37.3%At/above RLW – not accredited
37.3% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “At/above RLW – not accredited” on real Living Wage position (base: 263 UK organisations, 2026 H1).
Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.
How UK organisations answered
| Answer | Share of organisations |
|---|---|
| Not paying the RLW (below the rate)alternative | 34.2% |
| At/above RLW – not accreditedcommon | 37.3% |
| At/above RLW – accreditation in progressrare | 4.6% |
| At/above RLW – accreditedalternative | 24% |
Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.
Definition
The organisation's position on the real Living Wage: whether it pays at or above the rate, and whether that is formally accredited. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/real-living-wage-positionLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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