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What are Britain's Lowest Paid jobs?

8th November 2022
What are the lowest paid jobs in the UK labour market? Low pay is a big issue especially during a cost-of-living crisis. Millions in the UK live in families where one or more people are in relatively low paid work. This creates working poverty.
The definition of low pay is important:
- Low pay is pay < two-thirds of median hourly earnings
- High pay is > 1.5 times median hourly earnings.
- Median hourly earnings for all employees in 2022 are £14.77
- Therefore low-pay employees are anyone earning below two-thirds of £14.77, which is £9.85 per hour
Click on the video to find the lowest paid jobs in the UK in 2022.
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