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National average hourly wages ranged from £10.95 for managers (or equivalent) to £6.93 for unqualified practitioners, all significantly less than the average wage across all sectors in the UK of £13.50 per hour (source: Office of National Statistics, 2015).
This is unsurprising given that the early years is known to be a low-paid sector, as recognised by the Low Pay Commission (LPC) in its 2016 Spring Report, which said the national minimum wage (its value relative to typical sector salaries) was 84.8 per cent in the early years, higher than in social care (79.5 per cent) and retail (79.1 per cent), and much higher than the 54.1 per cent average for all sectors.
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