Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
151,786
Average male salary
£45,538
Average female salary
£34,400
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
50,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
30.6%
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The average salary in East Hertfordshire is £40,265, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £1,113. Compare average salaries by area.
East Hertfordshire's salary growth rate is 2.84% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 0.7% higher than the average salary growth rate in East Hertfordshire over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in East Hertfordshire is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 0.5-hour difference.
There are 50,000 jobs in East Hertfordshire which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 93,036, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in East Hertfordshire is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the East Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire average £34,400, and male wages averaged £45,538. Statistically, the average female earns £11,138 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 1.2% and 2.2% respectively.
Males on average make 32.4% more than females in East Hertfordshire, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in East Hertfordshire is 30.6% - males in East Hertfordshire earn 30.6% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in East Hertfordshire earn an average income of £17,677 and work 33 hours per week on average. That's -£17,677 less per year than the top 10%, and -33 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.5 | 35.4 | £15,089 | £21,454 |
| 20th | 33.3 | 37.0 | £18,653 | £25,312 |
| 25th | 34.9 | 37.0 | £20,174 | £27,022 |
| 30th | 35.0 | 37.4 | £21,793 | £29,331 |
| 40th | 36.0 | 37.5 | £26,240 | £32,216 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in East Hertfordshire, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in East Hertfordshire, 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