AVERAGE EARNINGS

Indicator 6

Table 6(a) - Average Earnings for All Industries and Services

�/hour

GO region/country

April

UK

NE

NW

Y&H

EM

WM

E

L

SE

SW

EN

W

SC

NI

1995

male

8.9

7.9

8.4

8.0

8.0

8.1

8.6

11.7

9.3

8.4

9.0

7.9

8.4

8.0

female

7.2

6.5

6.7

6.5

6.3

6.5

7.0

9.0

7.2

6.7

7.2

6.6

6.8

6.8

all

8.3

7.4

7.8

7.5

7.5

7.6

8.1

10.7

8.6

7.8

8.4

7.5

7.8

7.5

1996

male

9.3

8.3

8.7

8.2

8.3

8.5

9.0

12.0

9.9

8.8

9.4

8.2

8.7

8.2

female

7.5

6.7

7.0

6.7

6.5

6.8

7.4

9.4

7.7

7.0

7.6

6.6

7.0

6.9

all

8.7

7.8

8.1

7.7

7.7

8.0

8.5

11.0

9.1

8.1

8.8

7.7

8.1

7.7

1997

male

9.7

8.6

9.2

8.6

8.6

8.9

9.4

13.3

10.2

9.2

9.8

8.6

9.0

8.5

female

7.9

7.1

7.4

7.1

6.8

7.1

7.8

10.4

8.1

7.3

8.0

7.1

7.3

7.1

all

9.1

8.1

8.6

8.1

8.1

8.3

8.9

12.2

9.4

8.5

9.2

8.1

8.4

8.0

1998

male

10.2

9.0

9.6

9.0

9.0

9.5

9.8

13.8

10.9

9.4

10.3

8.9

9.4

8.9

female

8.2

7.3

7.6

7.5

7.2

7.5

8.1

10.8

8.5

7.6

8.3

7.5

7.4

7.4

all

9.5

8.4

8.9

8.5

8.5

8.8

9.3

12.7

10.1

8.8

9.7

8.5

8.7

8.3

1999

male

10.6

9.4

10.0

9.5

9.5

10.0

10.4

14.5

11.4

9.7

10.8

9.2

9.8

9.1

female

8.7

7.8

8.0

7.9

7.6

8.0

8.6

11.4

9.0

7.9

8.8

8.0

8.1

7.9

all

10.0

8.8

9.3

9.0

8.9

9.3

9.8

13.3

10.6

9.1

10.1

8.8

9.2

8.7

2000

male

11.0

9.7

10.4

9.8

9.7

10.3

10.9

14.7

11.8

10.2

11.1

9.7

10.2

9.7

female

9.0

8.2

8.4

8.2

8.0

8.3

8.9

11.7

9.4

8.3

9.1

8.4

8.4

8.4

all

10.3

9.2

9.7

9.3

9.2

9.6

10.2

13.6

10.9

9.5

10.4

9.2

9.6

9.2