Earnings in Scotland: 2017 | Scottish Parliament

Earnings in Scotland: 2017

Author: Andrew Aiton

PDF Published: Tuesday 21 Nov 2017 (SB 17-80)

Image: Executive Summary

Image: Typical annual pay for all employees in Scotland is just below the UK wide figure

Image: Typical full-time pay for all employees in Scotland is just below the UK wide figure

Image: Typical annual pay for part-time employees in Scotland is the second highest of the nations and regions of the UK

Image: Typical weekly pay for all employees in Scotland is just below the UK wide figure

Image: Despite strong growth overall, due to high inflation few saw a real terms increase

Image: Typical weekly full-time pay for all employees in Scotland is just below the UK wide figure

Image: Typical weekly pay for part-time employees in Scotland is the second highest of the nations and regions of the UK

Image: Despite Scotland seeing stronger growth in wages it still sits behind the UK

Image: Scotland has seen stronger real terms growth in wages across all levels than the UK

Image: Public sector pay is higher in Scotland than the UK but private sector pay is lower

Image: The private sector saw stronger growth than the public sector in both Scotland and the UK

Image: The private sector saw real terms growth across all deciles compared to two in the public sector

Image: "Mining and quarrying" was the highest paid industry in Scotland in 2017

Image: Managers, directors and senior officials have seen the biggest increase in pay between 2016 and 2017

Image: Scotland's four biggest cities have some of the highest rates of pay across Scotland

Image: The Highland council area has seen the strongest growth in real terms income over the last 20 years.

Image: Northern Ireland has the highest overtime pay for all and full-time employees across the nations and regions of the UK

Image: Since 1997 overtime pay in Scotland and the UK has fallen by 18% in real terms.

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