Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
151,133
Average male salary
£31,161
Average female salary
£25,217
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
35,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
23.2%
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The average salary in South Tyneside is £28,497, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £3,257. Compare average salaries by area.
South Tyneside's salary growth rate is -10.26% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 11.8% lower than the average salary growth rate in South Tyneside over the past 8 years.
The average weekly hours worked in South Tyneside is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.4 hours per week - a 0.1-hour difference.
There are 35,000 jobs in South Tyneside which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 93,313, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in South Tyneside is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the South Tyneside 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 South Tyneside average £25,217, and male wages averaged £31,161. Statistically, the average female earns £5,944 less than the average male, though this does not account for differences in hours worked.
Over the past 8 years, female and male salaries have average annual growth rates of 1.1% and 1.4% respectively.
Males on average make 23.6% more than females in South Tyneside, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in South Tyneside is 23.2% - males in South Tyneside earn 23.2% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in South Tyneside earn an average income of £16,520 and work 34 hours per week on average. That's -£16,520 less per year than the top 10%, and -34 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.5 | 34.9 | ||
| 20th | 36.1 | 36.2 | £18,985 | |
| 25th | 36.7 | 37.0 | £18,505 | £21,075 |
| 30th | 36.9 | 37.0 | £18,613 | £22,462 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.4 | £19,310 | £24,801 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in South Tyneside, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in South Tyneside, 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