Area type
London Borough
Population
320,017
Average male salary
£52,272
Average female salary
£43,224
Average male hours worked
37
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
103,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
19.6%
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The average salary in Southwark is £47,944, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £7,175. Compare average salaries by area.
Southwark's salary growth rate is -13.02% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 13.1% lower than the average salary growth rate in Southwark over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Southwark is currently 37.0 hours. The average male works 37 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 0.4-hour difference.
There are 103,000 jobs in Southwark which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 232,156, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Southwark is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Southwark 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 Southwark average £43,224, and male wages averaged £52,272. Statistically, the average female earns £9,048 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 -0.3% respectively.
Males on average make 20.9% more than females in Southwark, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Southwark is 19.6% - males in Southwark earn 19.6% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Southwark earn an average income of £22,304 and work 34 hours per week on average. That's -£22,304 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 | 32.5 | 35.0 | £20,154 | £22,477 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 35.0 | £25,732 | £28,562 |
| 25th | 35.0 | £27,690 | £31,105 | |
| 30th | 35.0 | 35.0 | £30,062 | £34,239 |
| 40th | 35.8 | 37.0 | £34,181 | £38,763 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Southwark, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Southwark, 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