Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
533,149
Average male salary
£32,682
Average female salary
£28,048
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
148,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
10.5%
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The average salary in County Durham is £30,791, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £447. Compare average salaries by area.
County Durham's salary growth rate is 1.47% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 0.2% lower than the average salary growth rate in County Durham over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in County Durham is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 2.0-hour difference.
There are 148,000 jobs in County Durham which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 328,496, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in County Durham is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the County Durham 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 County Durham average £28,048, and male wages averaged £32,682. Statistically, the average female earns £4,634 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 1.4% respectively.
Males on average make 16.5% more than females in County Durham, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in County Durham is 10.5% - males in County Durham earn 10.5% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in County Durham earn an average income of £16,997 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£16,997 less per year than the top 10%, and 11 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.5 | 36.2 | £15,003 | £18,201 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £17,645 | £20,154 |
| 25th | 36.0 | 37.0 | £18,381 | £21,420 |
| 30th | 36.9 | 37.4 | £19,617 | £22,471 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £21,776 | £25,066 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in County Durham, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in County Durham, 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