Data Insight: Wage progression and labour market integration of migrant workers in the UK

Citation

Ritchie F, Phan V, Forth J, Singleton C, Bryson A & Whittard D (2026) Data Insight: Wage progression and labour market integration of migrant workers in the UK. Administrative Data Research UK (Economics and Social Research Council).

Abstract
This Data Insight uses the Migrant Workers Scan dataset (MWS) - an administrative register from HM Revenue and Customs that records every non-UK national applying for a National Insurance Number - to explore how the wages of migrants change over time, compared to the native population. The MWS data has recently been linked to the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), a longitudinal source of high-quality data on earnings for 1% of the labour force. This linkage is an ADR England flagship dataset.