Section 5 - Percentage of staff earning below the National Living Wage by provider type
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The proportion of staff paid below the National Living Wage, broken down by provider type.
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- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Childcare and early years provider survey
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 7
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Percentage earning below NLW
- Unweighted base
- Filters
- Provider type
- Time period
- 2025
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | provider_type | percentage | unweighted_base |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery class childcare settings | 2 | 1576 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Maintained nursery schools | 4 | 127 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | All school-based providers | 2 | 1703 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Private group-based providers | 4 | 3829 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Voluntary group-based providers | 3 | 2150 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| percentage | Percentage earning below NLW |
| provider_type | Provider type |
| unweighted_base | Unweighted base |
Footnotes
- Excludes volunteer staff, apprentices and staff that do not work directly with children, such as administrative staff. Refers to the percentage of eligible staff i.e. those aged 21 or above paid below the National Living Wage (£12.21 per hour from 1 April 2025)
- Where staff salaries are reported annually, hourly equivalent wages are calculated by dividing annual salaries by contracted hours per week and weeks per year. Where contracted weeks per year are unknown they are assumed to be the same as the number of weeks per year that the provider is open (in 2024, staff whose contracted weeks per year were unknown were assumed to work 52 weeks per year - this assumption produced slightly higher estimates of the proportion of staff paid below the National Living Wage).
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