05 Nov 2017

Report: Living Wage Research for KPMG

Around 21 per cent of employees earn below the real Living Wage, with an estimated 5.5 million workers struggling to get out of in-work poverty, research conducted by Markit for KPMG has found.

Key findings:

The number of people earning below the real Living Wage is down by 100,000 compared with last year’s findings.
Around a quarter of women earn less than the real Living Wage, compared with 16 per cent of men.
Roughly 3.1 million part-time employees earn below the real Living Wage, compared with 2.4 million full-time workers.
Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of jobs paid below the real Living Wage (26 per cent), followed by the East Midlands, Yorkshire & Humber, Wales and the West Midlands, all of which were around 24 per cent.
Those working in the hospitality sector, particularly bar and waiting staff, were most likely to receive pay below the Living Wage.