"Figure 2: Annual percentage change in median full-time gross weekly earnings for all employees and those in continuous employment, UK, April 2005 to 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. The “continuously employed” group is made up of employees who appear in consecutive ASHE samples, have a weekly earnings observation in both periods and are classified by their employer as being in the same job for at least 12 months in the second period. 2. Employees on adult rates, pay unaffected by absence. 3. Full-time defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions). 4. CPI figures are based on the All Items Consumer Prices Index of inflation for April. 5. 2016 data are provisional. " "Unit","%" "","" "Year","All employees","Continuous employment" "2005","2.9","6.3" "2006","3.5","5.5" "2007","3.2","4.6" "2008","4.7","6.8" "2009","1.9","4.0" "2010","2.1","4.0" "2011","0.4","3.7" "2012","1.6","3.6" "2013","2.2","3.4" "2014","0.2","4.1" "2015","1.7","4.3" "2016","2.2","4.6"