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Salaries in Manchester

Area selected: Manchester
  • England and Wales
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Average salary
£40,190

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Average hours worked
37.6

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Salary Growth
5.14%

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Average Salary
Salary Growth
Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
549,853
Average male salary
£44,210
Average female salary
£35,333
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Gender pay gap
20.9%

Salaries in Manchester

The average salary in Manchester is £40,190, according to figures published by the ONS for 2022. Between 2021 and 2022, average salaries grew by £1,965. Compare average salaries by area.

Manchester's salary growth rate is 5.14% per year based on changes in average salary between 2021 and 2022, which is 3.0% higher than the average salary growth rate in Manchester over the past 10 years.

The average weekly hours worked in Manchester is currently 37.6 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 36.9 hours per week - a 1.3-hour difference.

Compared to figures for England

  • Manchester's average salary of £40,190 is 1.4% lower than England's national average salary of £40,746. Manchester is the 2nd metropolitan district in England (of 36 total) when ordered by average salary.
  • Manchester's salary growth rate of 5.14% is 0.3% higher than England's current average salary growth rate of 4.81%. Manchester is the 21st metropolitan district in England (of 36 total) when ordered by salary growth rate.
  • Manchester's average weekly hours worked of 37.6 hours is 1.2 lower than England's which is 38.8 hours per week.

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

Manchester salary trends by gender

According to the figures published by the ONS for 2022, female wages in Manchester average £35,333, and male wages averaged £44,210. Statistically, the average female earns £8,877 less than the average male, though this does not account for differences in hours worked.

Over the past 10 years, female and male salaries have average annual growth rates of 2.3% and 1.7% respectively.

Males on average make 25.1% 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 20.9% - males in Manchester earn 20.9% more per hour than females on average.

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Population
549,853

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GDP
£ 26 billion

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£250,442

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Manchester salary and hours worked percentiles

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Female Hours
Male Hours
Female Salary
Male Salary
10th 33.9 35.0£20,236
20th 35.0 35.0£21,984£23,788
25th 35.0 35.8£23,442£25,301
30th 35.0 36.5£24,583£27,210
40th 36.2 37.4£28,200£31,905
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average salary £31,459
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average salary £38,041
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average salary £33,615
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Stockport
average salary £35,094
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Bury
average salary £32,567
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Wigan
average salary £33,908
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average salary £30,630
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average salary £39,162
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average salary £30,484
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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 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics

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