Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
197,419
Average male salary
£36,347
Average female salary
£27,921
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
52,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
24.8%
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The average salary in Stockton-on-Tees is £33,083, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £1,847. Compare average salaries by area.
Stockton-on-Tees's salary growth rate is -5.29% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 6.8% lower than the average salary growth rate in Stockton-on-Tees over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Stockton-on-Tees is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.0 hours per week - a 1.6-hour difference.
There are 52,000 jobs in Stockton-on-Tees which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 121,485, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Stockton-on-Tees is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Stockton-on-Tees 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 Stockton-on-Tees average £27,921, and male wages averaged £36,347. Statistically, the average female earns £8,426 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 1.2% respectively.
Males on average make 30.2% more than females in Stockton-on-Tees, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Stockton-on-Tees is 24.8% - males in Stockton-on-Tees earn 24.8% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Stockton-on-Tees earn an average income of £18,050 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£18,050 less per year than the top 10%, and -35 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.3 | 35.8 | £17,244 | £19,462 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £18,997 | £22,172 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.1 | £19,865 | £24,114 |
| 30th | 35.6 | 37.4 | £21,401 | £25,561 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £24,381 | £27,972 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Stockton-on-Tees, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Stockton-on-Tees, 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