Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
294,197
Average male salary
£35,490
Average female salary
£29,989
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
82,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
18.0%
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The average salary in Stockport is £33,504, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £866. Compare average salaries by area.
Stockport's salary growth rate is -2.52% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 3.4% lower than the average salary growth rate in Stockport over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Stockport 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 82,000 jobs in Stockport which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 177,458, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Stockport is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Stockport 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 Stockport average £29,989, and male wages averaged £35,490. Statistically, the average female earns £5,501 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 2.0% and 0.3% respectively.
Males on average make 18.3% more than females in Stockport, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Stockport is 18.0% - males in Stockport earn 18.0% more per hour than females on average.
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percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 32.0 | 35.0 | ||
| 20th | 34.8 | 36.5 | ||
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £22,157 | |
| 30th | 35.4 | 37.0 | £22,061 | £22,984 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.4 | £26,013 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Stockport, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Stockport, 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