- In 2014, there were some 6 million employee jobs paid less than the living wage in the UK. Over half of these were part-time jobs.
- In real terms (after adjusting for inflation), the London Living Wage rose by 3% between 2008 and 2014 while median hourly pay for employees aged 18 and over in London fell by 10% in real terms. Equivalent figures are not available for the rest of the UK because the Out of London Living Wage was not calculated before 2011.
- Between April 2008 and April 2010, the proportion of jobs paid less than the living wage in London was stable at around 13%, but it had risen to 19% by April 2014. For the rest of the UK, where only 3 years of estimates are available, the proportion of employee jobs paid less than the living wage rose from 21% in April 2012 to 23% in April 2014.
In this release
This article presents estimates of proportions and numbers of employee jobs paid less than the living wage in the UK. These do not include estimates relating to the National Living Wage announced in July 2015 because the announced rate applies from April 2016 and data for that period will not be available until later that year. The estimates are for jobs of employees aged 18 and over, excluding those on youth, training and apprentice rates. For the latest year (2014), they include breakdowns by work pattern, sex, age group, industry and occupation, and estimates for different parts of the UK.
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