Measure · Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings - resident analysis
The gross hourly rate nine in ten full-time employees earn less than.
| Published by | ONS |
|---|---|
| Series | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings - resident analysis |
| How often | Annual |
| Basis | survey |
| Covers | April 30, 2002 to April 30, 2025 (24 periods) |
| Geographies | country, county_ua, lad, parliamentary_constituency, region |
| Areas held | 1208, of which 1089 withheld (90.1%) |
| Licence | OGL-UK-3.0 |
Each of these is measured from the data rather than written down, so it stays true as the data changes.
1089 of 1208 areas are withheld by the producer. Most commonly: These figures are suppressed as statistically unreliable
Harvested from ONS, not written by us. We link rather than copy: the methodology belongs on their page, where it stays current.
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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) methodology and guidance
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sourcemetadata · 3 November 2025
annual survey of hours and earnings - resident analysis
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| Measure | What it counts |
|---|---|
| 10 percentile | the gross hourly rate a tenth of full-time employees earn less than |
| 25 percentile | the gross hourly rate a quarter of full-time employees earn less than |
| 75 percentile | the gross hourly rate three quarters of full-time employees earn less than |
| Median | gross hourly pay before tax for full-time employees, in the pay period covering a set date in April |
| Area | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 34.3 | 2025 |
| Bradford | 31.1 | 2025 |
| Bristol, City of | 39.1 | 2025 |
| Buckinghamshire | 48.1 | 2025 |
| Cardiff | 36.4 | 2025 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 41.8 | 2025 |
| Cheshire East | 44.8 | 2025 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 38.5 | 2025 |
| City of Edinburgh | 47.8 | 2025 |
| Cornwall | 30.5 | 2025 |
| County Durham | 30.2 | 2025 |
| Coventry | 36.5 | 2025 |