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UK Average Earnings

UK Average Earnings 20 March 2025

UK Average Earnings 20 March 2025: 5.8% for January 2025, below the 5.9% forecast and against 6.1% in December 2024 (first reported as 6%). 2 of the last 11 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 20 Mar 2025 at 07:00 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Office for National Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
5.8%
January 2025
Forecast
5.9%
The market consensus
Previous
6.1%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A miss can weigh on sterling if it suggests pay growth is cooling, especially when the ex-bonus measure also slows.

UK Average Earnings 20 March 2025: 5.8% for January 2025 against a 5.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Mar 2025Jan5.8%5.9%6.1%
18 Feb 2025Dec6%5.9%5.5%
21 Jan 2025Nov5.6%5.6%5.2%
17 Dec 2024Oct5.2%4.6%4.4%
12 Nov 2024Sep4.3%3.9%3.9%
15 Oct 2024Aug3.8%3.8%4.1%
10 Sep 2024Jul4%4.1%4.6%
13 Aug 2024Jun4.5%—5.7%
18 Jul 2024May5.7%5.7%5.9%
11 Jun 2024Apr5.9%5.7%5.9%
14 May 2024Mar5.7%5.3%5.7%
16 Apr 2024Feb5.6%5.5%5.6%
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