Earnings, Scotland (Hansard, 26 April 1994)

§ Mrs. Fyfe
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table setting out the numbers of wage and salary earners in Scotland in the income bands(a) over £100,000, (b) between £50,000 and £100,000, (c) between £25,000 and £50,000, (d) between £10,000 and £25,000, (e) between £5,000 and £10,000 and (f) less than £5,000 or such other bands as his Department has available covering the same breadth of income.

§ Mr. Stewart
I have been asked to reply.
The table, derived from the new earnings survey, shows average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees in Scotland on all rates of pay, whose pay was unaffected by absence. The survey data relate to April 1993; the approximate equivalent annual pay bands are also shown in the table. The figures are for full-time employees only as many part-time employees are excluded from the sample. However, it is estimated that approximately two thirds of part-time employees earn below £100 per week. 117W

Pay ranges of full-time employees in Scotland; April 1993

Gross weekly pay range Approximate equivalent annual pay range Percentage of full-time employees in pay range (per cent.) Estimated¹ number of full-time employees in pay range

£1,923 or more £100,000 or more — —

£962–£1,923 £50,000–£100,000 0.7 10,100

£481–£962 £25,000–£50,000 9.1 130,800

£192–£481 £10,000–£25,000 62.3 895,400

£96–£192 £5,000–£10,000 26.2 376,500

less than £96 less than £5,000 1.6 23,000

¹ Derived by multiplying New Earnings Survey data on percentages in each pay range by estimated numbers of full-time employees in employment at March 1993.

§ Mrs. Fyfe
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of average male earnings is earned by(a) women manual workers and (b) women non-manual workers in Scotland.

§ Mr. Stewart
I have been asked to reply.
Information from the new earnings survey, at April 1993, shows that the average weekly earnings of full-time non-manual women is equivalent to 65 per cent. of the average for non-manual men. The average weekly earnings of full-time manual women is equivalent to 64 per cent. of the average for manual men. These estimates are based on average gross weekly earnings of all full-time employees on adult rates in Scotland whose pay was unaffected by absence—source: Employment Department.

Pay ranges of full-time employees in Scotland; April 1993
Gross weekly pay range	Approximate equivalent annual pay range	Percentage of full-time employees in pay range (per cent.)	Estimated¹ number of full-time employees in pay range
£1,923 or more	£100,000 or more	—	—
£962–£1,923	£50,000–£100,000	0.7	10,100
£481–£962	£25,000–£50,000	9.1	130,800
£192–£481	£10,000–£25,000	62.3	895,400
£96–£192	£5,000–£10,000	26.2	376,500
less than £96	less than £5,000	1.6	23,000
¹ Derived by multiplying New Earnings Survey data on percentages in each pay range by estimated numbers of full-time employees in employment at March 1993.