Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
132,175
Average male salary
£39,459
Average female salary
£31,271
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
35,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
19.7%
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The average salary in Epping Forest is £36,010, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £481. Compare average salaries by area.
Epping Forest's salary growth rate is -1.32% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 2.9% lower than the average salary growth rate in Epping Forest over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Epping Forest is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 2.0-hour difference.
There are 35,000 jobs in Epping Forest which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 80,663, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Epping Forest is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Epping Forest 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 Epping Forest average £31,271, and male wages averaged £39,459. Statistically, the average female earns £8,188 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 2.5% and 1.3% respectively.
Males on average make 26.2% more than females in Epping Forest, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Epping Forest is 19.7% - males in Epping Forest earn 19.7% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Epping Forest earn an average income of £20,613 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£20,613 less per year than the top 10%, and -35 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.5 | 35.0 | ||
| 20th | 34.7 | 35.0 | £21,010 | £24,296 |
| 25th | 35.5 | £21,868 | £25,701 | |
| 30th | 35.0 | 36.0 | £22,889 | £28,059 |
| 40th | 36.0 | 37.5 | £25,394 | £32,014 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Epping Forest, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Epping Forest, 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