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Earnings in Scotland 2022

Author: Andrew Aiton

PDF Published: Monday 27 Feb 2023 (SB 23-08)

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 2022? …

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 2022? …

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 2022? …

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 show the change in the number of job by industry between 2018 and 2022.

Image: There has been a higher increase in the number of new jobs with pay higher median pay than the Scottish median. …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median gross annual pay by nations and regions of the UK ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: The typical salary for all employees in Scotland is similar to the UK …

Twelve line charts comparing real terms wages in for each nation and region against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: Annual pay has remain relatively flat across all nations and regions of the UK between 2018 and 2022, when looking at it in real terms. …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median gross annual pay by nations and regions of the UK ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: Scotland has the third highest median full-time salary across the UK. …

Twelve line charts comparing real terms wages in for each nation and region against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: Only four of the nations and regions of the UK have seen growth in real terms gross annual full-time salaries between 2018 and 2022. …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median gross annual pay by nations and regions of the UK ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: Scotland has the highest median part-time salary across the UK …

Twelve line charts comparing real terms wages in for each nation and region against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: All regions nations and regions of the UK have seen an increase in part-time salaries between 2018 and 2022 …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median gross weekly pay for all employees by nations and regions of the UK ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: The typical weekly pay for all employees in Scotland is similar to the UK …

Twelve line charts comparing real terms wages in for each nation and region against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: The typical weekly pay for all employees in Scotland has been similar to the UK between 2018 and 2022 …

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

Image: Where the median and the thresholds for the 1st and 10th deciles appear in the data …

Five line charts comparing real terms gross weekly pay for the 10% and 25% lowest , the median and the top 25% and 10% for Scotland and the UK between 1997 and 2022.

Image: Pay in Scotland has caught up with the UK, except for the highest earners …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median gross weekly pay for full-time employees by nations and regions of the UK ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: Scotland has the fourth highest full-time weekly pay across the UK …

Twelve line charts comparing real terms wages in for each nation and region against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: Yorkshire and The Humber was the only area across the UK to see a fall in real terms full-time weekly pay …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median gross weekly pay for part-time employees by nations and regions of the UK ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: Scotland has the highest weekly part-time pay across the UK …

Twelve line charts comparing real terms wages in for each nation and region against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: All nation and regions have seen an increase in weekly part-time pay between 2018 and 2022 …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median hourly pay excluding overtime pay for all employees by nations and regions of the UK ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: Scotland has the third highest full-time hourly pay excluding overtime across the UK …

Twelve line charts comparing real terms median hourly pay excluding overtime in for each nation and region against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: All regions saw a real-terms increase in hourly pay excluding overtime for all employees between 2018 and 2022 …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median hourly pay excluding overtime pay for full-time employees by nations and regions of the UK ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: Scotland has the third highest hourly pay excluding overtime for full-time employees across the UK …

Twelve line charts comparing real terms median hourly pay excluding overtime in for each nation and region against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: Yorkshire and The Humber was the only area to see a fall in real-terms wages between 2018 and 2022 …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median hourly pay excluding overtime pay for part-time employees by nations and regions of the UK ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: Scotland has the second highest part-time hour pay excluding overtime …

Twelve line charts comparing real terms median hourly pay excluding overtime in for each nation and region against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: All regions saw an increase in part-time hourly pay between 2018 and 2022 …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median hourly pay excluding overtime pay for all employees by industry ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: "Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply" has the highest hourly pay excluding overtime for the industries in Scotland …

Eighteen line charts comparing real terms wages in for each industry against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: "Arts, entertainment and recreation" has seen the highest increase in hourly pay excluding overtime between 2018 and 2022 …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median hourly pay excluding overtime pay for all employees by occupation.

Image: Professional occupations has the highest median hourly pay excluding overtime …

Nine line charts comparing real terms wages in for each industry against the UK from 2018 to 2022.

Image: "Associate professional" was the only occupation group to see a fall in real terms wage between 2018 and 2022 …

A horizontal bar chart showing the median hourly pay excluding overtime pay for all employees by sector ranked from highest to lowest.

Image: The public sector has the highest hourly pay excluding overtime …

A line chart comparing real terms hourly pay excluding overtime by sector between 2018 and 2022.

Image: Hourly pay increased more in the private sector that the public sector between 2018 and 2022, mostly because of the large decrease between 2021 and 2022 …

Two bar charts by local authority, one showing hourly pay excluding overtime by where people live and one for where people work.

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

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