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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

The ASHE is a UK survey offering data on earnings by gender, work patterns, industry, occupation, and public vs. private sector pay comparisons.

Latest results published 29 October 2024

The key points from the 'Employee earnings in NI 2024' show that:

  • Median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees (“weekly earnings”) in April 2024 was £666, an increase of 4.3% from £639 in 2023. This is higher than the average annual increase over the last twenty years and follows an increase last year (7.0%) which was the second highest on record.
  • In the UK, weekly earnings were £728 in April 2024, an increase of 6.0% from 2023 (£687). This is the second largest annual increase on record and follows the largest increase of 7.0% in 2023.
  • In real terms (that is, adjusted for inflation) weekly earnings in NI increased by 1.2% over the year to April 2024. This increase follows two years of decreases in real earnings, with the largest annual decrease in real earnings on record reported in 2022 (3.7%). For the UK as a whole, real weekly earnings also increased (2.9%) over the year, with decreases in the previous two year.
  • Median annual earnings for full-time employees in NI were £34,400 in 2024, lower than the UK median of £37,400. The highest 10% of earners in NI earned at least £60,000.

Publications 

  • Employee earnings in NI 2024
  • Previous publications

Detailed Outputs

  1. Headline statistics for Northern Ireland
  2. Industry, occupation, age, public/private sector and skill level
  3. NI geographies, by place of work and place of residence
  4. All tables in Open Document Spreadsheet (ODS) format

Table builder and dashboard

ASHE data is now available on the new NISRA Data Portal, allowing users to build their own bespoke tables.

The most recent ASHE headline results are summarised in charts and maps in the new ASHE Dashboard.

Data Visualisation

  1. The Scrollytelling through Real Earnings article takes a look at the change in real earnings over the last decade to 2022 and how different age groups have been affected

  2. Scrollytelling through Employee Earnings shows how earnings have changed over the years to 2021 and how furlough impacted them

    Earnings distribution chart
  3. Why we use the median in earnings statistics

NI ASHE Background Information

  • Background to the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
  • Comparison of ASHE and PAYE RTI
  • Guidance for completing the ASHE survey
  • ONS quality and methodology for ASHE

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Last updated: 14 October 2025

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    Published 16 September 2025
  • Labour Market Report - August 2025

    Published 12 August 2025
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    Published 12 August 2025
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Contacts

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

Brian Grogan
Telephone: 028 9052 9311
Email: economicstats@nisra.gov.uk
Twitter: @NISRA

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