Gross income: Pay Benchmark
The median published figure in the Pay Benchmark is 770.20 GBP across 2 sources' own pages in GBP (range 766.60 to 773.80 GBP; 5 sources publish a figure), read 12 September 2026.
5 of the 18 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 12 September 2026.
By jurisdiction
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| jurisdictionScotland | 773.8GBP | 773.8 to 773.8GBP | 1 |
| jurisdictionAustralia | 1,425AUD | 1,425 to 1,425AUD | 1 |
| jurisdictionUnited Kingdom | 766.6GBP | 766.6 to 766.6GBP | 1 |
| jurisdictionIreland | 1,046.88EUR | 1,046.88 to 1,046.88EUR | 1 |
| jurisdictionUnited States | 1,251USD | 1,251 to 1,251USD | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABS: Employee earnings | 1,425AUD | Australia | 2026-09-11 |
| BLS: usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers | 1,251USD | United States | 2026-09-12 |
| CSO: Earnings and Labour Costs | 1,046.88EUR | Ireland | 2026-09-12 |
| Scottish Government: ASHE employee earnings | 773.8GBP | Scotland | 2026-09-12 |
| ONS: Employee earnings in the UK (ASHE) | 766.6GBP | United Kingdom | 2026-09-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (5)
- ABS: Employee earnings, read 2026-09-11:
Median employee earnings in main job was $1,425 per week, up $26 (1.9%) since August 2024.
- BLS: usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers, read 2026-09-12:
Median weekly earnings of the nation's 120.9 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,251 in the second quarter of 2026 (not seasonally adjusted), the U.S.
- CSO: Earnings and Labour Costs, read 2026-09-12:
Average weekly earnings were €1,046.88 in Quarter 2 (Q2) 2026, up 3.9% from €1,007.58 in Q2 2025.
- Scottish Government: ASHE employee earnings, read 2026-09-12:
Gross median weekly earnings for full-time employees in Scotland were £773.80 in 2025.
- ONS: Employee earnings in the UK (ASHE), read 2026-09-12:
Median weekly earnings for full-time employees were £766.60 in April 2025, which is a 5.3% increase on the year in nominal terms and a 1.1% increase in real terms; this figure is adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH).
Read in full, publishes no figure
13 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- ONS: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings landing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- BLS: national employment and wage data by occupation (OEWS table 1), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- BLS: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Destatis: durchschnittliche Bruttomonatsverdienste, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Destatis: durchschnittliche Bruttojahresverdienste, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GUS: przeciętne miesięczne wynagrodzenie w gospodarce narodowej 1950-2025, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GUS: komunikat w sprawie przeciętnego wynagrodzenia 2025, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- INSEE: Les salaires dans le secteur privé, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- INSEE: salaire net mensuel moyen en EQTP par sexe et PCS, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Statistics Canada: average weekly earnings (SEPH), table 14-10-0026-01, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ABS: Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Eurostat: annual net earnings, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- the statistical office per jurisdiction, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
5 of the 18 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 13 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 69 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the national statistical office's own median and mean earnings per jurisdiction, restated onto ONE unit (annual, monthly, weekly and hourly, full-time equivalent) because every office publishes a different one - the ONS a weekly median, the BLS an hourly and annual mean plus a weekly median, INSEE a monthly NET EQTP, Destatis a monthly gross, GUS a monthly gross, the ABS a weekly - and then joined to the deduction table so the same figure is shown gross and net; the percentile a given gross sits at, by country and by occupation, is the derivation, and the release calendar makes the series
69 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (18)
- ONS: Employee earnings in the UK (ASHE)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings landing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Scottish Government: ASHE employee earnings(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS: national employment and wage data by occupation (OEWS table 1)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS: usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Destatis: durchschnittliche Bruttomonatsverdienste(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Destatis: durchschnittliche Bruttojahresverdienste(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GUS: przeciętne miesięczne wynagrodzenie w gospodarce narodowej 1950-2025(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GUS: komunikat w sprawie przeciętnego wynagrodzenia 2025(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- INSEE: Les salaires dans le secteur privé(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- INSEE: salaire net mensuel moyen en EQTP par sexe et PCS(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CSO: Earnings and Labour Costs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Statistics Canada: average weekly earnings (SEPH), table 14-10-0026-01(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABS: Average Weekly Earnings, Australia(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABS: Employee earnings(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Eurostat: annual net earnings(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- the statistical office per jurisdiction(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Pay Benchmark is 770.20 GBP across 2 sources' own pages in GBP (range 766.60 to 773.80 GBP; 5 sources publish a figure), read 12 September 2026.
5 of the 18 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 12 September 2026.
Pay Benchmark, jurisdiction Scotland: median 773.80 GBP across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.
Pay Benchmark, jurisdiction Australia: median 1,425 AUD across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.
Pay Benchmark, jurisdiction United Kingdom: median 766.60 GBP across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.
Pay Benchmark, jurisdiction Ireland: median 1,046.88 EUR across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.
Pay Benchmark, jurisdiction United States: median 1,251 USD across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.
Cite as: "Take-Home Compass Pay Benchmark", updated 2026-10-05, https://takehomecompass.com/datasets/pay-benchmark/.
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