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Pay data: three months to October 2020

Various research organisations have published pay data for the three months to October 2020.

  • The median pay award across the economy stands at 2.0% for the three months to October, according to the latest monitoring by Incomes Data Research (lower quartile: 1.0%; upper quartile: 2.8%).
  • Data from the Labour Research Department shows the median three-month increase at 2.5%.
  • XpertHR recorded a median basic pay award of 2% across the whole economy for the three months to October (lower quartile: 0.6%; upper quartile: 2.8%). Pay freezes made up over a fifth of settlements.