Check your unpaid overtime against the average for your region. These statistics are taken from the Office of National Statistics' files for 2004, though we've taken out those people who work less than one hour a week unpaid overtime.
| Region | number who do unpaid overtime | average hours unpaid overtime per week* | average hourly pay rate | average value of unpaid overtime per year* |
| North East | 147,102 | 7.4 | £10.53 | £4,051 |
| North West | 391,568 | 7.0 | £11.33 | £4,124 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 460,689 | 7.2 | £10.96 | £4,103 |
| East Midlands | 342,070 | 7.2 | £10.79 | £4,040 |
| West Midlands | 391,644 | 7.6 | £11.16 | £4,410 |
| East of England | 479,476 | 7.3 | £12.12 | £4,601 |
| London | 719,951 | 7.9 | £17.06 | £7,008 |
| South East | 821,367 | 7.4 | £13.00 | £5,002 |
| South West | 400,827 | 6.5 | £11.20 | £3,768 |
| Wales | 198,219 | 7.7 | £10.79 | £4,320 |
| Scotland | 418,598 | 6.7 | £11.14 | £3,881 |
| Northern Ireland | 62,599 | 7.4 | £10.24 | £4,010 |
| UK total | 4,841,275 | 7.3 | £12.25 | £4,650 |
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* average amongst those in occupational group who do unpaid overtime of more than one hour per week.
