Salaries in Central Bedfordshire

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Central Bedfordshire

Average salary

£34,238

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Average hours worked

37.5

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Salary Growth

-2.14%

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Area type

Unitary Authority

Population

294,096

Average male salary

£37,366

Average female salary

£29,961

Average male hours worked

Average female hours worked

Number of jobs

106,000

Job density

0.6

Gender pay gap

22.4%

Salaries in Central Bedfordshire

The average salary in Central Bedfordshire is £34,238, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £750. Compare average salaries by area.

Central Bedfordshire's salary growth rate is -2.14% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 3.0% lower than the average salary growth rate in Central Bedfordshire over the past 9 years.

The average weekly hours worked in Central Bedfordshire is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.2 hours per week - a 0.7-hour difference.

There are 106,000 jobs in Central Bedfordshire which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 179,400, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Central Bedfordshire is 0.6, meaning there are 0.6 jobs per member of the Central Bedfordshire working-age population.

Compared to figures for England

Central Bedfordshire's average salary of £34,238 is 13.2% lower than England's national average salary of £39,452. Central Bedfordshire is the 28th unitary authority in England (of 59 total) when ordered by average salary.
Central Bedfordshire's salary growth rate of -2.14% is 5.2% lower than England's current average salary growth rate of 3.09%. Central Bedfordshire is the 51st unitary authority in England (of 59 total) when ordered by salary growth rate.
Central Bedfordshire's average weekly hours worked of 38 hours is 1 higher than England's which is 37 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

Central Bedfordshire salary trends by gender

According to the figures published by the ONS for 2021, female wages in Central Bedfordshire average £29,961, and male wages averaged £37,366. Statistically, the average female earns £7,405 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 1.9% and 0.4% respectively.

Males on average make 24.7% more than females in Central Bedfordshire, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Central Bedfordshire is 22.4% - males in Central Bedfordshire earn 22.4% more per hour than females on average.

Population

294,096

Central Bedfordshire population

GDP

£ 7.3 billion

Central Bedfordshire Economy

Average property price

£362,529

Central Bedfordshire House Prices

Central Bedfordshire salary and hours worked percentiles

The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Central Bedfordshire earn an average income of £17,096 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£17,096 less per year than the top 10%, and 10 hours less per week.