Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
108,524
Average male salary
£29,994
Average female salary
£31,064
Average male hours worked
40
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
27,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
-9.5%
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The average salary in Carlisle is £30,359, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £3,515. Compare average salaries by area.
Carlisle's salary growth rate is -10.38% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 11.9% lower than the average salary growth rate in Carlisle over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Carlisle is currently 39.9 hours. The average male works 40 hours per week and the average female works 37.5 hours per week - a 2.5-hour difference.
There are 27,000 jobs in Carlisle which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 65,520, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Carlisle is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Carlisle 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 Carlisle average £31,064, and male wages averaged £29,994. Statistically, the average female earns £1,070 more 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 0.9% respectively.
Males on average make -3.4% more than females in Carlisle, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Carlisle is -9.5% - males in Carlisle earn 9.5% less per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Carlisle earn an average income of £17,978 and work 33 hours per week on average. That's -£17,978 less per year than the top 10%, and -33 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 36.3 | £18,909 | ||
| 20th | 33.9 | 37.5 | £18,277 | £21,181 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.5 | £19,172 | £21,967 |
| 30th | 35.8 | 38.0 | £19,921 | £23,059 |
| 40th | 37.2 | 39.9 | £22,207 | £25,311 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Carlisle, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Carlisle, 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