# United Kingdom Average Weekly Earnings: Finance & business services, regular pay excl. arrears (SA)

United Kingdom Average Weekly Earnings: Finance & business services, regular pay excl. arrears (SA) was up 3.7% year on year in August 2026, compared with 3.4% in July 2026.
The level stood at 887.0 GBP/week.
That is the highest reading since February 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.3% (Jun 2020) to 10.3% (Jun 2021), averaging 4.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.AWEREG.M.SA.SECTOR-FINANCE`
- 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-finance-and-business-services-regular-pay-excl

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| August 2026 | 887.0 GBP/week | 3.7 |
| July 2026 | 884.0 GBP/week | 3.4 |
| June 2026 | 875.0 GBP/week | 2.6 |
| May 2026 | 874.0 GBP/week | 2.3 |
| April 2026 | 872.0 GBP/week | 2.1 |
| March 2026 | 868.0 GBP/week | 2.7 |
| February 2026 | 870.0 GBP/week | 2.7 |
| January 2026 | 868.0 GBP/week | 2.5 |
| December 2025 | 865.0 GBP/week | 2.2 |
| November 2025 | 860.0 GBP/week | 2.1 |
| October 2025 | 860.0 GBP/week | 1.7 |
| September 2025 | 859.0 GBP/week | 2.6 |
| August 2025 | 855.0 GBP/week | 2.6 |
| July 2025 | 855.0 GBP/week | 3.3 |
| June 2025 | 853.0 GBP/week | 2.6 |
| May 2025 | 854.0 GBP/week | 3.1 |
| April 2025 | 854.0 GBP/week | 3.3 |
| March 2025 | 845.0 GBP/week | 2.9 |
| February 2025 | 847.0 GBP/week | 3.8 |
| January 2025 | 847.0 GBP/week | 5.2 |
| December 2024 | 846.0 GBP/week | 5.4 |
| November 2024 | 842.0 GBP/week | 5.2 |
| October 2024 | 846.0 GBP/week | 7.1 |
| September 2024 | 837.0 GBP/week | 4.8 |

## API

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

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