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<p>The Office for National Statistic’s ‘Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings’ (ASHE)
shows that median basic weekly pay for the public sector is £504. This suggests that
just under half of the public sector have basic weekly pay of £460 (whole economy
median weekly basic pay) and less.</p><p>Since the uplift will be applied on a Full
Time Equivalent (FTE) basis, we have used ASHE microdata to also exclude those earning
less than the median but not on an hourly basis. This showed that 38% of the public
sector earn less than £24,000 on an FTE basis.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics
estimate that public sector employment was 5.51 million in June 2020. This includes:
The National Health Service, central government and local government.</p><p> </p><p>Sources:
Table 13.a at <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/publicandprivatesectorashetable13"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/publicandprivatesectorashetable13</a></p><p>ONS
Public sector employment, UK: June 2020: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/june2020"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/june2020</a></p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The £24,000 earnings floor is taken from the Office for National Statistic’s
‘Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings’. This data gives whole economy median basic
weekly earnings for all employees of £460. The equivalent annually is £23,985 (calculated
by dividing by 7 days a week, and multiplying by 365 days a year).</p><p> </p><p>Source:
Table 1.3a at <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/allemployeesashetable1"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/allemployeesashetable1</a></p>
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