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Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023: record highs and lows

The extremes of median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023 as published by ONS, across the 22 periods held here (2002 to 2023). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, £687 in 2023, is the highest in the whole published series of 22 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

£6872023

Lowest published

£3912002

The full series

Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023: 2002 to 2023LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservative£0£200£400£60020052010201520202002: £391 £ a week · published 29 October 20252003: £404 £ a week · published 29 October 20252004: £419 £ a week · published 29 October 20252005: £431 £ a week · published 29 October 20252006: £444 £ a week · published 29 October 20252007: £458 £ a week · published 29 October 20252008: £479 £ a week · published 29 October 20252009: £489 £ a week · published 29 October 20252010: £499 £ a week · published 29 October 20252011: £498 £ a week · published 29 October 20252012: £506 £ a week · published 29 October 20252013: £517 £ a week · published 29 October 20252014: £518 £ a week · published 29 October 20252015: £527 £ a week · published 29 October 20252016: £539 £ a week · published 29 October 20252017: £550 £ a week · published 29 October 20252018: £568 £ a week · published 29 October 20252019: £585 £ a week · published 29 October 20252020: £586 £ a week · published 29 October 20252021: £610 £ a week · published 29 October 20252022: £642 £ a week · published 29 October 20252023: £687 £ a week · published 29 October 2025
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The chart as a table
PeriodMedian weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023
2002£391
2003£404
2004£419
2005£431
2006£444
2007£458
2008£479
2009£489
2010£499
2011£498
2012£506
2013£517
2014£518
2015£527
2016£539
2017£550
2018£568
2019£585
2020£586
2021£610
2022£642
2023£687

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.