Real Earnings Excluding Bonuses in the United Kingdom remained unchanged at 0.30 percent in January. Real Earnings Excluding Bonuses in the United Kingdom averaged 0.81 percent from 2001 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 5.80 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -3.10 percent in April of 2022. source: Office for National Statistics

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Average Earnings excl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	3.80	4.10	percent	Jan 2026
Average Weekly Hours	31.80	31.90	Hours	Jan 2026
Claimant Count Change	24.70	4.70	Thousand	Feb 2026
Employed Persons	34310.00	34244.00	Thousand	Jan 2026
Employment Change	84.00	52.00	Thousand	Jan 2026
Employment Rate	75.10	75.00	percent	Jan 2026
Full Time Employment	25523.00	25499.00	Thousand	Jan 2026
Inactivity Rate	20.70	20.80	percent	Jan 2026
Inflation Rate YoY	3.00	3.40	percent	Jan 2026
Job Vacancies	721.00	730.00	Thousand	Jan 2026
Labor Force Participation Rate	79.30	79.20	percent	Jan 2026
Labour Costs	112.70	110.70	points	Sep 2025
HMRC Payrolls Change	20.17	6.47	Thousand	Feb 2026
Part Time Employment	8787.00	8745.00	Thousand	Jan 2026
Population	69.49	69.28	Million	Dec 2025
Labour Productivity	99.00	99.60	points	Dec 2025
Real Earnings Excluding Bonuses	0.30	0.30	percent	Jan 2026
Real Earnings Including Bonuses	0.90	-0.40	percent	Jan 2026
Unemployed Persons	1666.90	1662.20	Thousand	Jan 2026
Unemployment Rate	5.20	5.20	percent	Jan 2026
Average Earnings incl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	3.90	4.20	percent	Jan 2026
Average Weekly Wages	742.00	735.00	GBP/Week	Jan 2026
Wages in Manufacturing	809.00	809.00	GBP/Week	Jan 2026
Youth Unemployment Rate	14.50	14.00	percent	Jan 2026

United Kingdom Real Average Weekly Earnings Excluding Bonuses

In the United Kingdom, real earnings excluding bonuses refer to changes in average weekly earnings for the whole economy for regular pay, in real terms (adjusted for consumer price inflation).