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Salaries in Central Bedfordshire

Area selected: Central Bedfordshire
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Average salary
£36,493

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Average hours worked
40.0

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Salary Growth
6.59%

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Average Salary
Salary Growth
Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
295,541
Average male salary
£41,331
Average female salary
£30,874
Average male hours worked
41
Average female hours worked
39
Gender pay gap
25.1%

Salaries in Central Bedfordshire

The average salary in Central Bedfordshire is £36,493, according to figures published by the ONS for 2022. Between 2021 and 2022, average salaries grew by £2,255. Compare average salaries by area.

Central Bedfordshire's salary growth rate is 6.59% per year based on changes in average salary between 2021 and 2022, which is 5.7% higher than the average salary growth rate in Central Bedfordshire over the past 10 years.

The average weekly hours worked in Central Bedfordshire is currently 40.0 hours. The average male works 41 hours per week and the average female works 38.5 hours per week - a 2.7-hour difference.

Compared to figures for England

  • Central Bedfordshire's average salary of £36,493 is 10.4% lower than England's national average salary of £40,746. Central Bedfordshire is the 31st unitary authority in England (of 59 total) when ordered by average salary.
  • Central Bedfordshire's salary growth rate of 6.59% is 1.8% higher than England's current average salary growth rate of 4.81%. Central Bedfordshire is the 26th unitary authority in England (of 59 total) when ordered by salary growth rate.
  • Central Bedfordshire's average weekly hours worked of 40.0 hours is 1.2 higher than England's which is 38.8 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 2022, female wages in Central Bedfordshire average £30,874, and male wages averaged £41,331. Statistically, the average female earns £10,457 less than the average male, though this does not account for differences in hours worked.

Over the past 10 years, female and male salaries have average annual growth rates of 0.9% and 1.1% respectively.

Males on average make 33.9% 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 25.1% - males in Central Bedfordshire earn 25.1% more per hour than females on average.

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Population
295,541

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GDP
£ 7.3 billion

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Home
Average property price
£357,466

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Central Bedfordshire salary and hours worked percentiles

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Female Hours
Male Hours
Female Salary
Male Salary
10th 32.5 35.0£15,224£20,979
20th 35.0 37.0£19,074£26,961
25th 35.7 37.0£20,500£28,104
30th 37.0 37.5£21,228£29,843
40th 37.0 37.5£23,431£33,201
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Areas near Central Bedfordshire

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Cambridgeshire
average salary £41,252
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Peterborough
average salary £37,038
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Essex
average salary £38,021
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Bedford
average salary £39,671
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Hertfordshire
average salary £41,423
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Norfolk
average salary £34,115
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Luton
average salary £39,635
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Thurrock
average salary £37,341
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Suffolk
average salary £35,983
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Southend-on-Sea
average salary £31,609
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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 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics

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