Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
262,697
Average male salary
£38,202
Average female salary
£33,616
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
71,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
12.4%
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The average salary in Salford is £36,176, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £4,537. Compare average salaries by area.
Salford's salary growth rate is -11.14% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 13.2% lower than the average salary growth rate in Salford over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Salford is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.5 hours per week - a 0.4-hour difference.
There are 71,000 jobs in Salford which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 169,685, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Salford is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Salford 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 Salford average £33,616, and male wages averaged £38,202. Statistically, the average female earns £4,586 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 2.3% and 1.7% respectively.
Males on average make 13.6% more than females in Salford, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Salford is 12.4% - males in Salford earn 12.4% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Salford earn an average income of £17,928 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£17,928 less per year than the top 10%, and -35 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.5 | 35.0 | £16,531 | £18,992 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 36.5 | £20,462 | £21,362 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £21,226 | £22,331 |
| 30th | 35.5 | 37.4 | £22,183 | £23,812 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £25,213 | £26,092 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Salford, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Salford, 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