"Figure 1: Annual growth in total pay was 4.0% and regular pay was 4.6% in January to March 2021 - however, this growth will be affected by compositional effects","" "Great Britain, AWE annual growth rates, January to March 2021","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Period","Total pay (nominal)","Regular pay (nominal)","Total pay (real)","Regular pay (real)" "Jan-Mar 2001","6.2","3.9","4.9","2.7" "Feb-Apr 2001","6.3","4.5","4.9","3.2" "Mar-May 2001","5.1","4.9","3.6","3.3" "Apr-Jun 2001","5.5","5.1","3.7","3.2" "May-Jul 2001","5.2","5.1","3.3","3.2" "Jun-Aug 2001","5.2","5.3","3.2","3.4" "Jul-Sep 2001","4.8","5.2","2.9","3.4" "Aug-Oct 2001","4.7","5.0","3.0","3.3" "Sep-Nov 2001","4.5","4.8","3.0","3.3" "Oct-Dec 2001","4.1","4.7","2.7","3.2" "Nov-Jan 2002","3.8","4.6","2.3","3.0" "Dec-Feb 2002","3.3","4.7","1.6","3.0" "Jan-Mar 2002","3.2","4.9","1.4","3.1" "Feb-Apr 2002","3.1","4.7","1.3","2.9" "Mar-May 2002","3.3","4.4","1.8","2.8" "Apr-Jun 2002","3.5","4.2","2.1","2.8" "May-Jul 2002","3.8","4.2","2.4","2.9" "Jun-Aug 2002","3.5","3.9","2.2","2.5" "Jul-Sep 2002","3.3","3.5","2.0","2.1" "Aug-Oct 2002","3.0","3.2","1.6","1.8" "Sep-Nov 2002","2.9","3.2","1.4","1.7" "Oct-Dec 2002","2.7","3.0","1.1","1.4" "Nov-Jan 2003","2.6","3.1","1.0","1.5" "Dec-Feb 2003","2.4","3.1","0.8","1.6" "Jan-Mar 2003","2.9","3.0","1.3","1.5" "Feb-Apr 2003","3.1","3.0","1.5","1.4" "Mar-May 2003","3.3","3.1","1.8","1.5" "Apr-Jun 2003","2.8","3.1","1.4","1.8" "May-Jul 2003","2.7","3.0","1.4","1.8" "Jun-Aug 2003","2.9","3.1","1.5","1.9" "Jul-Sep 2003","3.1","3.4","1.9","2.1" "Aug-Oct 2003","3.5","3.6","2.3","2.3" "Sep-Nov 2003","3.6","3.7","2.4","2.3" "Oct-Dec 2003","3.9","3.9","2.6","2.6" "Nov-Jan 2004","4.0","3.8","2.6","2.4" "Dec-Feb 2004","3.9","3.7","2.6","2.2" "Jan-Mar 2004","3.7","3.4","2.6","2.0" "Feb-Apr 2004","3.8","3.4","2.7","2.2" "Mar-May 2004","4.1","3.5","2.8","2.3" "Apr-Jun 2004","4.3","3.6","2.8","2.2" "May-Jul 2004","4.4","3.7","2.8","2.1" "Jun-Aug 2004","4.4","3.8","2.9","2.3" "Jul-Sep 2004","4.6","3.8","3.0","2.4" "Aug-Oct 2004","4.7","3.8","3.1","2.5" "Sep-Nov 2004","4.9","3.8","3.1","2.4" "Oct-Dec 2004","4.8","3.9","3.1","2.4" "Nov-Jan 2005","4.8","4.0","3.1","2.3" "Dec-Feb 2005","5.0","4.1","3.3","2.5" "Jan-Mar 2005","5.1","4.3","3.0","2.5" "Feb-Apr 2005","4.7","4.3","2.8","2.4" "Mar-May 2005","4.3","4.3","2.3","2.3" "Apr-Jun 2005","4.3","4.2","2.3","2.2" "May-Jul 2005","4.5","4.3","2.4","2.2" "Jun-Aug 2005","4.7","4.3","2.5","2.1" "Jul-Sep 2005","4.8","4.5","2.4","2.0" "Aug-Oct 2005","4.5","4.4","2.3","1.9" "Sep-Nov 2005","4.3","4.3","2.2","1.9" "Oct-Dec 2005","4.3","4.0","2.1","1.8" "Nov-Jan 2006","4.4","4.0","2.0","1.8" "Dec-Feb 2006","4.9","4.0","2.5","1.8" "Jan-Mar 2006","5.2","4.0","2.8","1.8" "Feb-Apr 2006","5.4","3.9","3.1","1.7" "Mar-May 2006","4.9","3.8","2.6","1.6" "Apr-Jun 2006","4.9","4.0","2.5","1.5" "May-Jul 2006","4.8","3.9","2.3","1.4" "Jun-Aug 2006","4.6","3.7","2.0","1.1" "Jul-Sep 2006","3.9","3.5","1.5","0.9" "Aug-Oct 2006","3.8","3.7","1.4","1.0" "Sep-Nov 2006","3.9","3.8","1.6","1.2" "Oct-Dec 2006","4.6","4.1","2.0","1.3" "Nov-Jan 2007","5.6","4.0","2.6","1.2" "Dec-Feb 2007","6.7","3.9","3.6","1.1" "Jan-Mar 2007","6.4","3.9","3.1","1.1" "Feb-Apr 2007","5.4","4.0","2.4","1.1" "Mar-May 2007","4.5","4.1","1.6","1.3" "Apr-Jun 2007","4.2","4.1","1.9","1.5" "May-Jul 2007","4.4","4.3","2.2","2.0" "Jun-Aug 2007","4.6","4.6","2.6","2.4" "Jul-Sep 2007","5.1","4.7","3.1","2.7" "Aug-Oct 2007","4.9","4.4","2.9","2.4" "Sep-Nov 2007","4.7","4.2","2.6","2.0" "Oct-Dec 2007","3.9","4.0","1.7","1.7" "Nov-Jan 2008","4.0","4.1","1.5","1.7" "Dec-Feb 2008","3.9","4.1","1.3","1.6" "Jan-Mar 2008","4.8","4.2","1.8","1.7" "Feb-Apr 2008","4.7","4.4","1.7","1.6" "Mar-May 2008","4.6","4.2","1.5","1.2" "Apr-Jun 2008","3.8","4.0","0.6","0.6" "May-Jul 2008","3.5","3.6","-0.1","-0.2" "Jun-Aug 2008","3.1","3.4","-0.8","-0.7" "Jul-Sep 2008","2.9","3.3","-1.4","-1.1" "Aug-Oct 2008","3.0","3.4","-1.4","-1.0" "Sep-Nov 2008","2.8","3.4","-1.5","-0.8" "Oct-Dec 2008","2.7","3.3","-0.9","-0.3" "Nov-Jan 2009","1.2","3.1","-2.0","-0.2" "Dec-Feb 2009","-1.6","2.9","-4.3","-0.2" "Jan-Mar 2009","-2.7","2.5","-5.7","-0.5" "Feb-Apr 2009","-1.8","2.2","-4.5","-0.5" "Mar-May 2009","0.4","2.0","-2.0","-0.3" "Apr-Jun 2009","1.1","2.1","-0.7","0.1" "May-Jul 2009","0.7","1.9","-1.0","0.1" "Jun-Aug 2009","0.6","1.6","-0.9","0.0" "Jul-Sep 2009","0.6","1.4","-0.7","0.0" "Aug-Oct 2009","0.6","1.2","-0.7","0.0" "Sep-Nov 2009","0.7","1.1","-0.6","-0.1" "Oct-Dec 2009","0.8","1.1","-0.8","-0.5" "Nov-Jan 2010","1.1","1.4","-0.8","-0.6" "Dec-Feb 2010","2.6","1.6","0.7","-0.6" "Jan-Mar 2010","2.8","1.8","2.2","-0.5" "Feb-Apr 2010","2.7","1.7","1.7","-0.7" "Mar-May 2010","1.6","1.6","0.0","-0.9" "Apr-Jun 2010","1.6","1.3","-1.5","-1.2" "May-Jul 2010","1.8","1.6","-0.9","-0.8" "Jun-Aug 2010","1.8","2.0","-0.6","-0.4" "Jul-Sep 2010","2.0","2.2","-0.5","-0.1" "Aug-Oct 2010","2.1","2.2","-0.4","-0.2" "Sep-Nov 2010","2.2","2.3","-0.5","-0.2" "Oct-Dec 2010","2.2","2.2","-0.9","-0.6" "Nov-Jan 2011","2.5","2.2","-0.3","-0.8" "Dec-Feb 2011","2.6","2.1","-0.6","-1.2" "Jan-Mar 2011","2.7","2.0","-0.6","-1.4" "Feb-Apr 2011","2.4","2.0","-1.5","-1.6" "Mar-May 2011","2.3","2.0","-1.5","-1.6" "Apr-Jun 2011","2.4","2.1","-1.3","-1.6" "May-Jul 2011","2.7","2.0","-1.2","-1.8" "Jun-Aug 2011","2.6","1.7","-1.3","-2.0" "Jul-Sep 2011","2.2","1.6","-1.9","-2.4" "Aug-Oct 2011","1.9","1.7","-2.3","-2.4" "Sep-Nov 2011","1.9","1.8","-2.3","-2.4" "Oct-Dec 2011","1.9","1.9","-2.0","-2.1" "Nov-Jan 2012","1.4","1.6","-2.1","-2.0" "Dec-Feb 2012","1.0","1.5","-2.0","-1.7" "Jan-Mar 2012","0.7","1.5","-2.3","-1.6" "Feb-Apr 2012","1.2","1.7","-1.7","-1.2" "Mar-May 2012","1.4","1.7","-1.4","-1.0" "Apr-Jun 2012","1.5","1.8","-1.0","-0.8" "May-Jul 2012","1.4","1.8","-1.0","-0.6" "Jun-Aug 2012","1.6","2.0","-0.8","-0.4" "Jul-Sep 2012","1.8","1.8","-0.5","-0.4" "Aug-Oct 2012","1.7","1.6","-0.5","-0.6" "Sep-Nov 2012","1.5","1.4","-0.8","-0.8" "Oct-Dec 2012","1.2","1.3","-1.0","-1.1" "Nov-Jan 2013","1.3","1.2","-1.0","-1.2" "Dec-Feb 2013","1.2","1.0","-1.1","-1.4" "Jan-Mar 2013","0.7","0.8","-1.7","-1.6" "Feb-Apr 2013","1.4","0.9","-1.0","-1.5" "Mar-May 2013","1.6","1.0","-0.9","-1.4" "Apr-Jun 2013","2.0","1.0","-0.4","-1.4" "May-Jul 2013","1.1","0.9","-1.3","-1.5" "Jun-Aug 2013","0.7","0.7","-1.6","-1.7" "Jul-Sep 2013","0.7","0.7","-1.6","-1.7" "Aug-Oct 2013","0.8","0.7","-1.4","-1.6" "Sep-Nov 2013","0.8","0.7","-1.2","-1.4" "Oct-Dec 2013","1.0","0.9","-0.9","-1.0" "Nov-Jan 2014","1.2","1.1","-0.6","-0.7" "Dec-Feb 2014","1.7","1.3","-0.1","-0.5" "Jan-Mar 2014","1.6","1.1","0.0","-0.5" "Feb-Apr 2014","0.6","0.7","-1.0","-0.9" "Mar-May 2014","0.0","0.6","-1.6","-1.0" "Apr-Jun 2014","-0.1","0.5","-1.7","-1.1" "May-Jul 2014","0.4","0.6","-1.2","-1.0" "Jun-Aug 2014","0.6","0.8","-1.0","-0.9" "Jul-Sep 2014","0.9","1.1","-0.6","-0.4" "Aug-Oct 2014","1.4","1.5","0.0","0.1" "Sep-Nov 2014","1.7","1.7","0.5","0.5" "Oct-Dec 2014","2.0","1.6","1.0","0.6" "Nov-Jan 2015","1.9","1.5","1.1","0.8" "Dec-Feb 2015","1.7","1.8","1.2","1.2" "Jan-Mar 2015","2.3","2.2","1.9","1.8" "Feb-Apr 2015","2.7","2.6","2.3","2.2" "Mar-May 2015","3.1","2.7","2.7","2.4" "Apr-Jun 2015","2.5","2.7","2.1","2.4" "May-Jul 2015","2.8","2.8","2.4","2.4" "Jun-Aug 2015","3.0","2.7","2.6","2.3" "Jul-Sep 2015","2.9","2.4","2.6","2.1" "Aug-Oct 2015","2.4","2.0","2.1","1.7" "Sep-Nov 2015","2.0","1.9","1.7","1.6" "Oct-Dec 2015","1.9","1.9","1.5","1.5" "Nov-Jan 2016","2.2","2.2","1.6","1.6" "Dec-Feb 2016","2.0","2.2","1.4","1.6" "Jan-Mar 2016","2.3","2.3","1.5","1.6" "Feb-Apr 2016","2.2","2.3","1.4","1.6" "Mar-May 2016","2.4","2.2","1.7","1.4" "Apr-Jun 2016","2.5","2.3","1.7","1.5" "May-Jul 2016","2.5","2.2","1.7","1.4" "Jun-Aug 2016","2.4","2.3","1.5","1.4" "Jul-Sep 2016","2.4","2.4","1.4","1.3" "Aug-Oct 2016","2.4","2.5","1.3","1.3" "Sep-Nov 2016","2.7","2.6","1.3","1.2" "Oct-Dec 2016","2.5","2.5","0.9","1.0" "Nov-Jan 2017","2.1","2.3","0.4","0.6" "Dec-Feb 2017","2.1","2.0","0.1","0.0" "Jan-Mar 2017","2.2","1.8","0.0","-0.4" "Feb-Apr 2017","2.2","1.8","-0.2","-0.6" "Mar-May 2017","2.0","2.0","-0.5","-0.5" "Apr-Jun 2017","2.3","2.1","-0.3","-0.4" "May-Jul 2017","2.2","2.2","-0.4","-0.4" "Jun-Aug 2017","2.3","2.1","-0.3","-0.4" "Jul-Sep 2017","2.3","2.2","-0.4","-0.4" "Aug-Oct 2017","2.5","2.3","-0.2","-0.4" "Sep-Nov 2017","2.5","2.3","-0.3","-0.4" "Oct-Dec 2017","2.6","2.4","-0.2","-0.3" "Nov-Jan 2018","2.7","2.5","-0.1","-0.2" "Dec-Feb 2018","2.8","2.7","0.2","0.1" "Jan-Mar 2018","2.9","2.9","0.3","0.4" "Feb-Apr 2018","2.7","2.9","0.4","0.5" "Mar-May 2018","2.6","2.8","0.4","0.5" "Apr-Jun 2018","2.2","2.7","0.0","0.4" "May-Jul 2018","2.6","2.9","0.3","0.5" "Jun-Aug 2018","2.8","3.1","0.5","0.7" "Jul-Sep 2018","3.1","3.2","0.8","0.9" "Aug-Oct 2018","3.4","3.3","1.1","1.0" "Sep-Nov 2018","3.4","3.3","1.2","1.1" "Oct-Dec 2018","3.5","3.4","1.4","1.2" "Nov-Jan 2019","3.3","3.5","1.4","1.4" "Dec-Feb 2019","3.5","3.4","1.6","1.5" "Jan-Mar 2019","3.3","3.3","1.4","1.5" "Feb-Apr 2019","3.3","3.4","1.4","1.5" "Mar-May 2019","3.5","3.6","1.5","1.7" "Apr-Jun 2019","3.9","4.0","2.0","2.0" "May-Jul 2019","3.9","3.9","2.0","1.9" "Jun-Aug 2019","3.7","3.8","1.8","1.9" "Jul-Sep 2019","3.8","3.7","2.0","1.8" "Aug-Oct 2019","3.3","3.5","1.6","1.7" "Sep-Nov 2019","3.2","3.3","1.6","1.7" "Oct-Dec 2019","2.7","3.2","1.2","1.7" "Nov-Jan 2020","2.9","3.0","1.2","1.5" "Dec-Feb 2020","2.6","2.9","1.0","1.3" "Jan-Mar 2020","2.4","2.6","0.5","1.0" "Feb-Apr 2020","1.1","1.7","-0.5","0.4" "Mar-May 2020","-0.2","0.7","-1.3","-0.3" "Apr-Jun 2020","-1.3","-0.1","-2.1","-0.9" "May-Jul 2020","-1.0","0.2","-1.8","-0.6" "Jun-Aug 2020","0.1","0.9","-0.7","0.2" "Jul-Sep 2020","1.5","1.9","0.7","1.2" "Aug-Oct 2020","2.8","2.8","2.1","2.1" "Sep-Nov 2020","3.7","3.6","2.9","2.8" "Oct-Dec 2020","4.6","4.1","3.8","3.3" "Nov-Jan 2021","4.8","4.3","3.9","3.5" "Dec-Feb 2021","4.5","4.4","3.6","3.5" "Jan-Mar 2021","4.0","4.6","3.1","3.6"