(Updates with historic data, high and low earners and gender pay gap in paragraphs 3, 7-11) By David Milliken LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The median full-time salary in Britain rose to 39,039 pounds before tax ($52,394) this year, up 4.3% from a year earlier, annual official figures showed on Thursday. The annual increase was down from a 7.0% rise in 2024 and the smallest since 2021 when wages were depressed by many workers being on reduced furlough pay during the pandemic. Nevertheless, the 2025 increase is above the rates that were typical in the years after the global financial crisis. Adjusted for higher inflation, the median salary this year is up 1.1%, the Office for National Statistics said, using its preferred CPIH measure of price increases. Faster pay growth came for workers in th

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