Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
312,785
Average male salary
£32,864
Average female salary
£26,662
Average male hours worked
40
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
85,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
15.6%
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The average salary in Doncaster is £30,688, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £1,463. Compare average salaries by area.
Doncaster's salary growth rate is -4.55% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 5.8% lower than the average salary growth rate in Doncaster over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Doncaster is currently 38.9 hours. The average male works 40 hours per week and the average female works 37.5 hours per week - a 2.5-hour difference.
There are 85,000 jobs in Doncaster which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 191,890, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Doncaster is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Doncaster 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 Doncaster average £26,662, and male wages averaged £32,864. Statistically, the average female earns £6,202 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 1.3% and 0.8% respectively.
Males on average make 23.3% more than females in Doncaster, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Doncaster is 15.6% - males in Doncaster earn 15.6% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Doncaster earn an average income of £17,099 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£17,099 less per year than the top 10%, and 14 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 32.5 | 36.2 | £14,168 | |
| 20th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £17,181 | £21,571 |
| 25th | 36.0 | 37.3 | £17,842 | £23,049 |
| 30th | 36.9 | 37.5 | £18,938 | £24,227 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 39.0 | £20,727 | £26,045 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Doncaster, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Doncaster, 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