New 2024 provisional results from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) were added to Nomis on 13 November 2024. ASHE estimates for 2023 were revised at the same time.

Estimates are available for local authorities, parliamentary constituencies, regions and countries. ASHE estimates are not available below local authority or constituency level i.e. no ward or super output area data.


ASHE data on Nomis

Headline ASHE figures for an area are available in the labout market profiles:

Use the query data tool to access the full datasets which contain a wider range of variables than shown in the profiles:

Occupation and industry breakdowns of earnings are not available for local authorities or constituencies. These analyses are available at region and country level on the ONS website.


Survey details

ASHE collects information on actual payments made to the employee and the hours on which this pay was calculated. It is based on employer responses for a 1% sample of employee jobs, using HM Revenue and Customs Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records to identify individuals' current employer.

All estimates for 2024 are provisional and relate to the pay period that includes 17 April 2024. Estimates for 2023 have been revised and relate to the pay period that includes 19 April 2023.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the achieved sample size of ASHE was approximately 180,000 each year. However, given the challenges to data collection during the pandemic, the final achieved sample sizes were:

  • 144,000 for 2020
  • 142,000 for 2021
  • 148,000 for 2022
  • 164,000 for 2023
  • Response rates improved to 173,000 in 2024


Further information

ASHE Quality and Methodology Information. This report describes how the data is created along with its strenghts and limitations.

Employee earnings in the UK: 2024. This bulletin provides commentary on the 2024 estimates and includes link to regional and national ASHE datasets that are not available through Nomis.