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Earnings in Scotland: 2021

Author: Andrew Aiton

PDF Published: Wednesday 09 Mar 2022 (SB 22-16)

Three horizontal bar charts showing the value of pay for all employees by nation and region of the UK. One for gross annual pay, one for gross weekly pay and one for hourly pay excluding overtime. More detail can be found in the text below.

Image: What was the median pay for all employees in 2021?

Three horizontal bar charts showing the value of pay for full-time employees by nation and region of the UK. One for gross annual pay, one for gross weekly pay and one for hourly pay excluding overtime. More detail can be found in the text below.

Image: What was the median pay for all full-time employees in 2021?

Three horizontal bar charts showing the value of pay for part-time employees by nation and region of the UK. One for gross annual pay, one for gross weekly pay and one for hourly pay excluding overtime. More detail can be found in the text below.

Image: What was the median pay for part-time employees in 2021?

Four icons which represent industries and occupation. One shows the highest paid industry, on the lowest paid industry. The last two represent the highest and lowest paid occupations. More detail can be found in the text below.

Image: What are the highest and lowest areas of pay by industry and occupation?

Two horizontal bar charts showing the value of hourly pay excluding overtime for all employees. One show the top ten pay by which local authority someone works in and the other so it be where someone lives. More detail can be found in the text below.

Image: Where are the top ten local authorities for pay by residence and workplace?

A horizontal bar chart showing the change in the number of employees by industry in Scotland between 2019 and 2021. More detail can be found in the text above this image.

Image: The biggest job losses have come in lower paid industries, while there have been increases in the number of jobs in the higher paid industries.

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of gross annual pay for all employees in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below

Image: Scotland has the third highest typical salary across the countries and regions of the UK.

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of gross annual pay for full-time employees in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below

Image: Scotland has the third highest median full-time salary of the nations and regions of the UK.

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of gross annual pay for party-time employees in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below

Image: Scotland has the highest median part-time salary of the nations and regions of the UK.

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of gross weekly pay for all employees in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below.

Image: Scotland has the third highest median weekly pay for all employees of the nations and regions of the UK.

Two bar charts side by side showing the percentage change in decile threshold between 2019 and 2021 and 2020 and 2021. The left hand chart show the Scottish data and the right hand shows the data for the UK.

Image: Scotland has seen higher growth across all deciles than the UK overall between 2019 and 2021

A horizontal bar chart showing where the median and the thresholds for the first and tenth deciles are.

Image: Where the median and thresholds for the 1st and 10th deciles are

Two line charts side by side showing the growth in median pay and the thresholds for the top and bottom deciles. The left hand chart shows the data for Scotland and the right shows the data for the UK.

Image: Pay in real terms has increased the most in the bottom 10% while the pay for the top 10% has remained stable

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of gross weekly pay for full-time employees in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below.

Image: Scotland has the third highest median weekly full-time pay of the nations and regions of the UK.

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of gross weekly pay for part-time employees in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below.

Image: Scotland has the highest median weekly part-time pay of the nations and regions of the UK.

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of hourly pay excluding all employees in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below.

Image: Scotland has the third highest hourly pay excluding overtime for all employees of the nations and regions of the UK.

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of hourly pay excluding for full-time employees in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below.

Image: Scotland has the third highest hourly pay excluding overtime for full-time employees of the nations and regions of the UK.

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of hourly pay excluding for part-time employees in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below.

Image: Scotland has the third highest hourly pay excluding overtime for part-time employees of the nations and regions of the UK.

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of hourly pay excluding all employees by industry ranked by value in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below.

Image: The Utilities industry has the highest pay in Scotland

Three horizontal bars charts. The first, on the right, shows the value of hourly pay excluding all employees by occupation ranked by value in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below.

Image: Professional occupations are the highest paid in Scotland

Two sets of three horizontal bars charts stacked on top of each other, the top representing the Scottish data and the bottom representing the UK data. The first, on the left, shows the value of hourly pay excluding all employees by sector ranked by value in 2021. The next, in the centre, shows the change in real terms growth between 2020 and 2021. The last one, on the right, show the real terms between 2019 and 2021. More details can be found in the text below.

Image: The median public sector pay is higher in Scotland than the UK, but the median private sector pay is lower

Two horizontal bar chart representing the hourly pay excluding overtime for each local authority in Scotland. The first on the left shows the data for where an employees lives and the one on the right show the data for where employees works. More detail can be found in the text below.

Image: Pay for where people live is higher in commuter areas, while workplace pay is higher in Scotland's cities.

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