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UK Average Earnings 21 July 2026

UK Average Earnings 21 July 2026: 4.3% for May 2026, below the 4.5% forecast and down from 4.4% in April 2026. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 21 Jul 2026 at 06:00 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
4.3%
May 2026
Forecast
4.5%
The market consensus
Previous
4.4%
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 21 July 2026: 4.3% for May 2026 against a 4.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Jul 2026May4.3%4.5%4.4%
18 Jun 2026Apr4.4%4%4.4%
19 May 2026Mar4.1%3.8%3.9%
21 Apr 2026Feb3.8%3.6%4.1%
19 Mar 2026Jan3.9%3.9%4.2%
17 Feb 2026Dec4.2%4.6%4.6%
11 Nov 2025Sep4.8%4.9%5%
14 Oct 2025Aug5%4.7%4.8%
16 Sep 2025Jul4.7%4.7%4.6%
12 Aug 2025Jun4.6%4.7%5%
17 Jul 2025May5%5%5.4%
10 Jun 2025Apr5.3%5.5%5.6%
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