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

The extremes of median annual 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, £35,004 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

£35,0042023

Lowest published

£20,3762002

The full series

Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023: 2002 to 2023LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservative£0£10k£20k£30k20052010201520202002: £20,376 £ a year · published 29 October 20252003: £21,122 £ a year · published 29 October 20252004: £22,056 £ a year · published 29 October 20252005: £22,888 £ a year · published 29 October 20252006: £23,367 £ a year · published 29 October 20252007: £24,043 £ a year · published 29 October 20252008: £25,165 £ a year · published 29 October 20252009: £25,806 £ a year · published 29 October 20252010: £25,882 £ a year · published 29 October 20252011: £26,095 £ a year · published 29 October 20252012: £26,472 £ a year · published 29 October 20252013: £27,011 £ a year · published 29 October 20252014: £27,215 £ a year · published 29 October 20252015: £27,615 £ a year · published 29 October 20252016: £28,195 £ a year · published 29 October 20252017: £28,759 £ a year · published 29 October 20252018: £29,559 £ a year · published 29 October 20252019: £30,378 £ a year · published 29 October 20252020: £31,487 £ a year · published 29 October 20252021: £31,224 £ a year · published 29 October 20252022: £33,061 £ a year · published 29 October 20252023: £35,004 £ a year · published 29 October 2025
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The chart as a table
PeriodMedian annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023
2002£20,376
2003£21,122
2004£22,056
2005£22,888
2006£23,367
2007£24,043
2008£25,165
2009£25,806
2010£25,882
2011£26,095
2012£26,472
2013£27,011
2014£27,215
2015£27,615
2016£28,195
2017£28,759
2018£29,559
2019£30,378
2020£31,487
2021£31,224
2022£33,061
2023£35,004

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.