Spending on civil service pay under different scenarios, 2010–24 (2024 prices)

An Institute for Government line chart, showing the total spent on civil service pay between 2010 and 2024. The chart shows how high spending on pay would be in each year under different scenarios, showing that the change in grade structure of the civil service since 2010 is costing more money.
Source: Institute for Government analysis of ONS/Cabinet Office, 'Civil Service Statistics', 2010–24 and ONS, 'Labour Force Survey', 2024Notes: 'Grade shares unchanged' takes the change in average pay at each grade between 2010 and 2024 and calculates total pay in 2024 if the grade composition of the civil service then was the same as it was in 2010. 'Pay increased in line with private sector, grade shares unchanged' does the same calculation except it assumes all grades saw pay change in line with the private sector average.Get the dataEmbed Download image
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