Millions of people in the UK are living in families where at least one person is in low-paid work. This causes working poverty and can affect the wellbeing of their family.
Wages vary hugely across the country, from cleaners in Plymouth and Warrington to lawyers and accountants in London. This is due to a range of factors including the cost of living in each town and city.
What is the lowest paid job in England?
Using a combination of workplace-based data and information about the volume of employment in each occupation, we have mapped the share of all low-paid jobs paid below the London Living Wage. The data shows that ‘accommodation and food services activities’ have the highest share of all low-paid jobs paying below London Living Wage, followed by’retail activities (wholesale and retail trade)’, which concentrate around 20% of all low-paid Security guards London in the capital.
While ‘human health and social work activities’ are less concentrated than ‘accommodation and food services activity’, they still have a significant share of all low-paid jobs in the capital. And ‘technical, professional and scientific activities’ are the second most concentrated sector with more than 1 in 4 low-paid jobs in London.
Chief executives and senior officials are the top earners with an average salary of PS121,434 a year. They were followed by those in the marketing and sales industry, who earned an average of PS91,818 a year.
At the other end of the scale are leisure and theme park attendants, who took home an average salary of just PS14,064. This is a massive difference of PS107,370 between the top and lowest paid jobs in the UK.