Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
294,096
Average male salary
£37,366
Average female salary
£29,961
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
106,000
Job density
0.6
Gender pay gap
22.4%
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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.
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 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.
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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.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 32.5 | 35.0 | £14,905 | |
| 20th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £18,334 | |
| 25th | 35.9 | 37.0 | £19,256 | £26,705 |
| 30th | 36.9 | 37.4 | £20,735 | £28,529 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £23,753 | £30,284 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Central Bedfordshire, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Central Bedfordshire, 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