Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
107,402
Average male salary
£33,188
Average female salary
£29,159
Average male hours worked
40
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
31,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
8.1%
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The average salary in Darlington is £31,655, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £1,300. Compare average salaries by area.
Darlington's salary growth rate is -3.94% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 5.6% lower than the average salary growth rate in Darlington over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Darlington is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 40 hours per week and the average female works 37.5 hours per week - a 2.0-hour difference.
There are 31,000 jobs in Darlington which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 64,691, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Darlington is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Darlington 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 Darlington average £29,159, and male wages averaged £33,188. Statistically, the average female earns £4,029 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 1.2% respectively.
Males on average make 13.8% more than females in Darlington, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Darlington is 8.1% - males in Darlington earn 8.1% more per hour than females on average.
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percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 35.0 | |||
| 20th | 36.9 | 37.0 | £17,717 | £19,176 |
| 25th | 37.0 | £19,137 | £20,808 | |
| 30th | 37.0 | 37.0 | £19,569 | £22,407 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £21,494 | £27,650 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Darlington, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Darlington, 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