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

United Kingdom Average Weekly Earnings: Finance & business services, total pay excl. arrears (SA) was up 3.5% year on year in August 2026, compared with 3.1% in July 2026.
The level stood at 1,013.0 GBP/week.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.0% (Jun 2020) to 14.2% (Dec 2021), averaging 4.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.AWE.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-total-pay-excl

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| August 2026 | 1,013.0 GBP/week | 3.5 |
| July 2026 | 1,008.0 GBP/week | 3.1 |
| June 2026 | 1,012.0 GBP/week | 4.4 |
| May 2026 | 999.0 GBP/week | 3.2 |
| April 2026 | 1,005.0 GBP/week | 3.2 |
| March 2026 | 1,029.0 GBP/week | 6.1 |
| February 2026 | 1,006.0 GBP/week | 5.5 |
| January 2026 | 1,005.0 GBP/week | 6.0 |
| December 2025 | 962.0 GBP/week | −0.9 |
| November 2025 | 988.0 GBP/week | 3.5 |
| October 2025 | 992.0 GBP/week | 3.4 |
| September 2025 | 979.0 GBP/week | 2.3 |
| August 2025 | 979.0 GBP/week | 3.6 |
| July 2025 | 978.0 GBP/week | 4.3 |
| June 2025 | 969.0 GBP/week | 2.1 |
| May 2025 | 968.0 GBP/week | 2.3 |
| April 2025 | 974.0 GBP/week | 4.4 |
| March 2025 | 970.0 GBP/week | 3.5 |
| February 2025 | 954.0 GBP/week | 3.1 |
| January 2025 | 948.0 GBP/week | 4.4 |
| December 2024 | 971.0 GBP/week | 6.5 |
| November 2024 | 955.0 GBP/week | 4.9 |
| October 2024 | 959.0 GBP/week | 7.6 |
| September 2024 | 957.0 GBP/week | 5.3 |

## API

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

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