Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
104,905
Average male salary
£31,716
Average female salary
£26,416
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
32,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
16.9%
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The average salary in South Lakeland is £29,643, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £1,513. Compare average salaries by area.
South Lakeland's salary growth rate is 5.38% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 3.4% higher than the average salary growth rate in South Lakeland over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in South Lakeland is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.4 hours per week - a 1.0-hour difference.
There are 32,000 jobs in South Lakeland which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 59,580, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in South Lakeland is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the South Lakeland 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
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According to the figures published by the ONS for 2021, female wages in South Lakeland average £26,416, and male wages averaged £31,716. Statistically, the average female earns £5,300 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 1.9% and 1.5% respectively.
Males on average make 20.1% more than females in South Lakeland, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in South Lakeland is 16.9% - males in South Lakeland earn 16.9% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in South Lakeland earn an average income of £17,541 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£17,541 less per year than the top 10%, and -35 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 32.5 | 36.5 | £18,000 | |
| 20th | 34.7 | 37.0 | £18,282 | £20,325 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.2 | £18,997 | £21,285 |
| 30th | 35.7 | 37.5 | £19,197 | £22,367 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £20,679 | £25,541 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in South Lakeland, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in South Lakeland, 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