"Figure 5: Pension membership rates increased as earnings increased, particularly in the private sector","" "Proportion of full-time employees with workplace pensions: by sector and gross weekly earnings band, UK, 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. The public and private sectors are classified using the legal status from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (see Glossary). 2. Full-time employees are defined as those who work more than 30 paid hours per week or those in teaching professions working 25 paid hours or more per week. 3. The proportion of employees with a workplace pension where employees earn less than £100 weekly earnings band have been excluded from the figure, however these data are available in the datasets. 4. An employee earning the equivalent of £192 a week would be eligible for automatic enrolment. Employees earning £192 or below would not be eligible but could choose to opt in to a workplace pension." "Unit","Percentage" "","" "Gross weekly pay ","Private sector","Public sector" "£100 to £200","37.6","82.9" "£200 to £300","61.4","87.5" "£300 to £400","75.7","91.7" "£400 to £500","81.2","92.5" "£500 to £600","84.1","92.4" "£600 and over","89.1","94.4"