Editing Scotland (section)

===Income and poverty===
{{Main|Income tax in Scotland}}
{{further|Scottish variable rate|Scottish Consolidated Fund|Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland}}
[[File:Museum on the mound, Edinburgh (41404375864).jpg|thumb|left|The [[Bank of Scotland]] is one of the oldest banks in the world]]
The average weekly income for workplace-based employees in Scotland is £573,<ref name=obs>{{cite web |url=https://statistics.gov.scot/resource?uri=http://statistics.gov.scot/data/earnings/year/2021/S92000003/gender/all/working-pattern/all-patterns/population-group/workplace-based/pounds-gbp/mean|title=Earnings: an observation – Mean and median gross weekly earnings (£s) by gender, working pattern and workplace/residence measure: Workplace-based |website= statistics.gov.scot |publisher=Scottish Government |access-date=7 January 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709181648/https://statistics.gov.scot/resource?uri=http://statistics.gov.scot/data/earnings/year/2021/S92000003/gender/all/working-pattern/all-patterns/population-group/workplace-based/pounds-gbp/mean |archive-date= Jul 9, 2023 }}</ref> and £576 for home-based employees.<ref name=obs/> Scotland has the third highest median gross salary in the United Kingdom at £26,007, which is higher than the overall UK average annual salary of £25,971.<ref name=dig>{{cite web |title=Earnings in Scotland: 2021 |url=https://digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefings/Report/2022/3/9/ce765259-d82e-4db7-8ecf-802683f7e56b |first1=Andrew |last1=Aiton  |date=9 Mar 2022 |publisher=Scottish Parliament |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref> With an average of £14.28, Scotland has the third highest median hourly rate (excluding overtime working hours) of the countries of the United Kingdom, and like the annual salary, this is higher than the average UK figure as a whole.<ref name=dig/> The highest paid industries in Scotland tend of be in the [[utility]] [[electricity]], [[gas]] and [[air conditioning]] sectors,<ref name=dig/> while industries like [[tourism]], accommodation and food and drink tend to be the lowest paid.<ref name=dig/> The top [[local authority]] for pay, based on place of residence, is [[East Renfrewshire]] (£20.87 per hour).<ref name=dig/>

The top local authority for pay based on place of work is [[East Ayrshire]] (£16.92 per hour). Scotland's cities commonly have the largest salaries in Scotland based on place of work.<ref name=dig/> 2021/2022 data indicate that there were 2.6 million [[dwelling]]s across Scotland, with 318,369 [[local authority]] dwellings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Housing Statistics, 2020-21 |url=https://www.gov.scot/news/annual-housing-statistics-2020-21/ |date=10 May 2022  |publisher=Scottish Government |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref> A typical price for a house in Scotland was £195,000 in August 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=National statistics UK House Price Index Scotland: August 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-house-price-index-for-august-2022/uk-house-price-index-scotland-august-2022 |website=gov.uk |date=19 October 2022 |publisher=HM Land Registry |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>

Between 2016 and 2020, the Scottish Government estimated that 10% of people in Scotland were in persistent poverty following housing costs,<ref>{{cite web |title=Persistent Poverty in Scotland 2010-2020 |url=https://data.gov.scot/poverty/2022/persistent.html#:~:text=Between%202016%20and%202020%2C%2010%25%20of%20people%20were%20in%20persistent,period%20(2015%2D2019). |website=data.gov.scot |access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref> with similar rates of persistent poverty for children (10%), working-age adults (10%) and pensioners (11%).<ref name="persistentpoverty2022">{{cite web |url=https://data.gov.scot/poverty/2022/persistent.html |title=Persistent Poverty in Scotland 2010–2020 |publisher=Scottish Government |date=31 March 2022 |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Persistent child poverty rates had seen a relatively sharp drop; however, the accuracy of this was deemed to be questionable due to various factors such as households re-entering the longitudinal sample allowing data gaps to be filled.<ref name="persistentpoverty2022"/> The Scottish Government introduced the Scottish Child Payment in 2021 for low-income families with children under six years of age in an attempt to reduce child poverty rates, with families receiving a payment of roughly £1,040 per year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scottish Child Payment - Social security |url=https://www.gov.scot/policies/social-security/scottish-child-payment/ |website=www.gov.scot |publisher=Scottish Government |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref> As of October 2023, 10% of the Scottish population were estimated to be living in poverty.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 October 2023 |title=One in 10 Scots living in 'very deep poverty' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66982168 |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>