Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
182,773
Average male salary
£34,136
Average female salary
£29,939
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
45,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
10.4%
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The average salary in Southend-on-Sea is £32,418, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £171. Compare average salaries by area.
Southend-on-Sea's salary growth rate is -0.52% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 2.5% lower than the average salary growth rate in Southend-on-Sea over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Southend-on-Sea is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.1 hours per week - a 1.2-hour difference.
There are 45,000 jobs in Southend-on-Sea which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 111,594, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Southend-on-Sea is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea average £29,939, and male wages averaged £34,136. Statistically, the average female earns £4,197 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 1.5% and 2.0% respectively.
Males on average make 14.0% more than females in Southend-on-Sea, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Southend-on-Sea is 10.4% - males in Southend-on-Sea earn 10.4% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Southend-on-Sea earn an average income of £15,267 and work 34 hours per week on average. That's -£15,267 less per year than the top 10%, and -34 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 32.3 | 34.9 | ||
| 20th | 35.0 | 35.0 | £17,243 | £18,479 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 36.3 | £18,068 | £19,794 |
| 30th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £21,061 | £21,083 |
| 40th | 36.9 | 37.5 | £25,129 | £26,527 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Southend-on-Sea, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Southend-on-Sea, 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