# United Kingdom Average Weekly Earnings: Distribution, hotels & restaurants, total pay excl. arrears (SA)

United Kingdom Average Weekly Earnings: Distribution, hotels & restaurants, total pay excl. arrears (SA) was up 1.4% year on year in August 2026, compared with 3.7% in July 2026.
The level stood at 501.0 GBP/week.
That is the lowest reading since January 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.9% (May 2020) to 12.9% (Mar 2022), averaging 4.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.AWE.M.SA.SECTOR-DISTHOTELREST`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: GBP/week
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-08-01 (320 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/average-weekly-earnings-distribution-hotels-and-restaurants-total-pay

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| August 2026 | 501.0 GBP/week | 1.4 |
| July 2026 | 506.0 GBP/week | 3.7 |
| June 2026 | 505.0 GBP/week | 4.6 |
| May 2026 | 506.0 GBP/week | 4.1 |
| April 2026 | 506.0 GBP/week | 5.0 |
| March 2026 | 509.0 GBP/week | 6.7 |
| February 2026 | 502.0 GBP/week | 3.7 |
| January 2026 | 490.0 GBP/week | 4.7 |
| December 2025 | 498.0 GBP/week | 6.0 |
| November 2025 | 494.0 GBP/week | 4.9 |
| October 2025 | 493.0 GBP/week | 5.6 |
| September 2025 | 495.0 GBP/week | 5.8 |
| August 2025 | 494.0 GBP/week | 6.5 |
| July 2025 | 488.0 GBP/week | 5.6 |
| June 2025 | 483.0 GBP/week | 5.5 |
| May 2025 | 486.0 GBP/week | 7.0 |
| April 2025 | 482.0 GBP/week | 6.6 |
| March 2025 | 477.0 GBP/week | 7.0 |
| February 2025 | 484.0 GBP/week | 9.3 |
| January 2025 | 468.0 GBP/week | 4.0 |
| December 2024 | 470.0 GBP/week | 5.6 |
| November 2024 | 471.0 GBP/week | 6.1 |
| October 2024 | 467.0 GBP/week | 5.4 |
| September 2024 | 468.0 GBP/week | 6.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.AWE.M.SA.SECTOR-DISTHOTELREST"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.AWE.M.SA.SECTOR-DISTHOTELREST",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```