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Pay data: three months to May 2022

Various research organisations have published pay data for the three months to the end of May 2022.

  • XpertHR recorded a median basic pay award of 4.0% across the whole economy for the three months to the end of May (lower quartile: 3.0%; upper quartile: 5.8%). Pay freezes remain rare (3.4%).
  • The median pay award across the whole economy stood at 3.6% for the three months to May, according to the latest analysis by Incomes Data Research (interquartile range: 3.0%-5.1%).
  • The median increase among pay deals monitored on the Labour Research Department Payline database for the three months to the end of May was 4.2% on lowest pay rates (the lowest basic median) and 4.0% for most workers covered by the settlement (the standard median).