A new briefing on Earnings and Income has just been published looking at PAYE, ASHE and GDHI data.
This briefing looks at data from the ONS about monthly earnings from the PAYE Real Time Information dataset (PAYE RTI), which was recently released with data for August 2025. We also have data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) for 2024, and data from the latest Gross Disposable Household Income (GDHI) release for 2023.
Key points:
PAYE RTI Data (August 2025)
- At £2,407 per calendar month (pcm)(which equates to £554 per week), monthly median employee earnings in East Sussex are 6.0% lower than the UK as a whole (£2,562 pcm).
- Annual growth has been slightly faster in East Sussex than in the UK.
- The sector with the lowest pay in UK is Accommodation & Food Services (£1,444 pcm).
ASHE (2024)
- In East Sussex, full-time (FT) weekly residence-based earnings (£703 per week (pw)) are 5% higher than FT workplace-based (£668 pw), reflecting out-commuting.
- Full-time workplace-based earnings in East Sussex were second lowest of all counties/unitary authorities (UAs) in the South East.
- Gender Pay Gap: In East Sussex, women who work in the county earn 10% less than men full-time (weekly), lower than the national gap (14%).
The briefing also gives lots of information about the different data sources and how they compare.