NHS pay review body: twenty-sixth report 2012 - Official Documents

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Figure 2.7 shows the distribution of earnings of our remit group in April 2011, alongside
equivalent information for other employees:
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The earnings distribution for the NHSPRB remit group is more compressed than that
for all employees. The middle 50% of staff are contained in a much narrower range
of earnings;
The lower decile and quartile earnings for the remit group are higher than for all
employees (implying a smaller proportion of “low” earners). Conversely, the upper
quartile and decile are at a lower level (implying few “high” earners);
The distribution of NHSPRB earnings is slightly narrower than that for the wider
public sector.
Figure 2.7: Earnings distributions for the NHSPRB remit group and other
comparator groups, UK, April 2011
NHSPRB remit group
NHSPRB remit group (all)
Former NOHPRB remit group
Former PNC staff
NHS nurses and midwives
Wider economy
All employees
Public sector
Private sector
Professional occupations
Associate professional and
technical occupations
Administrative &
secretarial occupations
Lower quartile Upper quartile
Lower decile Median Upper decile
£0 £200 £400 £600 £800 £1,000 £1,200 £1,400
Gross weekly earnings, April 2011
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Lower decile: 10% earn less than this amount
Lower quartile: 25% earn less
Median: half earn more, half less
Upper quartile: 25% earn more
Upper decile: 10% earn more
The top and bottom 10% of the earnings distribution are not illustrated on this chart.
Sources: OME analysis of ASHE microdata (NHSPRB); Office for National Statistics (wider economy).
2.16 Figure 2.8 and Table 2.6 show growth in median gross weekly pay for our remit group
and other employees since 2001. Care must be taken in interpreting these figures as the
skill profile and composition of the workforce may have changed over time:
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Median pay for our remit group increased by 41% over a 10-year period, compared
with 33% for all employees. Median pay for our remit group also increased relative
to the public and private sectors (Figure 2.8);
Earnings for the remit group increased at approximately the same rate across the
earnings distribution – around 41% to 44% between 2001 and 2011 – with the
exception of the upper decile, which increased by nearly 54% over the 10-year
period (Table 2.6). A similar pattern was seen in other sectors.