Annual survey of hours and earnings: 2024
Summary of earnings statistics from the annual survey of hours and earnings (ASHE) published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Introduction
This publication contains the latest estimates of gross median weekly earnings and the gender pay gap for employees in Scotland compared with the United Kingdom. The latest estimates relate to the pay period that includes 17 April 2024. Data are sourced from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, first released on 29 October 2024 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This publication presents Scottish Government analysis of this data.
About the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings data
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is the official source of UK earnings estimates. ASHE data is published annually and is based on a 1% sample of the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. The ONS have released three statistical bulletins covering Employee earnings in the UK, Gender Pay Gap in the UK and Low and high pay in the UK.
From 2021, ONS have moved from Standard Occupation Classifications (SOC) 2010 to SOC 2020 for their occupation coding. This means earnings estimates for April 2021 based on SOC 2020 represent a break in the ASHE time series. Therefore, estimates pre- and post-2021 are not directly comparable.
In their October 2024 release, ONS have implemented improvements to the methods used for processing data returns to help address differences between ASHE and other sources of earnings data. Due to these methodological changes, data for 2023 and 2024 might not be directly comparable to data for 2022 and earlier years. For further details on the methodological changes implemented by ONS, please see the data sources and quality section of the ONS publication.
An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland
These statistics are official statistics. Official statistics are statistics that are produced by crown bodies, those acting on behalf of crown bodies, or those specified in statutory orders, as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.
Scottish Government statistics are regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
Contact
For enquiries about this publication please contact:
Labour Market Statistics,
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
Telephone: 0131 244 6773,
E-mail: LMStats@gov.scot
For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics please contact:
Office of the Chief Statistician
E-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot
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