Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
88,104
Average male salary
£50,437
Average female salary
£32,048
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
28,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
55.3%
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The average salary in Stevenage is £41,799, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £6,995. Compare average salaries by area.
Stevenage's salary growth rate is -14.34% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 15.6% lower than the average salary growth rate in Stevenage over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Stevenage is currently 37.4 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 0.5-hour difference.
There are 28,000 jobs in Stevenage which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 56,017, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Stevenage is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Stevenage 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 Stevenage average £32,048, and male wages averaged £50,437. Statistically, the average female earns £18,389 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 0.6% and 2.0% respectively.
Males on average make 57.4% more than females in Stevenage, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Stevenage is 55.3% - males in Stevenage earn 55.3% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Stevenage earn an average income of £18,082 and work 34 hours per week on average. That's -£18,082 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 | £14,655 | £20,182 | |
| 20th | 34.2 | 36.9 | £19,874 | £26,496 |
| 25th | 35.0 | £20,911 | £30,379 | |
| 30th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £21,399 | £32,197 |
| 40th | 35.5 | 37.4 | £24,906 | £36,804 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Stevenage, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Stevenage, 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