Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2008

The key points from the bulletin are:

• Mean gross weekly earnings for full-time adults in Wales were £ 498.1 in April 2008, 86.7 per cent of the average for the UK as a whole (£574.3). Gross weekly earnings in Wales increased by 5.5 per cent between 2007 and 2008, compared to a 4.4 per cent increase across the UK as a whole.
• Wales had the 3rd lowest mean and the 3rd lowest median weekly full-time earnings in the UK in 2008.  In both cases, the North East and Northern Ireland were ranked lower.
• Average full-time hourly earnings for women in Wales in April 2008 were 87.3 per cent of the average for men. The percentage was above that for the UK as a whole (82.9 per cent) and the 3rd highest after Northern Ireland and the North East amongst the UK countries and regions.
• Full-time earnings for those living in Wales increased by 4.7 per cent (to £506.7) between 2007 and 2008. The level in April 2008 was 88.2 per cent of the UK average.
• On both a workplace and residence basis, full-time earnings in West Wales and the Valleys and East Wales increased by more than the UK average between April 2007 and April 2008.
• The area of Cardiff, Newport and the Vale of Glamorgan had the highest workplace earnings in Wales for 2008 at £551.0, the lowest workplace earnings were in the area of Powys and Monmouthshire at £457.8.

Detailed results can be found on the ONS website.

Further information can be found on StatsWales website.

Contact:
Tel: 029 2082 6369
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next Update:
November 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on Due Out Soon page)