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Salaries in Merseyside

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Average salary
£35,499

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Average hours worked
38.7

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Salary Growth
3.93%

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Average Salary
Salary Growth
Area type
Metropolitan County
Population
1,423,145
Average male salary
£38,635
Average female salary
£31,517
Average male hours worked
40
Average female hours worked
38
Gender pay gap
16.4%

Salaries in Merseyside

The average salary in Merseyside is £35,499, according to figures published by the ONS for 2022. Between 2021 and 2022, average salaries grew by £1,343. Compare average salaries by area.

Merseyside's salary growth rate is 3.93% per year based on changes in average salary between 2021 and 2022, which is 1.7% higher than the average salary growth rate in Merseyside over the past 10 years.

The average weekly hours worked in Merseyside is currently 38.7 hours. The average male works 40 hours per week and the average female works 37.6 hours per week - a 2.0-hour difference.

In Merseyside, the highest average wages are found in Wirral where the average salary is £36,289 and the lowest average wages are found in St. Helens where the average salary is £33,310. The difference in average salary between the two areas is £2,979 - the average person in Wirral earns 8.9% more than the average person in St. Helens.

Compared to figures for England

  • Merseyside's average salary of £35,499 is 12.9% lower than England's national average salary of £40,746. Merseyside is the 6th metropolitan county in England (of 8 total) when ordered by average salary.
  • Merseyside's salary growth rate of 3.93% is 0.9% lower than England's current average salary growth rate of 4.81%. Merseyside is the 7th metropolitan county in England (of 8 total) when ordered by salary growth rate.
  • Merseyside's average weekly hours worked of 38.7 hours is 0.1 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

Merseyside salary trends by gender

According to the figures published by the ONS for 2022, female wages in Merseyside average £31,517, and male wages averaged £38,635. Statistically, the average female earns £7,118 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 2.1% and 1.9% respectively.

Males on average make 22.6% more than females in Merseyside, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Merseyside is 16.4% - males in Merseyside earn 16.4% more per hour than females on average.

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Population
1,423,145

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GDP
£ 34 billion

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Average property price
£199,837

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Merseyside salary and hours worked percentiles

percentile
Female Hours
Male Hours
Female Salary
Male Salary
10th 32.5 34.9£17,064£20,000
20th 35.0£20,279£22,733
25th 35.4£21,373£24,643
30th 35.0 36.8£22,589£25,765
40th 36.0 37.4£25,502£29,064
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Highest salary areas in Merseyside

The highest salaries in Merseyside are found in Wirral, where the average salary is £36,289.

Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Merseyside, reported by the ONS for 2022.

Rank
Area
Average Salary
1 Wirral
£36,289
2 Liverpool
£35,968
3 Knowsley
£35,677
4 Sefton
£34,696
5 St. Helens
£33,310
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Lowest salary areas in Merseyside

The lowest salaries in Merseyside are found in St. Helens, where the average salary is £33,310.

Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Merseyside, reported by the ONS for 2022.

Rank
Area
Average Salary
1 St. Helens
£33,310
2 Sefton
£34,696
3 Knowsley
£35,677
4 Liverpool
£35,968
5 Wirral
£36,289
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Areas near Merseyside

Local Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
average salary £36,254
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Cheshire East
average salary £37,182
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Blackpool
average salary £30,042
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Blackburn with Darwen
average salary £33,252
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Halton
average salary £39,188
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Cumbria
average salary £35,815
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Lancashire
average salary £34,372
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Greater Manchester
average salary £36,338
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Local Authority
Warrington
average salary £37,617
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Areas in Merseyside

District
Knowsley
average salary £35,677
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Liverpool
average salary £35,968
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St. Helens
average salary £33,310
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Sefton
average salary £34,696
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Wirral
average salary £36,289
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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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