Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
555,741
Average male salary
£41,622
Average female salary
£34,022
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
119,000
Job density
0.3
Gender pay gap
20.7%
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The average salary in Manchester is £38,225, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £283. Compare average salaries by area.
Manchester's salary growth rate is -0.73% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 2.6% lower than the average salary growth rate in Manchester over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Manchester is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.4 hours per week - a 0.5-hour difference.
There are 119,000 jobs in Manchester which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 389,646, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Manchester is 0.3, meaning there are 0.3 jobs per member of the Manchester 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 Manchester average £34,022, and male wages averaged £41,622. Statistically, the average female earns £7,600 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 1.6% respectively.
Males on average make 22.3% more than females in Manchester, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Manchester is 20.7% - males in Manchester earn 20.7% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Manchester earn an average income of £18,588 and work 34 hours per week on average. That's -£18,588 less per year than the top 10%, and 9 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 32.5 | 35.0 | £17,499 | £19,777 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 36.5 | £20,885 | £21,852 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £22,096 | £24,027 |
| 30th | 36.0 | 37.0 | £23,677 | £25,854 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £26,886 | £29,756 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Manchester, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Manchester, 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