-0.880896516","-0.582250934" "Nov-Jan 2011","2.469268372","2.186049759","-0.272376489","-0.824506495" "Dec-Feb 2011","2.594011242","2.096574463","-0.60703818","-1.2449157" "Jan-Mar 2011","2.72477454","2.013477556","-0.55309944","-1.432544365" "Feb-Apr 2011","2.396192526","1.958472839","-1.503281046","-1.630922428" "Mar-May 2011","2.261025951","2.031123007","-1.468410373","-1.629536598" "Apr-Jun 2011","2.406577043","2.142434759","-1.27377178","-1.585636304" "May-Jul 2011","2.673949004","2.000301497","-1.163042217","-1.791685774" "Jun-Aug 2011","2.623979443","1.726092483","-1.330670669","-2.046421522" "Jul-Sep 2011","2.189392221","1.615139225","-1.919064963","-2.400447646" "Aug-Oct 2011","1.911418692","1.690405927","-2.284399765","-2.430687443" "Sep-Nov 2011","1.90724403","1.787450127","-2.337219459","-2.4307239" "Oct-Dec 2011","1.911585376","1.858242284","-1.970972286","-2.062341354" "Nov-Jan 2012","1.362756776","1.555433289","-2.09318753","-1.994197307" "Dec-Feb 2012","0.997924789","1.508010881","-2.003390101","-1.72162758" "Jan-Mar 2012","0.705626478","1.494006965","-2.278703197","-1.559509051" "Feb-Apr 2012","1.194256449","1.728492647","-1.6990334","-1.209651275" "Mar-May 2012","1.426677182","1.734260942","-1.384925863","-1.010569237" "Apr-Jun 2012","1.50953676","1.759978627","-0.987385821","-0.763394226" "May-Jul 2012","1.383547021","1.821391706","-1.036633403","-0.570127901" "Jun-Aug 2012","1.607269179","1.966499953","-0.771881262","-0.364366934" "Jul-Sep 2012","1.803552501","1.819545903","-0.50386585","-0.400929524" "Aug-Oct 2012","1.720936368","1.617997753","-0.523960131","-0.592063719" "Sep-Nov 2012","1.458350812","1.364386755","-0.772214323","-0.845266966" "Oct-Dec 2012","1.219092934","1.260926249","-1.022889138","-1.085403658" "Nov-Jan 2013","1.256957501","1.194028125","-1.047089124","-1.190651195" "Dec-Feb 2013","1.155075866","0.986412449","-1.148634161","-1.4254228" "Jan-Mar 2013","0.731701938","0.821594064","-1.731358909","-1.619444868" "Feb-Apr 2013","1.395875812","0.852834765","-1.049184696","-1.523062662" "Mar-May 2013","1.590662323","0.949149114","-0.923270356","-1.437838489" "Apr-Jun 2013","1.995935011","0.985305187","-0.445800919","-1.422263097" "May-Jul 2013","1.120907287","0.912682234","-1.279591924","-1.518753381" "Jun-Aug 2013","0.71827393","0.738916987","-1.619059537","-1.678262297" "Jul-Sep 2013","0.695406411","0.703302056","-1.592754105","-1.665390453" "Aug-Oct 2013","0.782189834","0.707228409","-1.421910435","-1.559296397" "Sep-Nov 2013","0.841919018","0.724036308","-1.18669732","-1.350294974" "Oct-Dec 2013","0.996814778","0.871530019","-0.900033113","-1.018653559" "Nov-Jan 2014","1.241934341","1.094799644","-0.585321617","-0.69840401" "Dec-Feb 2014","1.723399861","1.267116795","-0.058191011","-0.473550333" "Jan-Mar 2014","1.647810217","1.115330267","-0.049973788","-0.523530472" "Feb-Apr 2014","0.622005294","0.726761653","-1.021847536","-0.889204021" "Mar-May 2014","0.009343777","0.549761145","-1.572477933","-0.998722449" "Apr-Jun 2014","-0.139930153","0.539091835","-1.749076436","-1.089376808" "May-Jul 2014","0.43515659","0.599382911","-1.162504043","-1.022153112" "Jun-Aug 2014","0.592949322","0.761162941","-0.978770477","-0.877958497" "Jul-Sep 2014","0.863303944","1.095710981","-0.606372298","-0.364085962" "Aug-Oct 2014","1.356947003","1.487536872","0.005806095","0.113429374" "Sep-Nov 2014","1.717290825","1.677475777","0.466877775","0.464179805" "Oct-Dec 2014","2.008415504","1.621981313","0.956490248","0.566567975" "Nov-Jan 2015","1.853790024","1.542357707","1.064976785","0.756283484" "Dec-Feb 2015","1.722382501","1.768260223","1.149792513","1.178771551" "Jan-Mar 2015","2.294154329","2.191403925","1.862173384","1.755883081" "Feb-Apr 2015","2.667546701","2.583566879","2.276634446","2.232150756" "Mar-May 2015","3.075063137","2.731979634","2.674727135","2.372797897" "Apr-Jun 2015","2.499779716","2.717523307","2.116671909","2.343412395" "May-Jul 2015","2.796151438","2.774452558","2.438912048","2.360393581" "Jun-Aug 2015","2.975017218","2.710919186","2.647293713","2.330828639" "Jul-Sep 2015","2.890563123","2.407403662","2.585214702","2.080291574" "Aug-Oct 2015","2.359960256","1.975890266","2.068996202","1.731104601" "Sep-Nov 2015","1.970141073","1.858109269","1.683105336","1.595163728" "Oct-Dec 2015","1.861780298","1.932979361","1.478227596","1.566976105" "Nov-Jan 2016","2.192328982","2.183230988","1.61167652","1.624156592" "Dec-Feb 2016","2.038730679","2.248532407","1.392037394","1.640854173" "Jan-Mar 2016","2.288834843","2.285191545","1.518143206","1.578199481" "Feb-Apr 2016","2.183402388","2.327100787","1.449181951","1.586555306" "Mar-May 2016","2.459456359","2.239617902","1.700524986","1.424074708" "Apr-Jun 2016","2.472555209","2.29298506","1.739959452","1.446528728" "May-Jul 2016","2.443877053","2.177364702","1.695213366","1.344719854" "Jun-Aug 2016","2.349500686","2.251885166","1.537193655","1.374973171" "Jul-Sep 2016","2.332178811","2.36358645","1.36853592","1.338472829" "Aug-Oct 2016","2.434803581","2.510876979","1.282367322","1.329323149" "Sep-Nov 2016","2.688121059","2.642623574","1.322970054","1.262195363" "Oct-Dec 2016","2.477015732","2.52376285","0.95242173","0.995475885" "Nov-Jan 2017","2.132851359","2.309412931","0.409472536","0.597946843" "Dec-Feb 2017","2.101167026","1.971690253","0.087731573","-0.00168365" "Jan-Mar 2017","2.193685525","1.786217141","-0.006300016","-0.362712682" "Feb-Apr 2017","2.23746122","1.756410761","-0.177353132","-0.630804596" "Mar-May 2017","1.99897117","1.974385147","-0.522795177","-0.521385744" "Apr-Jun 2017","2.280743777","2.078039105","-0.337917714","-0.458156491" "May-Jul 2017","2.18695322","2.154196526","-0.431442538","-0.380263407" "Jun-Aug 2017","2.30882268","2.133423692","-0.346566694","-0.425055145" "Jul-Sep 2017","2.248021831","2.207500291","-0.454132511","-0.426625267" "Aug-Oct 2017","2.514078953","2.321101034","-0.250857221","-0.370972092" "Sep-Nov 2017","2.481786493","2.325900453","-0.284267421","-0.40562685" "Oct-Dec 2017","2.615241128","2.46419323","-0.174339979","-0.275683444" "Nov-Jan 2018","2.724415423","2.564890704","-0.057518249","-0.169468851" "Dec-Feb 2018","2.838740415","2.757371259","0.155721215","0.135914894" "Jan-Mar 2018","2.858540119","2.875429862","0.323588724","0.355333925" "Feb-Apr 2018","2.696335021","2.844043438","0.369738259","0.468824224" "Mar-May 2018","2.637185253","2.780960639","0.394227284","0.439619256" "Apr-Jun 2018","2.218975749","2.702931606","0.004287389","0.351322573" "May-Jul 2018","2.553134724","2.895764923","0.264607341","0.50299457" "Jun-Aug 2018","2.789281593","3.083568119","0.482344213","0.689796168" "Jul-Sep 2018","3.021433217","3.192121556","0.729163504","0.857354267" "Aug-Oct 2018","3.362051318","3.289799393","1.083253105","1.012898929" "Sep-Nov 2018","3.391073049","3.347135543","1.179781325","1.122237851" "Oct-Dec 2018","3.60883006","3.414081177","1.448871426","1.247562903" "Nov-Jan 2019","3.485237314","3.479391016","1.51029144","1.464218141" "Dec-Feb 2019","3.537050696","3.407541674","1.623558581","1.526769549" "Jan-Mar 2019","3.208293422","3.315257869","1.362517288","1.508411473" "Feb-Apr 2019","3.292032526","3.424495136","1.35265637","1.525312922" "Mar-May 2019","3.476584714","3.624085835","1.544711335","1.690096118" "Apr-Jun 2019","3.958578991","3.942458375","1.992323661","1.973353507" "May-Jul 2019","3.886249406","3.86315528","1.946911435","1.908218244" "Jun-Aug 2019","3.675102291","3.777932225","1.783794902","1.86590261" "Jul-Sep 2019","3.665454826","3.64297865","1.864115932","1.797125092" "Aug-Oct 2019","3.171173491","3.465559916","1.536855262","1.753822202" "Sep-Nov 2019","3.180519127","3.352314019","1.608933506","1.753017174" "Oct-Dec 2019","2.86968988","3.216807268","1.407596098","1.748310059" "Nov-Jan 2020","3.090008161","3.05414684","1.544321101","1.493803977"