By Jessica Healy, OurWorld Editor
British median gross weekly earnings in 2005 were US$744.
Increases minimal
The median increased by only 2.8% on 2004 figures.
Working hours
The survey also found that the average full-time employee works 39.4 hours per week.
23.9% of employees work overtime.
Regional variation
There were wide variations in weekly earnings across the UK.
Employees in London earned 29% more than the national average whilst employees in the North East earned 10% less than the national average.
The data comes from the recently published 'Annual Survey of Hours & Earnings' produced by the Office for National Statistics.
Read more about the Survey here
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