EARNINGS
Table 5(a) -Median Full-Time Hourly Earnings1 - All Industries
£s Per Hour	GO Region/Country
		United Kingdom	North East	North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	England	Wales	Scotland	Great Britain	Northern Ireland
1998	Male	8.90	8.19	8.55	8.19	8.06	8.54	8.83	11.64	9.55	8.52	9.01	8.17	8.50	8.92	7.88
	Female	7.26	6.36	6.79	6.66	6.32	6.74	7.32	9.87	7.55	6.70	7.37	6.70	6.83	7.27	6.64
	Total	8.26	7.47	7.80	7.60	7.50	7.88	8.23	10.78	8.65	7.70	8.39	7.56	7.76	8.29	7.42
1999	Male	9.21	8.51	8.87	8.43	8.41	8.79	9.18	12.06	9.80	8.67	9.25	8.47	8.82	9.24	8.12
	Female	7.63	6.68	7.06	6.95	6.65	7.04	7.56	10.28	7.90	6.91	7.68	6.96	7.27	7.64	6.96
	Total	8.60	7.78	8.13	7.84	7.86	8.19	8.56	11.23	8.98	7.92	8.64	7.86	8.19	8.63	7.68
2000	Male	9.56	8.90	9.14	8.74	8.57	9.05	9.48	12.80	10.15	9.06	9.68	8.77	9.14	9.59	8.31
	Female	7.89	7.01	7.33	7.14	6.94	7.36	7.78	10.66	8.26	7.20	8.00	7.25	7.41	7.91	7.21
	Total	8.91	8.22	8.41	8.13	8.06	8.38	8.78	11.84	9.38	8.24	9.04	8.15	8.37	8.94	7.88
2001	Male	9.99	9.16	9.47	9.00	8.97	9.49	10.02	13.41	10.63	9.48	10.13	8.96	9.50	10.01	8.54
	Female	8.28	7.17	7.74	7.45	7.27	7.73	8.17	11.43	8.68	7.57	8.42	7.47	7.84	8.31	7.58
	Total	9.32	8.36	8.77	8.45	8.37	8.86	9.24	12.46	9.85	8.65	9.47	8.43	8.79	9.35	8.14
2002	Male	10.40	9.29	9.87	9.32	9.46	9.80	10.41	14.11	11.40	9.90	10.56	9.33	10.03	10.45	8.83
	Female	8.70	7.53	8.19	7.91	7.58	8.03	8.46	12.04	9.26	7.91	8.82	7.71	8.35	8.71	7.97
	Total	9.74	8.61	9.21	8.78	8.76	9.12	9.65	13.13	10.45	9.00	9.88	8.65	9.28	9.78	8.52
2003	Male	10.75	9.50	10.10	9.84	9.86	10.01	10.79	14.65	11.74	10.27	10.94	9.60	10.12	10.80	9.01
	Female	9.07	7.91	8.62	8.36	8.06	8.30	8.91	12.44	9.65	8.35	9.21	8.11	8.67	9.10	8.19
	Total	10.07	8.76	9.49	9.29	9.21	9.34	10.02	13.61	10.83	9.43	10.24	9.06	9.50	10.10	8.75
2004	Male	11.23	10.05	10.65	10.32	10.21	10.47	11.26	15.24	12.11	10.46	11.41	10.39	10.46	11.27	9.50
exc supp	Female	9.57	8.41	8.88	8.78	8.35	8.84	9.30	12.94	10.07	8.73	9.64	8.62	9.17	9.59	8.90
surveys	Total	10.56	9.37	9.97	9.71	9.60	9.88	10.47	14.13	11.27	9.72	10.72	9.66	9.89	10.60	9.34
2004	Male	11.12	9.90	10.57	10.17	10.08	10.30	11.12	15.06	12.00	10.40	11.30	10.21	10.36	11.15	9.46
inc supp	Female	9.42	8.38	8.81	8.71	8.23	8.68	9.13	12.80	9.95	8.71	9.56	8.57	9.09	9.44	8.85
surveys2	Total	10.45	9.29	9.90	9.62	9.46	9.70	10.34	13.99	11.16	9.66	10.60	9.51	9.82	10.49	9.27
2005	Male	11.44	10.39	10.85	10.47	10.60	10.70	11.29	15.65	12.17	10.73	11.59	10.30	10.72	11.48	9.93
	Female	9.86	8.80	9.35	9.01	8.85	9.18	9.44	13.35	10.16	8.96	9.96	8.95	9.62	9.87	9.30
	Total	10.79	9.70	10.23	9.92	9.96	10.09	10.52	14.51	11.28	10.00	10.94	9.78	10.27	10.82	9.67
1 Full-time employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay period was unaffected by absence. Earnings include overtime.
2 Two sets of ASHE results are available for 2004. Those excluding supplementary surveys are comparable with 2003 and earlier years; those including supplementary surveys are comparable with 2005 data. 2004 Estimates have been revised for late corrections to the data and also to make them more comparable with 2005 estimates. See Definitions section.
Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics; Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland