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Average Earnings

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 3 May 2006: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the average earnings of full-time employees in (a) Birmingham, (b) Sandwell, (c) Dudley, (d) Walsall, (e) Wolverhampton, (f) Solihull, (g) Coventry, (h)Worcestershire, (i) Herefordshire, (j) Shropshire, (k) Telford and Wrekin, (1) Staffordshire, (m) Warwickshire and (n)Gloucestershire was in each year since 2000. (67401) Average earnings are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for full time employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. This is the standard definition used for ASHE. The ASHE does not collect data on the self employed and people who do unpaid work. I attach tables showing Average Gross Weekly Earnings by place of work for the years 2000 to 2005 for Full Time Employees on Adult Rates. These statistics are already published on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=13101. The ASHE, carried out in April of each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. It is a one per cent. sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes. Gross weekly(£) pay for full time employee jobs(27) by place of work Median Mean Birmingham 2000 357 418 2001 392 462 2002 393 469 2003 398 465 2004 413 475 2004(28) 404 466 2005 425 488 Sandwell 2000 340 391 2001 341 382 2002 353 411 2003 362 429 2004 370 451 2004(28) 365 441 2005 403 *509 Dudley 2000 318 370 2001 335 388 2002 345 399 2003 346 395 2004 367 411 2004(28) 358 402 2005 369 425 Walsall 2000 *311 350 2001 329 370 2002 319 371 2003 341 390 2004 361 409 2004(28) 363 407 2005 359 423 Wolverhampton 2000 342 381 2001 359 415 2002 *387 439 2003 379 436 2004 405 462 2004(28) 389 451 2005 *400 478 Solihull 2000 *393 443 2001 402 464 2002 *429 478 2003 445 511 2004 480 547 2004(28) 471 539 2005 468 525 Coventry 2000 364 424 2001 389 474 2002 424 501 2003 412 509 2004 444 535 2004(28) 442 522 2005 453 545 Worcestershire 2000 336 379 2001 346 400 2002 342 403 2003 373 456 2004 373 446 2004(28) 372 444 2005 385 464 Herefordshire 2000 290 326 2001 *318 368 2002 *329 375 2003 *376 455 2004 *360 415 2004(28) *346 406 2005 *351 418 Shropshire 2000 *307 358 2001 324 375 2002 340 396 2003 375 468 2004 380 452 2004(28) 374 447 2005 375 455 Telford and Wrekin 2000 326 375 2001 335 379 2002 *362 409 2003 392 458 2004 *381 441 2004(28) *375 436 2005 389 443 Staffordshire 2000 335 378 2001 351 399 2002 360 418 2003 357 428 2004 392 449 2004(28) 388 445 2005 395 466 Warwickshire 2000 349 423 2001 370 *476 2002 375 462 2003 383 440 2004 421 488 2004(28) 415 472 2005 423 497 Gloucestershire 2000 357 409 2001 365 441 2002 378 456 2003 377 448 2004 411 484 2004(28) 411 482 2005 423 493 (27)Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. (28)includes Supplementary survey data Notes: Guide to quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within ± twice the CV e.g. for an average of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent., we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220. Key CV}5% * CV>5% and }10% The median replaces the mean as the headline statistic. The weighted mean is the sum of the weighted values divided by the sum of the weights. The median is the value below which 50 per cent. of employees fall. It is preferred over the mean for earnings data as it is influenced less. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

445 c1712-4W;445 c1712-4W; 67401

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Average earnings

Link

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