Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
90,172
Average male salary
£40,599
Average female salary
£29,121
Average male hours worked
40
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
30,000
Job density
0.6
Gender pay gap
29.3%
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The average salary in East Cambridgeshire is £36,998, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £427. Compare average salaries by area.
East Cambridgeshire's salary growth rate is 1.17% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 2.4% lower than the average salary growth rate in East Cambridgeshire over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in East Cambridgeshire is currently 37.6 hours. The average male works 40 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 2.9-hour difference.
There are 30,000 jobs in East Cambridgeshire which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 53,841, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in East Cambridgeshire is 0.6, meaning there are 0.6 jobs per member of the East Cambridgeshire 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 East Cambridgeshire average £29,121, and male wages averaged £40,599. Statistically, the average female earns £11,478 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 3.2% and 3.2% respectively.
Males on average make 39.4% more than females in East Cambridgeshire, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in East Cambridgeshire is 29.3% - males in East Cambridgeshire earn 29.3% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in East Cambridgeshire earn an average income of £19,017 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£19,017 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 | 36.1 | £20,405 | ||
| 20th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £18,768 | £25,204 |
| 25th | £26,265 | |||
| 30th | 35.0 | 37.5 | £19,415 | £28,291 |
| 40th | 36.5 | 38.0 | £20,491 | £30,198 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in East Cambridgeshire, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in East Cambridgeshire, 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