Salaries in Blackpool

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Blackpool

Average salary

£30,042

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Average hours worked

38.5

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Salary Growth

-2.20%

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Area type

Unitary Authority

Population

140,954

Average male salary

£31,512

Average female salary

£28,588

Average male hours worked

Average female hours worked

Gender pay gap

5.7%

Salaries in Blackpool

The average salary in Blackpool is £30,042, according to figures published by the ONS for 2022. Between 2021 and 2022, average salaries fell by £675. Compare average salaries by area.

Blackpool's salary growth rate is -2.20% per year based on changes in average salary between 2021 and 2022, which is 3.6% lower than the average salary growth rate in Blackpool over the past 10 years.

The average weekly hours worked in Blackpool is currently 38.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.7 hours per week - a 1.6-hour difference.

Compared to figures for England

Blackpool's average salary of £30,042 is 26.3% lower than England's national average salary of £40,746. Blackpool is the 57th unitary authority in England (of 59 total) when ordered by average salary.
Blackpool's salary growth rate of -2.20% is 7.0% lower than England's current average salary growth rate of 4.81%. Blackpool is the 56th unitary authority in England (of 59 total) when ordered by salary growth rate.
Blackpool's average weekly hours worked of 38.5 hours is 0.3 lower than England's which is 38.8 hours per week.

Salaries are mean averages of annual gross pay for full-time employees. Hours worked are mean averages of weekly hours worked by full-time employees

Blackpool salary trends by gender

According to the figures published by the ONS for 2022, female wages in Blackpool average £28,588, and male wages averaged £31,512. Statistically, the average female earns £2,924 less than the average male, though this does not account for differences in hours worked.

Over the past 10 years, female and male salaries have average annual growth rates of 2.7% and 0.1% respectively.

Males on average make 10.2% more than females in Blackpool, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Blackpool is 5.7% - males in Blackpool earn 5.7% more per hour than females on average.

Population

140,954

Blackpool population

GDP

£ 3.2 billion

Blackpool Economy

Average property price

£141,506

Blackpool House Prices