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UK Wages Over the Past Four Decades

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Society

Summary

This Report looks at changes in earnings in the UK over the past forty years. It makes use of distributional and cohort analysis to assess the impact of the recession on earnings as well as looking at the impact of the introduction of the national minimum wage.

Source agency: Office for National Statistics

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: UK Wages Over the Past Four Decades

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