Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
306,824
Average male salary
£35,879
Average female salary
£34,906
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
72,000
Job density
0.3
Gender pay gap
1.4%
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The average salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £35,472, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £354. Compare average salaries by area.
Newcastle upon Tyne's salary growth rate is -0.99% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 3.0% lower than the average salary growth rate in Newcastle upon Tyne over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Newcastle upon Tyne is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 0.5-hour difference.
There are 72,000 jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 206,358, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Newcastle upon Tyne is 0.3, meaning there are 0.3 jobs per member of the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne average £34,906, and male wages averaged £35,879. Statistically, the average female earns £973 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 2.7% and 1.3% respectively.
Males on average make 2.8% more than females in Newcastle upon Tyne, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Newcastle upon Tyne is 1.4% - males in Newcastle upon Tyne earn 1.4% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Newcastle upon Tyne earn an average income of £18,107 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£18,107 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 | 33.1 | 35.0 | £17,412 | £18,862 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 36.9 | £20,003 | £22,222 |
| 25th | 36.0 | £21,316 | £24,015 | |
| 30th | 36.9 | 37.0 | £22,533 | £25,273 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.4 | £24,888 | £28,100 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Newcastle upon Tyne, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Newcastle upon Tyne, 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