Report: Average Weekly Earnings, bonus payments in Great Britain: 2017
Key findings:
- The combined value of all bonuses paid was a record £46.4 billion, growing by 6.5% on the financial year ending 2016.
- The financial and insurance activities industry paid the highest average bonus per employee, at slightly under £14,770, while the health and social work industry paid the lowest average bonus per employee at close to zero.
- Bonuses as a percentage of total pay were 6.2% overall, a small increase on the previous year. However, since the financial year ending 2001, bonuses for most industries have grown more in percentage terms than regular pay.
These figures from the ONS are derived from the average weekly earnings dataset, part of the labour market statistics release.