Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
152,452
Average male salary
£35,673
Average female salary
£27,868
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
44,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
24.7%
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The average salary in Knowsley is £32,409, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £7,193. Compare average salaries by area.
Knowsley's salary growth rate is -18.16% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 19.3% lower than the average salary growth rate in Knowsley over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Knowsley is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.4 hours per week - a 1.0-hour difference.
There are 44,000 jobs in Knowsley which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 94,311, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Knowsley is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Knowsley 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 Knowsley average £27,868, and male wages averaged £35,673. Statistically, the average female earns £7,805 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 1.8% and 0.9% respectively.
Males on average make 28.0% more than females in Knowsley, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Knowsley is 24.7% - males in Knowsley earn 24.7% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Knowsley earn an average income of £18,571 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£18,571 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 | 32.9 | 35.0 | £16,791 | £19,684 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 36.8 | £19,402 | £22,660 |
| 25th | 37.0 | £20,029 | £23,806 | |
| 30th | 35.0 | 37.5 | £21,554 | £25,114 |
| 40th | 36.8 | 37.5 | £23,193 | £28,783 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Knowsley, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Knowsley, 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