National Minimum Wage

National Minimum Wage
Table 2.2: Jobs Held by Those Aged 22 and Over, Paid At and Below the Existing National
Minimum Wage and the Forthcoming National Minimum Wage, UK, 1999-2011
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Data Adult Jobs held by Jobs held by Forthcoming Jobs held
year minimum adults paying adults paying October by adults in
(April) wage rate less than the the adult rate adult April paying
in April adult rate in (ten pence minimum less than the
April band) in April wage rate forthcoming
October rate
£ 000s % 000s % £ 000s %
1999 3.60 460 2.1 723 3.3 3.60 458 2.1
2000 3.60 190 0.9 551 2.5 3.70 746 3.3
ASHE without
supplementary
information
2001
2002
3.70
4.10
210
290
0.9
1.3
394
630
1.8
2.8
4.10
4.20
1,326
920
5.9
4.1
2003 4.20 210 0.9 445 2.0 4.50 1,022 4.5
2004 4.50 230 1.0 558 2.5 4.85 1,399 6.2
ASHE with
2004 4.50 233 1.0 408 1.8 4.85 1,209 5.3
supplementary 2005 4.85 233 1.0 484 2.1 5.05 1,147 5.0
information
2006 5.05 239 1.0 544 2.4 5.35 1,289 5.6
2006 5.05 238 1.0 544 2.4 5.35 1,289 5.6
2007 5.35 231 1.0 696 2.9 5.52 1,215 5.1
ASHE 2007
2008 5.52 212 0.9 731 3.1 5.73 1,245 5.2
methodology 2009 5.73 181 0.8 726 3.1 5.80 846 3.6
2010 5.80 203 0.9 698 2.9 5.93 981 4.1
2011 5.93 208 0.9 971 4.0 6.08 1,297 5.4
Source: ONS central estimates using ASHE without supplementary information and LFS, UK, 1999-2004; LPC estimates based on ASHE: with
supplementary information, April 2004-2006; and 2007 methodology, April 2006-2011, low-pay weights, including those not on adult rates of
pay, UK.
Notes:
a. Prior to 2004, all our analyses were conducted in ten pence pay bands using the ONS central estimate methodology. In contrast to elsewhere
in this report, where five pence pay bands are used, we use ten pence pay bands in this table.
b. Direct comparisons before and after 2004, and before and after 2006, should be made with care due to changes in the data series.
2.40 Not surprisingly, as Table 2.3 shows, there are differences by low-paying sector and size of
firm. Across the economy as a whole, 3.7 per cent of jobs were paid at or below the
minimum wage in April 2011 (based on a five pence band). For the low-paying sectors, more
than 10 per cent of jobs were paid at or below the minimum wage, ranging from 5.2 per cent
in security through 11.0 per cent in childcare, to 21.7 per cent in cleaning and 21.8 per cent in
hospitality.
2.41 By size of firm the proportion paid at or below the minimum wage ranged from 2.9 per cent
in large firms to 8.3 per cent in micro firms. These proportions were in general slightly higher
in 2011 than in 2009. The smaller rise in the minimum wage in October 2009 had generally
led them to fall a little in 2010.