{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"gb-average-salary","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/gb-average-salary","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/gb-average-salary/","title":"Average Annual Salary in United Kingdom (2025)","description":"Average annual wages in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2025, expressed in constant 2025 USD at purchasing power parity. At $66,299 in 2025, the UK sits approximately 2.3% above the OECD average of $64,809, though real wage growth since the 2007 pre-crisis peak has been almost flat in PPP terms. Source: OECD Average Annual Wages dataset.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Wages & Earnings","United Kingdom","Macroeconomics","Purchasing Power Parity"],"publisher":"OECD — Centre for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs","frequency":"Annual","geography":"United Kingdom","temporal_coverage":"2000/2025","unit":"Avg. 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Annual Wage (USD PPP)"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2000","value":"55158","yoyChange":"n/a"},{"year":"2001","value":"57493","yoyChange":"+4.2%"},{"year":"2002","value":"58056","yoyChange":"+1.0%"},{"year":"2003","value":"59890","yoyChange":"+3.2%"},{"year":"2004","value":"61631","yoyChange":"+2.9%"},{"year":"2005","value":"62291","yoyChange":"+1.1%"},{"year":"2006","value":"63365","yoyChange":"+1.7%"},{"year":"2007","value":"66144","yoyChange":"+4.4%"},{"year":"2008","value":"64363","yoyChange":"-2.7%"},{"year":"2009","value":"64187","yoyChange":"-0.3%"},{"year":"2010","value":"64482","yoyChange":"+0.5%"},{"year":"2011","value":"63186","yoyChange":"-2.0%"},{"year":"2012","value":"62666","yoyChange":"-0.8%"},{"year":"2013","value":"63111","yoyChange":"+0.7%"},{"year":"2014","value":"63362","yoyChange":"+0.4%"},{"year":"2015","value":"64199","yoyChange":"+1.3%"},{"year":"2016","value":"65002","yoyChange":"+1.3%"},{"year":"2017","value":"65436","yoyChange":"+0.7%"},{"year":"2018","value":"65566","yoyChange":"+0.2%"},{"year":"2019","value":"66480","yoyChange":"+1.4%"},{"year":"2020","value":"65541","yoyChange":"-1.4%"},{"year":"2021","value":"66466","yoyChange":"+1.4%"},{"year":"2022","value":"65135","yoyChange":"-2.0%"},{"year":"2023","value":"64603","yoyChange":"-0.8%"},{"year":"2024","value":"65842","yoyChange":"+1.9%"},{"year":"2025","value":"66299","yoyChange":"+0.7%"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What is the average annual salary in the United Kingdom?","answer":"In 2025, the average annual salary in the UK was $66,299 in constant 2025 USD, adjusted for purchasing power parity. That is up 0.7% from $65,842 in 2024, extending the recovery that began after the 2022 cost-of-living crisis. The figure covers mean gross wages for a full-time, full-year equivalent employee across the total economy, compiled by the OECD from national accounts and labour force surveys (series AV_AN_WAGE, measure WG, unit USD_PPP)."},{"question":"How does the UK average wage compare to the OECD average?","answer":"The UK's 2025 average of $66,299 is approximately 2.3% above the OECD-wide average of $64,809. That premium has, however, narrowed sharply: in 2007 the UK was 15.9% above the OECD average ($66,144 vs. $57,084). The gap has closed primarily because UK wages in constant PPP terms have grown only 0.2% between 2007 and 2025, while the OECD average rose 13.5% over the same period. Within the G7, the UK typically ranks below the US and Germany ($76,285) but above France and Italy."},{"question":"How did the Global Financial Crisis affect UK wages?","answer":"UK wages peaked at $66,144 in 2007 before falling 2.7% to $64,363 in 2008. Declines continued through the austerity period: wages reached a trough of $62,666 in 2012, representing a cumulative real decline of 5.3% from the pre-crisis peak. The coalition government's public-sector pay freeze from 2010 to 2013, combined with weak private-sector demand, kept average real wages below their 2007 level for most of the following decade — a longer period of wage stagnation than most comparable OECD economies experienced."},{"question":"What impact did the 2022 cost-of-living crisis have on UK wages?","answer":"UK average wages fell 2% in real PPP terms in 2022, dropping from $66,466 in 2021 to $65,135, and declined a further 0.8% in 2023 to $64,603. The decline reflected UK CPI reaching 11.1% in October 2022 — the highest in four decades — while most nominal pay settlements lagged, particularly in the public sector where the government initially capped rises at 3–5%. A stronger rebound of +1.9% followed in 2024 ($65,842) as catch-up wage rounds in healthcare, education, and retail took effect, alongside a 9.8% increase in the National Living Wage to £11.44 per hour in April 2024, with a further +0.7% gain to $66,299 in 2025."},{"question":"Has the UK kept pace with OECD wage growth over the long run?","answer":"In constant PPP terms, the UK's 2025 wage of $66,299 is only 0.2% above the 2007 pre-crisis peak of $66,144 — a gain of just $155 over 18 years, and still narrowly below the series' actual record high of $66,480 set in 2019. Over the same 2007–2025 period, the OECD average rose from $57,084 to $64,809, a gain of 13.5%. The result is that the UK's wage premium over the OECD average has eroded from 15.9% in 2007 to 2.3% in 2025, reflecting a persistent gap in productivity and wage growth relative to many OECD peers that most labour economists link to weak business investment, skills mismatches, and a services-heavy economy with uneven sectoral productivity performance."}]}