According to the BBC Salary calculator, average weekly pay (before deductions) for a large goods vehicle driver has gone up by 14% between 2011 and 2017. This is roughly in line with average earnings across the UK: LGV drivers earning £28,752, compared to the average UK salary for all jobs in 2017
The 14% increase is reduced by the effects of inflation but it still actually rose by 3% or £865 over that six year period. LGV driving is the 139th highest paid out of the 332 which they have a figure for 2017; Unsurprisingly, CEOs are at the top with bar staff at the bottom.
albion:
That annual figure will be including lots of overtime probably - it isn’t really a like for like comparison.
Our lot had 3% rise this year, 3% last year and I think 2.6% in 2016.
Your lot are doing well. I’m in my second year with my lot, got a raise in January, that worked out to around 1.5% and as far as I can make out, pay awards in previous years were similar. I didn’t hear anyone complaining as the general opinion is it’s not a bad number. I should get more for the abuse I have to endure from other drivers when we’re on a CPC course. They seem to think our shift don’t do lots of work? They don’t either though, to be fair. Let’s see what happens next year.
It means nothing because firstly it’s the hourly rate that matters and then how much and the type of work expected in an ‘hour’.In that an easier job for less hourly pay ( trunking v multi drop for example ) can actually mean a better wage overall.Just as getting paid more overall for a 12 hour shift than an 8 hour one can actually mean less pay.
Beetlejuice:
I would not believe anything the BBC say .
It’s from the Office of National Statistics in fairness
The same place who tell us we only get 100k immigrants a year and they all work at the NHS and claim no benefits ? And those that say We have low unemployment ? ?
On that page is a link to the ons page where the data exists as a zip download.
Good drivers is code 8211 on the large spreadsheet, which shows median hours (paid hours) of 48 hrs, and some percentiles, which show 10% of drivers are doing 39hrs, and 90% of drivers are doing 63.5 hrs.
Hmm, I hope I read that wrong.
On that page is a link to the ons page where the data exists as a zip download.
Good drivers is code 8211 on the large spreadsheet, which shows median hours (paid hours) of 48 hrs, and some percentiles, which show 10% of drivers are doing 39hrs, and 90% of drivers are doing 63.5 hrs.
Hmm, I hope I read that wrong.
I quoted my highest earning drivers wages at a shade of 48k for tax year ending March 2017 on a different thread, and I did a quick average of his hours for Jan - March this year and it came out at exactly 63.5. Most weeks if not every, would see a payment for 12 hours sitting on the ferry/day rest paid abroad waiting for a crew swap.
The problem with averages is that there can be wide variations within them. I remember a TV programme where the presenter asked the audience what they thought the average age was. The camera scanned around a load of twenty-somethings which matched the perception. Then they showed us a row of old codgers at the back, which raised the average from 25 to 55.
The point was that if they used that as information about their audience, they would be aiming the content at a demographic that was not represented at all.
The same statistics show that Burnley and Southend are low wage places - this does not mean that everyone in those towns is on a low wage, but that there are fewer high-wage people live there.
Statistics can be manipulated to show any result you want.
Santa: " statistics can be manipulated to show any result you want".
I would say that statistics can be selectively chosen to shown to skewed results. They can be chosen to give false impressions. But for those who look a little deeper the truer picture is normally there.
Take two.
Santa: “Statistics can be manipulated”.
Yes. They can.
Exactly the same as pictures are photoshopped, and words are used and abused and twisted by liars.
They are tools. Available to be used correctly or maliciously.
Would love to know whos getting 28K for 48 hours unless working for Brakes (back breaking) or Albion (a rare job).
One thing thats going to wipe out any pay rise is the increase in government working thingy pension
Which is going from 1% to 5% in the next couple if years.
Btw Albion, dont suppose you fancy opening a lot more depots maybe starting Nottinghamshire…?
trevHCS:
Would love to know whos getting 28K for 48 hours unless working for Brakes (back breaking) or Albion (a rare job).
One thing thats going to wipe out any pay rise is the increase in government working thingy pension
Which is going from 1% to 5% in the next couple if years.
Btw Albion, dont suppose you fancy opening a lot more depots maybe starting Nottinghamshire…?
Franglais:
Santa: " statistics can be manipulated to show any result you want".
I would say that statistics can be selectively chosen to shown to skewed results. They can be chosen to give false impressions. But for those who look a little deeper the truer picture is normally there.
Take two.
Santa: “Statistics can be manipulated”.
Yes. They can.
Exactly the same as pictures are photoshopped, and words are used and abused and twisted by liars.
They are tools. Available to be used correctly or maliciously.
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90% of statistics are made up.
Seriously all statitistics should be viewed with scepticism until you’ve studied the raw data and research methodology.
trevHCS:
Would love to know whos getting 28K for 48 hours unless working for Brakes (back breaking) or Albion (a rare job).
One thing thats going to wipe out any pay rise is the increase in government working thingy pension
Which is going from 1% to 5% in the next couple if years.
Btw Albion, dont suppose you fancy opening a lot more depots maybe starting Nottinghamshire…?
11.5 p/he or 48 h in 52 week well be 28000.Some drivers get less per hour but extra per overtime,night shift.
