Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
256,814
Average male salary
£43,427
Average female salary
£35,209
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
70,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
22.0%
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The average salary in Derby is £40,485, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £4,528. Compare average salaries by area.
Derby's salary growth rate is -10.06% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 11.4% lower than the average salary growth rate in Derby over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Derby is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.5 hours per week - a 0.4-hour difference.
There are 70,000 jobs in Derby which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 160,961, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Derby is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Derby 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
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According to the figures published by the ONS for 2021, female wages in Derby average £35,209, and male wages averaged £43,427. Statistically, the average female earns £8,218 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 2.2% and 1.0% respectively.
Males on average make 23.3% more than females in Derby, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Derby is 22.0% - males in Derby earn 22.0% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Derby earn an average income of £19,418 and work 34 hours per week on average. That's -£19,418 less per year than the top 10%, and -34 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 33.8 | 34.3 | £21,858 | |
| 20th | 36.5 | £26,105 | ||
| 25th | 36.9 | 36.9 | £22,540 | £28,750 |
| 30th | 37.0 | 37.0 | £23,216 | £31,535 |
| 40th | 37.4 | 37.5 | £26,496 | £36,065 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Derby, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Derby, 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