Supermarket staff pay ranked - including Tesco, Morrisons, Aldi and Asda
Since the beginning of the year, a number of major supermarkets have announced wage increases for their staff
The cost of living crisis has hit millions hard and calls for wage increases have come from all retail and hospitality sectors as workers' pay is solely based on the hours they work.
Several supermarkets have decided to up the wages they pay in response to the rising cost of living.
The National Living Wage, which is set at £9.50 but will rise to £10.42 in April, is an "obligatory" minimum wage businesses pay workers in the UK aged 23 and over for each hour they work.
However, the UK "Real Living Wage", which is calculated based on the cost of living, is currently £10.90 across the UK and £11.95 in London.
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Mirror Money has compiled together a full list which compares what the UK’s biggest supermarkets pay their store staff.
Tesco has brought in three pay rises over the last year (AFP via Getty Images)Tesco
Tesco has recently introduced the third pay rise for staff over the last year.
The supermarket reached an agreement with USDAW which saw the hourly pay rate for colleagues in stores by 72p, going from £10.30 to £11.02.
Staff in stores across the capital are paid a rate of £11.95.
The new rate will be paid from April and will apply to staff of all ages with the rise representing a 7% rise in base pay over 10 months.
Asda
Currently, Asda pays its floor staff £10.10 an hour, but from April this rate will increase to £11.
From July, staff will then see another boost taking their pay to £11.11 an hour.
The rates for workers inside the M25 will increase from £11.27 an hour to £12.17 in April, then to £12.28 an hour in July.
The new rates of pay, which exceed the Government’s national living wage, were also agreed with the trade union Usdaw.
Sainsbury's
In January, the supermarket chain began paying their shop workers a starting wage of £11 an hour nationwide.
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This was up from the £10.25 staff received previously and the London wage went up from £11.30 to £11.95 per hour.
Morrisons
In June last year, Morrisons announced it was to raise the hourly rates for its store and manufacturing staff to £10.20 an hour.
For all stores in London, Morrisons pays a London location supplement of £0.85 per hour which takes the minimum rate of pay for staff within M25 to £11.05.
A lot of supermarket wages have been upped to help their staff with the rising cost of living (SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Aldi
In January 2023, Aldi began paying a minimum of £11 an hour at its stores nationally, and £12.45 in London.
It also boosted wages for its 7,000 warehouse workers by 20% in February.
These workers are now paid £13.13 an hour, up from the £11.48 they were previously earning.
Lidl
Lidl has upped the pay for its employees a few times over the last few years with an announcement being made in November 2021, and October 2022.
WIth its October 2022 announcement, Lidl was the UK’s highest-paying supermarket for a period of time.
Recently the german discount retailer increased entry-level pay to £11 an hour outside London going up from the previous rate of £10.90.
Lidl staff within the M25 and London currently receive £11.95 an hour.
Waitrose
Waitrose has not announced a pay rise in the last 12 months and currently its store staff nationally earn a minimum of £10.30 an hour.
Staff based in London and within the M25 earn a minimum of £11.50 an hour
Back in December, Waitrose also made a one-off cost of living payment of £500, prorated for part time partners, to support with the cost of living.
Marks & Spencer
At the beginning of March, M&S announced its third increase to their hourly staff pays in the last 12 months.
From 1 April, M&S customer assistants will see their hourly rate increase from £10.20 to £10.90, while those in London will see their pay go from £11.25 to £12.05.
The up-market supermarket chain says that its three pay rises will give their full-time customer assistant around £150 a month more.
Iceland
The frozen food retailer has not announced a pay rise for its staff in the last 12 months and does not share the rate it pays its staff on its website.
On its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) it says how much staff are paid depends on their role.
Iceland says: "Whatever job you’ve got you’ll always be paid at least the national minimum wage."
The minimum wage is set by the Government and it is the minimum staff under the age of 23 can be paid.
At the moment, the minimum wage in the UK is £9.18 for those under 23 so if you are working in Iceland this is the amount you will most likely be paid.
Those who are older will receive the National Living Wage which is £9.50.
These wages are going up in April to £10.18 and £10.42 respectively.
If you are younger you will likely be paid less as there are different wages for those who are 18 to 20 and those who are 16 to 17 years.
For 18-20-year-olds, the minimum wage is currently £6.83 going up to £7.49 in April and 16 to 17-year-olds are currently paid £4.81 going up to £5.28.
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