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Salaries in Preston

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Average salary
£34,530

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Average hours worked
39.0

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Salary Growth
8.67%

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Average Salary
Salary Growth
Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
147,617
Average male salary
£37,049
Average female salary
£31,873
Average male hours worked
40
Average female hours worked
37
Gender pay gap
7.6%

Salaries in Preston

The average salary in Preston is £34,530, according to figures published by the ONS for 2022. Between 2021 and 2022, average salaries grew by £2,756. Compare average salaries by area.

Preston's salary growth rate is 8.67% per year based on changes in average salary between 2021 and 2022, which is 6.2% higher than the average salary growth rate in Preston over the past 10 years.

The average weekly hours worked in Preston is currently 39.0 hours. The average male works 40 hours per week and the average female works 37.4 hours per week - a 3.0-hour difference.

Compared to figures for England

  • Preston's average salary of £34,530 is 15.3% lower than England's national average salary of £40,746. Preston is the 109th non-metropolitan district in England (of 181 total) when ordered by average salary.
  • Preston's salary growth rate of 8.67% is 3.9% higher than England's current average salary growth rate of 4.81%. Preston is the 45th non-metropolitan district in England (of 181 total) when ordered by salary growth rate.
  • Preston's average weekly hours worked of 39.0 hours is 0.2 higher than England's which is 38.8 hours per week.

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

Preston salary trends by gender

According to the figures published by the ONS for 2022, female wages in Preston average £31,873, and male wages averaged £37,049. Statistically, the average female earns £5,176 less than the average male, though this does not account for differences in hours worked.

Over the past 10 years, female and male salaries have average annual growth rates of 2.2% and 2.5% respectively.

Males on average make 16.2% more than females in Preston, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Preston is 7.6% - males in Preston earn 7.6% more per hour than females on average.

People
Population
147,617

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GDP
£ 5 billion

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Average property price
£183,102

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Preston salary and hours worked percentiles

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Female Hours
Male Hours
Female Salary
Male Salary
10th 33.3 36.0£18,282£20,469
20th 36.0 37.0£20,858£23,069
25th 36.2£21,773£24,054
30th 36.9 37.0£22,366£25,798
40th 37.4£24,439£29,056
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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 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics

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