False hope for equal pay in latest ONS report
Despite some surprise figures, women are still earning significantly less overall than men.
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Daily Mail’s baseless ‘pay apartheid’ slur on public sector
The Daily Mail has mounted its highest of horses this morning, attacking the public sector over higher average pay than the private sector.
Low-to-middle earners suffer 5.4 per cent drop in average salaries
The 2010 ‘Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings’ data released today by the ONS shows that the median annual salary earned by all workers fell by 0.4 per cent in nominal terms from £21,310 in 2009 to £21,221 in 2010. Once inflation is taken into account (RPI increased by 5.3 per cent between April 2009 and April 2010, which is the date the ASHE survey relates to), stagnation turns to significant contraction, with the median salary falling by a sizeable 5.4 per cent.