Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
322,363
Average male salary
£36,483
Average female salary
£28,159
Average male hours worked
40
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
87,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
21.5%
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The average salary in Dudley is £34,026, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £811. Compare average salaries by area.
Dudley's salary growth rate is 2.44% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 0.6% lower than the average salary growth rate in Dudley over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Dudley is currently 38.6 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 87,000 jobs in Dudley which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 193,637, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Dudley is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Dudley 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 Dudley average £28,159, and male wages averaged £36,483. Statistically, the average female earns £8,324 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 1.5% and 3.0% respectively.
Males on average make 29.6% more than females in Dudley, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Dudley is 21.5% - males in Dudley earn 21.5% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Dudley earn an average income of £17,333 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£17,333 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 | 33.0 | 35.2 | £18,929 | |
| 20th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £22,175 | |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.4 | £23,850 | |
| 30th | 36.3 | 37.5 | £19,880 | £25,253 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 38.8 | £22,918 | £28,724 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Dudley, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Dudley, 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