The voluntarily paid living wage in the United Kingdom for 2024/25 is 12.6 pounds per hour, with this rising to 13.85 pounds per hour for workers in London. For the same year the legal minimum wage for those over the age of 21 was 11.44 pounds per hour.
Real living wage amounts in the United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2024/25, by category
(in GBP per hour)
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Living Wage Foundation. (October 23, 2024). Real living wage amounts in the United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2024/25, by category (in GBP per hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/280076/uk-living-wage/
Living Wage Foundation. "Real living wage amounts in the United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2024/25, by category (in GBP per hour)." Chart. October 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280076/uk-living-wage/
Living Wage Foundation. (2024). Real living wage amounts in the United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2024/25, by category (in GBP per hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280076/uk-living-wage/
Living Wage Foundation. "Real Living Wage Amounts in The United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2024/25, by Category (in Gbp per Hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280076/uk-living-wage/
Living Wage Foundation, Real living wage amounts in the United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2024/25, by category (in GBP per hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280076/uk-living-wage/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Real living wage amounts in the United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2024/25, by category (in GBP per hour) [Graph], Living Wage Foundation, October 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/280076/uk-living-wage/