Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
92,145
Average male salary
£30,578
Average female salary
£26,366
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
18,000
Job density
0.3
Gender pay gap
10.3%
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The average salary in Pendle is £29,303, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £1,040. Compare average salaries by area.
Pendle's salary growth rate is 3.68% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 1.8% higher than the average salary growth rate in Pendle over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Pendle is currently 37.0 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 36.9 hours per week - a 1.9-hour difference.
There are 18,000 jobs in Pendle which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 55,416, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Pendle is 0.3, meaning there are 0.3 jobs per member of the Pendle 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 Pendle average £26,366, and male wages averaged £30,578. Statistically, the average female earns £4,212 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 2.2% and 1.3% respectively.
Males on average make 16.0% more than females in Pendle, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Pendle is 10.3% - males in Pendle earn 10.3% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Pendle earn an average income of £15,808 and work 32 hours per week on average. That's -£15,808 less per year than the top 10%, and -32 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 20th | 32.1 | 36.8 | £20,800 | |
| 25th | 32.5 | 37.0 | £15,844 | £21,624 |
| 30th | 33.1 | 37.0 | £17,443 | £22,414 |
| 40th | 35.6 | 37.0 | £19,243 | £24,081 |
| 60th | 37.0 | 39.2 | £28,547 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Pendle, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Pendle, 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