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The average salary in Bolton is £29,928, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £1,197. Compare average salaries by area.
Bolton's salary growth rate is 4.17% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 1.9% higher than the average salary growth rate in Bolton over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Bolton is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.1 hours per week - a 1.8-hour difference.
There are 66,000 jobs in Bolton which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 176,041, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Bolton is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Bolton working-age population.
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
According to the figures published by the ONS for 2021, female wages in Bolton average £28,806, and male wages averaged £30,721. Statistically, the average female earns £1,915 less than the average male, though this does not account for differences in hours worked.
Over the past 9 years, female and male salaries have average annual growth rates of 2.4% and 1.7% respectively.
Males on average make 6.6% more than females in Bolton, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Bolton is 1.7% - males in Bolton earn 1.7% more per hour than females on average.
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percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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10th | 32.4 | 35.0 | £15,060 | |
20th | 34.9 | 36.9 | £17,759 | |
25th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £19,539 | |
30th | 35.0 | 37.4 | £20,653 | |
40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £23,516 | £24,314 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Bolton, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Bolton, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics