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Financial Scrutiny Unit Briefing
Earnings in Scotland 2014 15 December 2014 14/90 Andrew Aiton The Office for National Statistics released the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2014 provisional results on 19 November 2014. Using this data, this briefing provides a brief overview of earnings in Scotland.
CONTENTS
ANNUAL SURVEY OF HOURS AND EARNINGS (ASHE) DATA ............................................................................. 3 ANNUAL PAY .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 EARNING TRENDS ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR PAY ............................................................................................................................... 5 PAY BY GENDER ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 PAY GAP .................................................................................................................................................................. 6 PAY BY OCCUPATION ........................................................................................................................................... 7 NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 7 PAY BELOW THE MINIMUM WAGE ....................................................................................................................... 8 LIVING WAGE .............................................................................................................................................................. 8 LIVING WAGE BY GENDER ................................................................................................................................... 9 LIVING WAGE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS ........................................................................................... 9 LIVING WAGE BY SECTOR .................................................................................................................................... 9 PAY BY INDUSTRY ................................................................................................................................................... 10 PAY BY LOCAL AUTHORITY ................................................................................................................................... 11 ANNEX ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12 SOURCES .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 RELATED BRIEFINGS .............................................................................................................................................. 16
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ANNUAL SURVEY OF HOURS AND EARNINGS (ASHE) DATA The data in this briefing are taken from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2014 provisional results, published by the Office of National Statistics (2014a). The survey provides a wide variety of earning statistics for employees across the UK. It does not cover the selfemployed. ASHE is based on a one percent sample of employee jobs taken from the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records of Her Majesty Revenue and Customs (HMRC) covering the pay period over the year to 5 April 2014. Key points about the data:
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