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Pay data: three months to August 2021

Various research organisations have published pay data for the three months to the end of August 2021.

  • The median pay award across the economy remains at 2.0% for the three months to August 2021, according to the latest analysis by Incomes Data Research (interquartile range: 1.5%-2.9%).
  • Data from the Labour Research Department shows the median standard increase for the three months to August 2021 was 2.0%.
  • XpertHR recorded a median basic pay award of 2.0% across the whole economy for the three months to the end of August (lower quartile: 1.5%; upper quartile: 2.5%).