Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
337,098
Average male salary
£38,067
Average female salary
£29,341
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
60,000
Job density
0.3
Gender pay gap
23.4%
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The average salary in Nottingham is £34,189, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £689. Compare average salaries by area.
Nottingham's salary growth rate is 2.06% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 0.7% higher than the average salary growth rate in Nottingham over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Nottingham is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 1.9-hour difference.
There are 60,000 jobs in Nottingham which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 231,589, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Nottingham is 0.3, meaning there are 0.3 jobs per member of the Nottingham 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 Nottingham average £29,341, and male wages averaged £38,067. Statistically, the average female earns £8,726 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 1.6% and 1.1% respectively.
Males on average make 29.7% more than females in Nottingham, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Nottingham is 23.4% - males in Nottingham earn 23.4% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Nottingham earn an average income of £17,645 and work 34 hours per week on average. That's -£17,645 less per year than the top 10%, and -34 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 32.4 | 35.3 | £16,617 | £18,666 |
| 20th | 34.9 | 36.9 | £19,125 | £21,332 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £19,970 | £22,352 |
| 30th | 36.4 | 37.3 | £21,139 | £24,391 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £22,950 | £27,686 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Nottingham, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Nottingham, 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