Associate professional and technical occupations 0.8 Science, engineering and technology associate professionals 0.7 Health and social care associate professionals -0.8 Protective service occupations 1.0 Culture, media and sports occupations 0.4 Business and public service associate professionals 0.9 2.2 Administrative and secretarial occupations Administrative occupations 2.5 Secretarial and related occupations -0.1 Skilled trades occupations 1.5 Skilled agricultural and related trades 0.8 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades 0.9 Skilled construction and building trades 1.3 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 2.3 Caring, leisure and service occupations 0.2 Caring personal service occupations -0.1 Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations 1.9 Sales and customer service occupations 2.8 Sales occupations 3.3 Customer service occupations 2.1 4. Earnings growth by region The Annual Survey of Hours Earnings provides a breakdown of earnings growth by region and local authority can be found at Data on the proportion of employees paid below the Living Wage is available by parliamentary constituency at For England, a table setting out the cost of housing relative to wages by local authority district is available at 5. Earnings of low-paid The adult minimum wage rose to £6.70 an hour in October 2015 and in November 2015 the Living Wage Foundation announced that new Wage” rates of £9.40 an hour in “Living London and £8.25 an hour across the rest of the UK (accredited Living Wage employers have until next April to implement this rate). The Living Wage has become a standard benchmark for the minimum needed for low-paid staff to have a but acceptable” standard of living. “basic There are now approximately 2,300 employers accredited as living wage employers by the Living Wage Foundation, including some of the largest private companies in the UK, such as
Associate professional and technical occupations 0.8 Science, engineering and technology associate professionals 0.7 Health and social care associate professionals -0.8 Protective service occupations 1.0 Culture, media and sports occupations 0.4 Business and public service associate professionals 0.9 Administrative and secretarial occupations 2.2 Administrative occupations 2.5 Secretarial and related occupations -0.1 Skilled trades occupations 1.5 Skilled agricultural and related trades 0.8 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades 0.9 Skilled construction and building trades 1.3 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 2.3 Caring, leisure and service occupations 0.2 Caring personal service occupations -0.1 Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations 1.9 Sales and customer service occupations 2.8 Sales occupations 3.3 Customer service occupations 2.1 4. Earnings growth by region The Annual Survey of Hours Earnings provides a breakdown of earnings growth by region and local authority can be found at Data on the proportion of employees paid below the Living Wage is available by parliamentary constituency at For England, a table setting out the cost of housing relative to wages by local authority district is available at 5. Earnings of low-paid The adult minimum wage rose to £6.70 an hour in October 2015 and in November 2015 the Living Wage Foundation announced that new “Living Wage” rates of £9.40 an hour in London and £8.25 an hour across the rest of the UK (accredited Living Wage employers have until next April to implement this rate). The Living Wage has become a standard benchmark for the minimum needed for low-paid staff to have a “basic but acceptable” standard of living. There are now approximately 2,300 employers accredited as living wage employers by the Living Wage Foundation, including some of the largest private companies in the UK, such as
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