Comparing UK salaries to the cost of commuting
Hay Group's quarterly PayNet UK Salary Tracker looks at how employees' pay compares with a range of economic indicators to reveal the true picture of pay in the UK. It's based on data from the Hay Group PayNet UK database, which includes reward information for more than one million employees across all industries.
The January 2013 edition compares salaries to commuter costs, looking at season ticket fares and petrol prices across the UK. Who and where is best and worst off?
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Archived versions of the PayNet UK Salary Tracker
- March 2012 – compares salaries to childcare costs across UK regions: London, South East, South West, East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Yorkshire, North West, North East, Scotland and Wales
PayNet UK Salary Tracker March 2012
- January 2012 – compares salaries to rail season ticket prices across eight major UK cities; London, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Who and where is best and worst off?
PayNet UK Salary Tracker January 2012
- October 2011 – explores the difference between public and private sector salaries and how this has changed over time. What impact has the recession and public sector spending cuts had? What is likely to happen in the future?
PayNet UK Salary Tracker October 2011
- June 2011 – compares salaries to house prices and time taken to save for a deposit to reveal affordability by region. It also covers salaries compared with house prices and mortgages by employee level since 2000
PayNet UK Salary Tracker interactive version June 2011
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PayNet UK Salary Tracker Infographic June 2011
- March 2011 – Focusing on salary against inflation and interest rate data.
PayNet UK Salary Tracker interactive version March 2011
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PayNet UK Salary Tracker Infographic 2011