Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
202,626
Average male salary
£38,451
Average female salary
£30,452
Average male hours worked
40
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
66,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
18.7%
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The average salary in Peterborough is £35,274, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £2,660. Compare average salaries by area.
Peterborough's salary growth rate is 8.16% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 6.1% higher than the average salary growth rate in Peterborough over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Peterborough is currently 37.9 hours. The average male works 40 hours per week and the average female works 37.4 hours per week - a 2.4-hour difference.
There are 66,000 jobs in Peterborough which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 124,823, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Peterborough is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Peterborough 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 Peterborough average £30,452, and male wages averaged £38,451. Statistically, the average female earns £7,999 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 2.5% and 1.6% respectively.
Males on average make 26.3% more than females in Peterborough, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Peterborough is 18.7% - males in Peterborough earn 18.7% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Peterborough earn an average income of £18,497 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£18,497 less per year than the top 10%, and -35 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.7 | 35.0 | £17,282 | £19,588 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £19,562 | £22,073 |
| 25th | 35.0 | £20,644 | £24,088 | |
| 30th | 36.9 | 37.5 | £21,876 | £25,835 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 38.3 | £23,827 | £29,238 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Peterborough, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Peterborough, 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