Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
104,930
Average male salary
£34,076
Average female salary
£29,348
Average male hours worked
40
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
28,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
7.9%
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The average salary in Chesterfield is £32,395, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £552. Compare average salaries by area.
Chesterfield's salary growth rate is 1.73% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 0.2% higher than the average salary growth rate in Chesterfield over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Chesterfield is currently 38.0 hours. The average male works 40 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 2.8-hour difference.
There are 28,000 jobs in Chesterfield which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 64,790, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Chesterfield is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield average £29,348, and male wages averaged £34,076. Statistically, the average female earns £4,728 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 1.8% and 1.1% respectively.
Males on average make 16.1% more than females in Chesterfield, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Chesterfield is 7.9% - males in Chesterfield earn 7.9% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Chesterfield earn an average income of £17,700 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£17,700 less per year than the top 10%, and -35 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 36.9 | £17,612 | ||
| 20th | 34.2 | 37.0 | £19,464 | £21,833 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.5 | £21,475 | £22,437 |
| 30th | 35.4 | 37.5 | £22,333 | £22,954 |
| 40th | 36.5 | 38.0 | £23,367 | £25,722 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Chesterfield, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Chesterfield, 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