[UK] 4.5 million workers paid below real Living Wage

According to new research, 2024 saw the largest annual rise in the number and proportion of UK jobs paid below the real Living Wage ever recorded, Living Wage Foundation reports.

The analysis of the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), by the Living Wage Foundation, found that 4.5 million UK jobs, or nearly 1 in 6 (15.7 per cent), were low-paid in April 2024

The figure has reportedly risen from 3.7 million, or 1 in 8 (13.0 per cent), compared to a year earlier; an increase of 800,000 low-paid jobs. 

The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate calculated by what it costs to live. The ONS findings reveal that more jobs have fallen below this rate as wages have failed to keep up with costs, leading to an increasing number of workers falling into in-work poverty. 

Source: Living Wage Foundation

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According to new research, 2024 saw the largest annual rise in the number and proportion of UK jobs paid below the real Living Wage ever recorded, Living Wage Foundation reports.

The analysis of the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), by the Living Wage Foundation, found that 4.5 million UK jobs, or nearly 1 in 6 (15.7 per cent), were low-paid in April 2024

The figure has reportedly risen from 3.7 million, or 1 in 8 (13.0 per cent), compared to a year earlier; an increase of 800,000 low-paid jobs. 

The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate calculated by what it costs to live. The ONS findings reveal that more jobs have fallen below this rate as wages have failed to keep up with costs, leading to an increasing number of workers falling into in-work poverty. 

Source: Living Wage Foundation

(Link via original reporting)