HC Deb 04 July 1985 vol 82 c257W
Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average annual wage of (a) full-time and part-time female manual workers in Scotland in 1979 and in each subsequent year for which records are available.

Mr. Younger

The estimates of average weekly earnings of female manual workers in Scotland for April of each year from 1979 to 1984 were published for full-time employees in table 13 of part A of the "New Earnings

Percentage with weekly earnings less than:
£50 £60 £70 £80 £90 £100 £110
Including overtime earnings
manual males 0.2 0.7 1.5 4.1 8.2 14.7 22.9
non-manual males 0.1 0.3 0.8 2.4 4.8 7.8 10.8
all males 0.2 0.5 1.2 3.4 6.8 11.7 17.7
manual females 1.4 8.6 21.7 37.1 54.7 69.5 81.9
non-manual females 0.8 2.3 7.1 18.6 30.7 42.8 53.1
all females 1.0 3.9 10.8 23.3 36.8 49.6 60.4
manual adults 0.5 2.1 5.3 10.3 16.9 24.9 34.0
non-manual adults 0.4 1.2 3.8 10.0 17.0 24.3 30.8
all adults 0.5 1.7 4.5 10.2 17.0 24.6 32.2
Excluding overtime earnings
manual males 23.2 36.0
non-manual males 8.7 12.2
all males 17.0 25.8
manual females 75.4 87.5
non-manual females 43.8 54.7
all females 51.8 63.0
manual adults 32.9 45.7
non-manual adults 25.3 32.3
all adults 28.8 38.5

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