Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
343,823
Average male salary
£40,195
Average female salary
£31,798
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
115,000
Job density
0.6
Gender pay gap
26.1%
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The average salary in Cheshire West and Chester is £36,474, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £3,988. Compare average salaries by area.
Cheshire West and Chester's salary growth rate is 12.28% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 9.7% higher than the average salary growth rate in Cheshire West and Chester over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Cheshire West and Chester is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.5 hours per week - a 0.1-hour difference.
There are 115,000 jobs in Cheshire West and Chester which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 207,180, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Cheshire West and Chester is 0.6, meaning there are 0.6 jobs per member of the Cheshire West and Chester 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 West and Chester average £31,798, and male wages averaged £40,195. Statistically, the average female earns £8,397 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 2.4% and 2.4% respectively.
Males on average make 26.4% more than females in Cheshire West and Chester, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Cheshire West and Chester is 26.1% - males in Cheshire West and Chester earn 26.1% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Cheshire West and Chester earn an average income of £18,625 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£18,625 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 | 34.9 | £17,447 | £19,515 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 35.0 | £20,293 | £22,659 |
| 25th | 35.5 | 36.9 | £21,418 | £24,010 |
| 30th | 36.5 | 37.0 | £22,795 | £25,655 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £25,624 | £29,201 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Cheshire West and Chester, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Cheshire West and Chester, 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