Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
57,313
Average male salary
£31,437
Average female salary
£20,765
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
36
Number of jobs
17,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
37.2%
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The average salary in Oadby and Wigston is £28,059, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £105. Compare average salaries by area.
Oadby and Wigston's salary growth rate is -0.37% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 1.4% lower than the average salary growth rate in Oadby and Wigston over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Oadby and Wigston is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 35.7 hours per week - a 3.7-hour difference.
There are 17,000 jobs in Oadby and Wigston which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 34,147, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Oadby and Wigston is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Oadby and Wigston 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 Oadby and Wigston average £20,765, and male wages averaged £31,437. Statistically, the average female earns £10,672 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 0.0% and 0.8% respectively.
Males on average make 51.4% more than females in Oadby and Wigston, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Oadby and Wigston is 37.2% - males in Oadby and Wigston earn 37.2% more per hour than females on average.
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percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 20th | 35.6 | |||
| 25th | 34.3 | 36.6 | £19,158 | |
| 30th | 35.0 | 37.4 | £19,608 | |
| 40th | 37.6 | £23,481 | ||
| 60th | 36.9 | 40.0 | £20,776 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Oadby and Wigston, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Oadby and Wigston, 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