"Figure 4: Pay for employees (including bonuses) has grown by 1.8% on the year when adjusted for inflation; pay excluding bonuses has grown by 1.7%","" "Great Britain average weekly earnings annual growth rates, seasonally adjusted, January to March 2001 to July to September 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Period","Total pay (nominal)","Regular pay (real)","Regular pay (nominal)","Total pay (real)" "Jan-Mar 2001","6.18729998","2.677780222","3.918429957","4.840434042" "Feb-Apr 2001","6.272030268","3.163051477","4.510642547","4.864476748" "Mar-May 2001","5.149739061","3.341137676","4.928567265","3.56755967" "Apr-Jun 2001","5.49913518","3.223470642","5.064547366","3.68461292" "May-Jul 2001","5.20732381","3.187511672","5.072020049","3.316131037" "Jun-Aug 2001","5.247593315","3.368007726","5.294258439","3.280969844" "Jul-Sep 2001","4.791209668","3.423666545","5.240353179","2.949634195" "Aug-Oct 2001","4.735125914","3.264595969","5.044039676","2.991747397" "Sep-Nov 2001","4.522076568","3.268889189","4.793607875","3.05818821" "Oct-Dec 2001","4.098514205","3.224548981","4.681734744","2.730747696" "Nov-Jan 2002","3.774646947","3.033067369","4.582303541","2.220247941" "Dec-Feb 2002","3.290280829","2.992316325","4.714298504","1.546067227" "Jan-Mar 2002","3.089938615","3.042684469","4.891900722","1.242598721" "Feb-Apr 2002","3.060828906","2.919887663","4.726266017","1.298506548" "Mar-May 2002","3.314053366","2.752299612","4.365069941","1.732850414" "Apr-Jun 2002","3.691596751","2.845996579","4.216848459","2.297497287" "May-Jul 2002","3.764347158","2.911864624","4.232952638","2.495322946" "Jun-Aug 2002","3.548863987","2.538418905","3.878215244","2.280608106" "Jul-Sep 2002","3.350747321","2.080827715","3.491772465","2.024346316" "Aug-Oct 2002","2.99293707","1.785944942","3.201001664","1.617058048" "Sep-Nov 2002","2.895056015","1.677020712","3.180299273","1.440379263" "Oct-Dec 2002","2.670081489","1.392426359","3.011890929","1.046429717" "Nov-Jan 2003","2.58142302","1.51432127","3.10287165","0.939275396" "Dec-Feb 2003","2.380292197","1.55720485","3.080244381","0.713295377" "Jan-Mar 2003","3.048099694","1.523232872","3.013283463","1.409724772" "Feb-Apr 2003","3.062737339","1.414849095","2.951099861","1.459234239" "Mar-May 2003","3.273931151","1.5409458","3.055745888","1.800839423" "Apr-Jun 2003","2.676392957","1.756129027","3.129723568","1.325852154" "May-Jul 2003","2.71372371","1.775731593","3.032082389","1.409697352" "Jun-Aug 2003","2.872611707","1.885974303","3.138814483","1.544982828" "Jul-Sep 2003","3.129745194","2.077556449","3.388352273","1.899161038" "Aug-Oct 2003","3.54123567","2.279532071","3.640931887","2.356820227" "Sep-Nov 2003","3.661702853","2.349594177","3.714119199","2.512593232" "Oct-Dec 2003","3.88312659","2.579257765","3.932492979","2.579470617" "Nov-Jan 2004","3.946227164","2.448946164","3.84351749","2.572683948" "Dec-Feb 2004","3.874382287","2.234566675","3.66012316","2.569088963" "Jan-Mar 2004","3.732947885","2.007227852","3.375114369","2.563237979" "Feb-Apr 2004","3.742664113","2.164993781","3.407449207","2.657381484" "Mar-May 2004","4.067139462","2.250102738","3.533519123","2.803367664" "Apr-Jun 2004","4.262196873","2.159314635","3.60365847","2.884579572" "May-Jul 2004","4.423686018","2.132381819","3.674185755","2.853971204" "Jun-Aug 2004","4.401262534","2.276413965","3.763718244","2.936376187" "Jul-Sep 2004","4.615468808","2.382224411","3.766653067","3.021438302" "Aug-Oct 2004","4.73556343","2.47030596","3.818881723","3.076224388" "Sep-Nov 2004","4.932809281","2.356410519","3.761170894","3.06665483" "Oct-Dec 2004","4.774852318","2.37394595","3.899741048","3.108763346" "Nov-Jan 2005","4.756951738","2.349239582","3.982493407","3.071492816" "Dec-Feb 2005","4.983102894","2.459022735","4.147775463","3.372617001" "Jan-Mar 2005","4.87661389","2.536580404","4.318517494","2.942382657" "Feb-Apr 2005","4.690292118","2.417143346","4.30532677","2.778508613" "Mar-May 2005","4.334206061","2.334416048","4.282988189","2.292509893" "Apr-Jun 2005","4.440874481","2.22937872","4.155382249","2.446242319" "May-Jul 2005","4.560479079","2.20189566","4.263517265","2.421902313" "Jun-Aug 2005","4.7543776","2.135387106","4.335097402","2.499385341" "Jul-Sep 2005","4.801990517","2.030139618","4.465403319","2.420417939" "Aug-Oct 2005","4.575083172","1.938159053","4.382248276","2.162194179" "Sep-Nov 2005","4.34522779","1.929710453","4.340275828","2.043641042" "Oct-Dec 2005","4.311943847","1.77156357","4.047243473","2.094264979" "Nov-Jan 2006","4.329457168","1.781251044","4.020431654","2.065752458" "Dec-Feb 2006","4.840477529","1.786951853","4.023373749","2.627433237" "Jan-Mar 2006","5.32770712","1.811796437","4.001540835","3.06678408" "Feb-Apr 2006","5.358715248","1.729348151","3.928372172","3.199523112" "Mar-May 2006","4.947983543","1.551860587","3.840270731","2.527414265" "Apr-Jun 2006","4.813846792","1.540633438","4.026179938","2.286844495" "May-Jul 2006","4.934337338","1.391432123","3.932188406","2.332563288" "Jun-Aug 2006","4.603724552","1.134081026","3.739216232","1.978694685" "Jul-Sep 2006","3.939129441","0.93578496","3.517239683","1.397769396" "Aug-Oct 2006","3.821169182","1.048182587","3.655392858","1.27234703" "Sep-Nov 2006","3.920067075","1.224202771","3.846245277","1.422942701" "Oct-Dec 2006","4.630534712","1.300947594","4.050289471","1.982072108" "Nov-Jan 2007","5.540607594","1.1809335","3.952325794","2.701822132" "Dec-Feb 2007","6.621355869","1.12918764","3.909298864","3.762605709" "Jan-Mar 2007","6.28946245","1.079164505","3.911251665","3.233253858" "Feb-Apr 2007","5.369811912","1.110069683","3.998852193","2.471384032" "Mar-May 2007","4.482117075","1.308754506","4.121103786","1.644815062" "Apr-Jun 2007","4.319381972","1.532023455","4.137352802","1.78640187" "May-Jul 2007","4.513703559","1.987710494","4.345261322","2.143797581" "Jun-Aug 2007","4.675006102","2.396862796","4.557862761","2.46715372" "Jul-Sep 2007","5.057423706","2.669643465","4.658144442","3.083321188" "Aug-Oct 2007","4.87433497","2.355112897","4.420841517","2.861838517" "Sep-Nov 2007","4.7055028","1.989387322","4.209606874","2.589262816" "Oct-Dec 2007","3.894856244","1.6987574","4.03649949","1.691275043" "Nov-Jan 2008","3.967230604","1.710475806","4.101388085","1.529168768" "Dec-Feb 2008","3.898623135","1.631682302","4.102454654","1.38676636" "Jan-Mar 2008","4.548787545","1.659854078","4.202898727","1.718943516" "Feb-Apr 2008","4.66552153","1.611834828","4.360280089","1.849396964" "Mar-May 2008","4.586336986","1.212078703","4.204746401","1.543903783" "Apr-Jun 2008","4.027654085","0.569756033","3.955347437","0.768097327" "May-Jul 2008","3.529122777","-0.189956067","3.573528367","-0.206805129" "Jun-Aug 2008","3.154685452","-0.686770257","3.413273918","-0.958554967" "Jul-Sep 2008","2.916155657","-1.111388856","3.340667141","-1.479886705" "Aug-Oct 2008","2.96432429","-1.027693822","3.407666164","-1.364279606" "Sep-Nov 2008","2.737678112","-0.840290689","3.385933554","-1.416403226" "Oct-Dec 2008","2.703282346","-0.332009416","3.333798571","-0.854050854" "Nov-Jan 2009","1.207151357","-0.217812995","3.068935195","-2.004542043" "Dec-Feb 2009","-1.522157307","-0.181587739","2.862088607","-4.355699055" "Jan-Mar 2009","-2.576560323","-0.479373152","2.46966214","-5.624846963" "Feb-Apr 2009","-1.763932936","-0.506691082","2.157696155","-4.462057975" "Mar-May 2009","0.361660834","-0.296331779","2.046089824","-2.019452134" "Apr-Jun 2009","0.958420881","0.068268622","2.058863639","-0.833141613" "May-Jul 2009","0.594002604","0.087025763","1.903665691","-1.074819768" "Jun-Aug 2009","0.601826105","-0.038452881","1.578612407","-0.938548805" "Jul-Sep 2009","0.550745536","0.032911504","1.356745636","-0.703451764" "Aug-Oct 2009","0.552058963","0.026852371","1.222882411","-0.55325964" "Sep-Nov 2009","0.696344261","-0.095304156","1.125898603","-0.454812139" "Oct-Dec 2009","0.744512988","-0.49880125","1.116835983","-0.780033425" "Nov-Jan 2010","1.122592934","-0.637123629","1.383935687","-0.898535854" "Dec-Feb 2010","2.627196516","-0.62668739","1.562403814","0.484905958" "Jan-Mar 2010","2.863138431","-0.459523684","1.806373773","2.045027335" "Feb-Apr 2010","2.789282992","-0.651460755","1.667089462","1.62093746" "Mar-May 2010","1.552695463","-0.903069782","1.560205446","-0.04053064" "Apr-Jun 2010","1.587140331","-1.169200109","1.338823428","-1.444213409" "May-Jul 2010","1.734875617","-0.803804961","1.59547283","-0.809863553" "Jun-Aug 2010","1.797518029","-0.416659872","1.958615525","-0.504476191" "Jul-Sep 2010","1.948759133","-0.131455591","2.225126008","-0.373424871" "Aug-Oct 2010","2.095613643","-0.198283877","2.241718315","-0.320877818" "Sep-Nov 2010","2.165595435","-0.240252076","2.271650473","-0.365798153" "Oct-Dec 2010","2.197642897","-0.584140375","2.190399921","-0.866207935" "Nov-Jan 2011","2.512659365","-0.824025981","2.187285542","-0.325538854" "Dec-Feb 2011","2.645778184","-1.244892732","2.097088362","-0.810934158" "Jan-Mar 2011","2.78317857","-1.430108662","2.013715496","-0.702269785" "Feb-Apr 2011","2.454628504","-1.630052463","1.95762408","-1.630647499" "Mar-May 2011","2.267712806","-1.628124703","2.030026424","-1.505408132" "Apr-Jun 2011","2.372051129","-1.585289115","2.141369708","-1.216936211" "May-Jul 2011","2.602358906","-1.789980824","1.999575846","-1.016704305" "Jun-Aug 2011","2.576278731","-2.045027047","1.725627874","-1.122090471" "Jul-Sep 2011","2.158675912","-2.398761124","1.61466033","-1.808922632" "Aug-Oct 2011","1.896462954","-2.431310693","1.691077031","-2.27351269" "Sep-Nov 2011","1.907370687","-2.432687321","1.789011083","-2.350281621" "Oct-Dec 2011","1.925305578","-2.065808446","1.859928634","-2.027841509" "Nov-Jan 2012","1.385255594","-1.995228706","1.556584587","-2.142561838" "Dec-Feb 2012","1.023059317","-1.722022951","1.508390844","-2.122685671" "Jan-Mar 2012","0.736853956","-1.558632928","1.494103924","-2.398991574" "Feb-Apr 2012","1.216935286","-1.210897087","1.727337081","-1.753558853" "Mar-May 2012","1.436925859","-1.010342693","1.732318651","-1.352280496" "Apr-Jun 2012","1.493022628","-0.763116141","1.757795561","-0.863196954" "May-Jul 2012","1.357593889","-0.569188266","1.820366151","-0.949992209" "Jun-Aug 2012","1.579812279","-0.363604056","1.966227716","-0.689352047" "Jul-Sep 2012","1.786245441","-0.400439175","1.819848564","-0.472189382" "Aug-Oct 2012","1.712725703","-0.591911036","1.619180416","-0.54012515" "Sep-Nov 2012","1.456968483","-0.846288355","1.366772972","-0.839359337" "Oct-Dec 2012","1.221294101","-1.087432739","1.263592703","-1.086727297" "Nov-Jan 2013","1.265969383","-1.191432432","1.195465068","-1.085608036" "Dec-Feb 2013","1.162605696","-1.427687038","0.986708654","-1.173504722" "Jan-Mar 2013","0.602737382","-1.618892854","0.821541421","-1.906886486" "Feb-Apr 2013","1.413156734","-1.525765574","0.851476034","-0.996251736" "Mar-May 2013","1.60844955","-1.437378875","0.944519342","-0.820550742" "Apr-Jun 2013","2.14072128","-1.421934664","0.981176672","-0.198193299" "May-Jul 2013","1.110806689","-1.514777677","0.910769206","-1.275681894" "Jun-Aug 2013","0.705773017","-1.674899511","0.740522816","-1.675288385" "Jul-Sep 2013","0.688157393","-1.663471489","0.704872285","-1.645807601" "Aug-Oct 2013","0.777901595","-1.558824717","0.709647779","-1.481418643" "Sep-Nov 2013","0.839609029","-1.352781626","0.727605815","-1.26607821" "Oct-Dec 2013","0.995061231","-1.021227644","0.875367214","-0.942603761" "Nov-Jan 2014","1.243339284","-0.701500873","1.096601493","-0.572439702" "Dec-Feb 2014","1.720898791","-0.475406883","1.267329098","0.030199219" "Jan-Mar 2014","1.80147727","-0.528931243","1.114717702","0.143039692" "Feb-Apr 2014","0.624003891","-0.88948964","0.72404546","-0.948184146" "Mar-May 2014","0.011864441","-0.996574277","0.542868138","-1.486358495" "Apr-Jun 2014","-0.289106916","-1.082125632","0.532066427","-1.873442047" "May-Jul 2014","0.429256383","-1.018157788","0.596852105","-1.233156696" "Jun-Aug 2014","0.590429201","-0.875130236","0.763645127","-1.119746644" "Jul-Sep 2014","0.86143221","-0.362844075","1.099929089","-0.675070214" "Aug-Oct 2014","1.353684375","0.114138763","1.491375374","-0.028891083" "Sep-Nov 2014","1.714642342","0.46404484","1.682677216","0.458262417" "Oct-Dec 2014","2.007044767","0.567433928","1.627043012","0.981310076" "Nov-Jan 2015","1.853884603","0.755435131","1.545204191","1.107783988" "Dec-Feb 2015","1.721645884","1.180058658","1.76840736","1.210937464" "Jan-Mar 2015","2.29445383","1.75419849","2.189019541","1.918518648" "Feb-Apr 2015","2.670322346","2.231339305","2.578564221","2.320348166" "Mar-May 2015","3.071569879","2.371165847","2.722963775","2.707559266" "Apr-Jun 2015","2.49743071","2.342373566","2.709494482","2.059523786" "May-Jul 2015","2.801688119","2.357314797","2.771017515","2.382241087" "Jun-Aug 2015","2.984853722","2.326732306","2.712599005","2.575530177" "Jul-Sep 2015","2.896490701","2.076394481","2.413479793","2.576238506" "Aug-Oct 2015","2.354811011","1.732526368","1.982057926","2.045462287" "Sep-Nov 2015","1.969847272","1.597119034","1.86601318","1.703501216" "Oct-Dec 2015","1.866394087","1.572392081","1.93922344","1.505786062" "Nov-Jan 2016","2.195478392","1.626108121","2.188107851","1.685669788" "Dec-Feb 2016","2.039560459","1.642399104","2.249135143","1.436660954" "Jan-Mar 2016","2.122282911","1.578533247","2.280869488","1.39339155" "Feb-Apr 2016","2.165191608","1.58491898","2.318838673","1.402197546" "Mar-May 2016","2.439914554","1.421885995","2.228125208","1.647491184" "Apr-Jun 2016","2.62481963","1.444652045","2.282784393","1.834469521" "May-Jul 2016","2.467233334","1.342803466","2.17271338","1.671392641" "Jun-Aug 2016","2.37765553","1.373201185","2.25470402","1.519919682" "Jul-Sep 2016","2.360173817","1.333882889","2.372507778","1.395362682" "Aug-Oct 2016","2.423923565","1.330688469","2.519669053","1.307228879" "Sep-Nov 2016","2.688442172","1.264032731","2.651188396","1.40814359" "Oct-Dec 2016","2.467017909","1.000983174","2.530274524","0.997574886" "Nov-Jan 2017","2.167633571","0.602510224","2.315477289","0.486821994" "Dec-Feb 2017","2.117464346","0.000271325","1.973408054","0.101278709" "Jan-Mar 2017","2.298943341","-0.371774706","1.782836226","0.107769995" "Feb-Apr 2017","2.159313455","-0.634983195","1.745540157","-0.300859993" "Mar-May 2017","1.947707816","-0.524022268","1.959511101","-0.649133546" "Apr-Jun 2017","2.160416613","-0.44964772","2.064995662","-0.510470602" "May-Jul 2017","2.251735108","-0.37984947","2.148220546","-0.407743903" "Jun-Aug 2017","2.348764672","-0.423654279","2.136526857","-0.316723258" "Jul-Sep 2017","2.305123979","-0.42821006","2.21702922","-0.395327877" "Aug-Oct 2017","2.482317009","-0.366611114","2.330960169","-0.174059763" "Sep-Nov 2017","2.470561639","-0.394394261","2.330645043","-0.207057197" "Oct-Dec 2017","2.568741273","-0.267577001","2.458392008","-0.147673296" "Nov-Jan 2018","2.694780195","-0.182486213","2.551911341","-0.075929583" "Dec-Feb 2018","2.785374443","0.126124624","2.758300681","0.136174496" "Jan-Mar 2018","2.65978064","0.357701228","2.885069067","0.132843385" "Feb-Apr 2018","2.677807261","0.47561561","2.85876599","0.30758782" "Mar-May 2018","2.642835684","0.428779384","2.776882319","0.314085917" "Apr-Jun 2018","2.40394234","0.316357777","2.677446881","0.162261634" "May-Jul 2018","2.573377369","0.48414805","2.86236836","0.304308277" "Jun-Aug 2018","2.823863535","0.665013794","3.038875225","0.553390545" "Jul-Sep 2018","3.076844283","0.832460608","3.149785586","0.756224284" "Aug-Oct 2018","3.360653327","1.00003411","3.270154747","1.116921875" "Sep-Nov 2018","3.387294299","1.149366094","3.355333422","1.210211439" "Oct-Dec 2018","3.544442166","1.28181039","3.436295124","1.483222631" "Nov-Jan 2019","3.497619374","1.481522294","3.492424022","1.536324687" "Dec-Feb 2019","3.504816689","1.51844391","3.411401488","1.63273991" "Jan-Mar 2019","3.336674825","1.495212009","3.316425537","1.439345198" "Feb-Apr 2019","3.252369998","1.521941438","3.419889494","1.266368948" "Mar-May 2019","3.466525269","1.683589429","3.617828526","1.471179196" "Apr-Jun 2019","3.826872864","1.965500409","3.927475593","1.851223896" "May-Jul 2019","3.920220052","1.900550226","3.856559356","1.981398648" "Jun-Aug 2019","3.700734683","1.857949707","3.771726333","1.794422018" "Jul-Sep 2019","3.60670191","1.724406875","3.587973824","1.791389526"