Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
386,667
Average male salary
£39,259
Average female salary
£30,086
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
115,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
30.1%
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The average salary in Cheshire East is £35,536, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £457. Compare average salaries by area.
Cheshire East's salary growth rate is -1.27% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 3.0% lower than the average salary growth rate in Cheshire East over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Cheshire East is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.4 hours per week - a 0.1-hour difference.
There are 115,000 jobs in Cheshire East which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 226,794, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Cheshire East is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Cheshire East 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 Cheshire East average £30,086, and male wages averaged £39,259. Statistically, the average female earns £9,173 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 1.7% and 1.6% respectively.
Males on average make 30.5% more than females in Cheshire East, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Cheshire East is 30.1% - males in Cheshire East earn 30.1% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Cheshire East earn an average income of £18,257 and work 33 hours per week on average. That's -£18,257 less per year than the top 10%, and 11 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.2 | 35.0 | £15,889 | £19,678 |
| 20th | 33.3 | 36.5 | £18,593 | £22,945 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £19,614 | £24,544 |
| 30th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £20,625 | £27,009 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £23,224 | £30,506 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Cheshire East, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Cheshire East, 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