Last year they had been £27,000.
And the rate of increase in private sector wages, at 3.4%, was the lowest in a decade.
In the 12 months to the end of June 2005, average earnings rose by 5.3%, so the rate of increase fell by 2% in the year to this June.
Earnings in the UK rose by a higher rate of 3.9% during the year to this June.
Earnings in the finance and public sectors continued to set the pace.
Excluding bonuses, the average earnings of finance workers was £38,480 (£740 a week), and public sector workers earned, on average, £37,440 (£720 a week).
