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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings linked to PAYE and Self-Assessment data - GB
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
Office for National Statistics; His Majesty's Revenue and Customs, released 01
August 2024, ONS SRS Metadata Catalogue, dataset, Annual Survey of Hours and
Earnings linked to PAYE and Self-Assessment data - GB,
https://doi.org/10.57906/566k-5q15
DOI Name:
Documentation
Description:
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), carried out in April each year, is the most comprehensive source of information on the structure and distribution of earnings in the UK. ASHE provides information about the levels, distribution and make-up of earnings and paid hours worked for employees in all industries and occupations. The ASHE tables contain estimates of earnings for employees by sex and full-time or parttime status. Further breakdowns include by region, occupation, industry, age group and public or private sector.
PAYE (payrolled income from employment) and Self-Assessment (SA; self-employment and other income) from the HMRC administrative records, for the 1% of the population who should be represented in the ASHE sample.
The linkage of ASHE with the PAYE data helps to address information gaps concerning changes in the labour market within the 12-month intervals between ASHE surveys. This has the potential to enhance our understanding of earnings and labour market transitions in Britain. Linking ASHE to PAYE and SA allows us to understand better a person’s whole interaction with the labour market.
This dataset was developed as a collaboration ONS and the Wage and Employment Dynamics (WED) team. The WED team has collated and created additional documentation and code to assist researchers using this data. Documentation is available on the WED website. Code is available in SRS’ Code Library and on the WED website. See Enrichment and Linkage below for links
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
Great Britain
Geographical Levels:
- bua11
- buasd11
- clinical commissioning groups
- country
- county
- full postcode
- ITL121
- ITL221
- ITL321
- LEP
- local authority district
- lsoa21
- msoa21
- national parks
- oa11
- region
- TEC
- ttwa11
- unitary authority
- ward
- Westminster parliamentary constituency
- wz11
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 1997
Latest Data:
31 December 2022
Frequency:
STATIC
Distribution Release Date:
01 August 2024
Provenance
Source:
- Survey
- Administrative
- Linked
Access and Governance
Usage
Condition of Access:
Access needs approval
Condition of Use:
Standard conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Resource Creator:
Office for National Statistics
Access
Access Service:
- Safe Rooms, SafePods
- Assured Organisational Connectivity – office based
Jurisdictions:
- GB-EAW
- GB-SCT
Data Controller:
Office for National Statistics; His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Access Level:
Access Level 2
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
STATA
Enrichment and Linkage
Linkage Opportunity:
WED code for ASHE- PAYE/SA: https://www.wagedynamics.com/ashe-hmrc/ WED
documentation for ASHE- PAYE/SA: https://www.wagedynamics.com/hmrc/
Origin
Name:
ONS SRS Metadata Catalogue