Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
125,063
Average male salary
£55,362
Average female salary
£34,961
Average male hours worked
37
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
41,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
58.4%
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The average salary in Cambridge is £46,879, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £5,185. Compare average salaries by area.
Cambridge's salary growth rate is 12.44% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 9.0% higher than the average salary growth rate in Cambridge over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Cambridge is currently 37.0 hours. The average male works 37 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 0.0-hour difference.
There are 41,000 jobs in Cambridge which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 86,721, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Cambridge is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Cambridge 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
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According to the figures published by the ONS for 2021, female wages in Cambridge average £34,961, and male wages averaged £55,362. Statistically, the average female earns £20,401 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 2.3% and 3.5% respectively.
Males on average make 58.4% more than females in Cambridge, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Cambridge is 58.4% - males in Cambridge earn 58.4% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Cambridge earn an average income of £20,354 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£20,354 less per year than the top 10%, and -35 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 32.5 | 34.9 | £18,434 | £23,285 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 36.4 | £21,385 | £28,076 |
| 25th | 36.1 | 36.9 | £22,700 | £29,712 |
| 30th | 36.5 | £24,845 | £30,582 | |
| 40th | £27,134 | £34,481 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Cambridge, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Cambridge, reported by the ONS for 2020.
Rank | Area | Average Salary |
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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