Salaries in Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough

Average salary

£28,520

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Average hours worked

37.5

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Salary Growth

-7.05%

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Area type

Unitary Authority

Population

141,285

Average male salary

£30,371

Average female salary

£25,090

Average male hours worked

Average female hours worked

Number of jobs

33,000

Job density

0.4

Gender pay gap

20.7%

Salaries in Middlesbrough

The average salary in Middlesbrough is £28,520, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £2,162. Compare average salaries by area.

Middlesbrough's salary growth rate is -7.05% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 7.6% lower than the average salary growth rate in Middlesbrough over the past 9 years.

The average weekly hours worked in Middlesbrough is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.4 hours per week - a 0.1-hour difference.

There are 33,000 jobs in Middlesbrough which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 88,157, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Middlesbrough is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Middlesbrough working-age population.

Compared to figures for England

Middlesbrough's average salary of £28,520 is 27.7% lower than England's national average salary of £39,452. Middlesbrough is the 80th unitary authority in England (of 59 total) when ordered by average salary.
Middlesbrough's salary growth rate of -7.05% is 10.1% lower than England's current average salary growth rate of 3.09%. Middlesbrough is the 76th unitary authority in England (of 59 total) when ordered by salary growth rate.
Middlesbrough's average weekly hours worked of 38 hours is 1 higher than England's which is 37 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

Middlesbrough salary trends by gender

According to the figures published by the ONS for 2021, female wages in Middlesbrough average £25,090, and male wages averaged £30,371. Statistically, the average female earns £5,281 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 0.7% and 0.0% respectively.

Males on average make 21.0% more than females in Middlesbrough, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Middlesbrough is 20.7% - males in Middlesbrough earn 20.7% more per hour than females on average.

Population

141,285

Middlesbrough population

GDP

£ 3.5 billion

Middlesbrough Economy

Average property price

£151,268

Middlesbrough House Prices