Earnings in Scotland 2019 | Scottish Parliament

Earnings in Scotland 2019

Author: Andrew Aiton, Jennifer Bruce, Laura Gilman and Miranda Jackson

PDF Published: Tuesday 03 Dec 2019 (SB 19-78)

Image: Executive Summary

Image: Typical annual pay for all employees in Scotland is just below the UK-wide figure

Image: Typical full-time pay for all employees in Scotland is just below the UK wide figure

Image: Typical annual pay for part-time employees in Scotland is the second highest of the nations and regions of the UK

Image: Typical weekly pay for all employees in Scotland is just below the UK wide figure

Image: The lowest deciles saw the highest real terms increase

Image: Typical weekly full-time pay for all employees in Scotland is just below the UK wide figure

Image: Typical weekly pay for part-time employees in Scotland is the second highest of the nations and regions of the UK

Image: Typical hourly pay for all employees in Scotland is just above the UK wide figure

Image: Typical hourly pay for full-time employees in Scotland is just above the UK wide figure

Image: Typical hourly pay for part-time employees in Scotland is the third highest in the UK

Image: Scotland has a narrower distribution of earners compared to England and Wales and the UK overall

Image: Scotland has seen slower growth in the threshold for the top 10% of earners than England and Wales and the UK overall

Image: The threshold for the top 10% of pay in Scotland is below the rUK higher rate tax threshold

Image: Despite Scotland seeing stronger growth in wages it still sits behind the UK

Image: Wages for the bottom 25% have seen real terms growth between 2011 and 2019

Image: Public sector pay in Scotland is around the same as the UK, but private sector pay is lower

Image: Private sector pay saw stronger growth across most deciles than the public sector, but saw a real terms fall in the top decile

Image: Scotland has the second highest public sector pay but the fourth highest private sector pay

Image: "Mining and quarrying" was the highest paid industry in Scotland in 2019

Image: Managers, directors and senior officials have seen the biggest increase in pay between 2018 and 2019

Image: Scotland's cities have some of the highest rates of pay across Scotland for those that work there

Image: Areas with high number of commuters have some of the highest rates of pay for residents

Image: East Renfrewshire has the highest pay ratio when comparing residence to place of work pay

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