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Sam Barker

Aldi, Tesco, Lidl, Morrisons and Asda wages ranked as supermarkets hike salaries

Supermarkets are raising wages for staff, with Morrisons just announcing an increase for 80,000 employees.

Morrisons is increasing pay for thousands of workers to a minimum of £10.20 an hour - the highest of all its rivals for work outside London.

The supermarket says this is up 2% from the £10 an hour they were previously paid.

Morrisons has also upped the minimum wage for London staff - covering all stores within the M25 - to £11.05 an hour.

But Morrisons is just one supermarket to put wages up recently.

Here's how all the supermarkets compare when it comes to wages.

Morrisons - £10.20

The Morrisons pay rise will kick in from October.

Staff currently on £10 an hour will get £10.20 under the new deal.

Workers in London Morrisons supermarkets will get £11.05 an hour to reflect the higher cost of living in the capital.

Asda - £10.10

Asda will be hiking its pay rates for shop staff to £10.10 per hour from July.

Workers at Asda currently get £9.66 an hour.

Employees in London get £10.83 now, going up to £11.27 in July.

Tesco - £10.10

Tesco hourly rates for store workers will increase to £10.10 on July 24.

These staff get £9.55 an hour now.

Meanwhile staff inside London will get £10.78 an hour from July 24, up from £9.55 now.

Aldi - £10.10

Workers at Aldi get £10.10 an hour, or £11.55 in London.

The discount supermarket increased its wages in February of this year.

Before that point it paid staff £9.55 an hour - or £11.07 in London.

Lidl - £10.10

Entry-level wages for Lidl staff rose in March 2022 to £10.10 per hour , or £11.30 inside the capital.

Longer-serving staff saw their pay rates also rise, to £11.40 and £12.25 outside and inside London respectively.

Marks & Spencer - £10

Marks & Spencer pays its staff £10 per hour from April, up from £9.50 previously.

Inside the capital a Marks & Spencers worker can expect to get £11.25, compared to £10.75 before.

Sainsbury's - £10

Sainsbury's staff have been earning £10 an hour since March , when their wage rose from £9.50.

Sainsbury's staff now get £10 an hour outside London (Alamy Stock Photo)

Staff in outer London now get £10.50 an hour, or £11.05 for inner London.

The living wage - which is set by the Living Wage Foundation Charity but is not mandatory - is at least £9.90 an hour outside London, or £11.05 in the capital.

The Living Wage Foundation charity works out what it believes workers should be paid based on what the average person can live on.

Around 10,000 employers now pay the living wage.

The living wage works out higher than the national living wage, formerly known as the 'minimum wage', which is set by the government.

The national living wage is £9.18 an hour for workers aged 21-22, £9.50 for the over-23s and £4.81 for apprentices.

Last month The Mirror reported that workers are suffering the biggest drop in wages since 2013, as unions slammed the government as "missing in action" over the issue.

Wages fell by 1.2% between January and March, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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