Pay rise 2020: Which public sector workers are getting a pay rise?

ON JULY 21 Boris Johnson announced a pay rise for a number of public sector workers.

But who will be getting a pay rise and when will it start? Here is everything you’ll need to know…

Which public sector workers are getting a pay rise?

More than 900,000 public sector workers across seven different workforces will get a real-terms pay rise.

This is includes police officers, soldiers, teachers and prison guards.

It will take the average salary for a full-time public sector worker to £31,844 – £2,000 more than their private sector counterparts.

It is the third above-inflation pay rise for the majority of public sector workers following seven years of austerity that saw salary increases capped at 1 per cent.

Doctors

Doctors have been awarded the biggest pay bump in recognition of their efforts on the frontline battle against Covid-19.

Doctors will receive a 2.8 per cent uplift in their salaries.

Dentists

Dentists will see a rise of 3.1 per cent, the same as doctors.

Teachers

School teachers have been awarded the biggest pay rise and will receive the highest pay rise of 3.1 percent.

Police Officers

Police officers across Britain receive a bump of 2.5 per cent to their yearly wage.

Armed forces

Under the new pay deal members of the armed forces will receive a 2 per cent increase.

Prison Officers

Prison officers have been given a slightly higher increase than the armed forces and will be given a 2.5 per cent increase.

Judges/Senior Civil Servants

Judges and senior civil servants will see a 2 per cent increase in their salaries.

Have NHS workers and nurses been given a pay rise?

More than a million NHS workers have already been given a pay rise of about three per cent this year under their three-year Agenda for Change pay deal that ends next April.

Nurses will get an average 4.4 per cent pay rise this year under that deal.

When will the pay rise start?

The new bumps in salary for the armed forces, prison officers, senior civil servants and NHS staff will be backdated to April, the Treasury said.

However, the pay rise for police officers and teachers will start in September due to their professions operating on a different pay schedule that runs from September to August.

The announcement came after Chancellor Rishi Sunak accepted the recommendations of all the independent pay review bodies.