# United Kingdom Compensation of employees as % of Gross Domestic Product: CP SA ()

United Kingdom Compensation of employees as % of Gross Domestic Product: CP SA () was 49.9% in Q2 2026, down 0.5 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 0.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 47.4% (Q4 2017) to 55.3% (Q2 2020), averaging 48.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.WAGES.Q.SA.ITEM-IHXP`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1955-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (286 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/compensation-of-employees-as-pct-of-gross-domestic-product-cp-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 49.9% |
| Q1 2026 | 50.4% |
| Q4 2025 | 50.3% |
| Q3 2025 | 50.1% |
| Q2 2025 | 49.8% |
| Q1 2025 | 49.5% |
| Q4 2024 | 49.3% |
| Q3 2024 | 48.5% |
| Q2 2024 | 48.6% |
| Q1 2024 | 48.6% |
| Q4 2023 | 48.3% |
| Q3 2023 | 48.2% |
| Q2 2023 | 48.5% |
| Q1 2023 | 48.1% |
| Q4 2022 | 48.0% |
| Q3 2022 | 48.1% |
| Q2 2022 | 48.2% |
| Q1 2022 | 48.3% |
| Q4 2021 | 48.1% |
| Q3 2021 | 49.3% |
| Q2 2021 | 50.2% |
| Q1 2021 | 51.9% |
| Q4 2020 | 51.8% |
| Q3 2020 | 50.7% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.WAGES.Q.SA.ITEM-IHXP"

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