Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
351,592
Average male salary
£37,576
Average female salary
£30,944
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
102,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
17.1%
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The average salary in Wakefield is £34,747, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £513. Compare average salaries by area.
Wakefield's salary growth rate is -1.45% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 3.4% lower than the average salary growth rate in Wakefield over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Wakefield is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.4 hours per week - a 1.4-hour difference.
There are 102,000 jobs in Wakefield which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 215,231, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Wakefield is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Wakefield 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 Wakefield average £30,944, and male wages averaged £37,576. Statistically, the average female earns £6,632 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 2.1% and 1.6% respectively.
Males on average make 21.4% more than females in Wakefield, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Wakefield is 17.1% - males in Wakefield earn 17.1% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Wakefield earn an average income of £17,599 and work 34 hours per week on average. That's -£17,599 less per year than the top 10%, and 12 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.3 | 35.0 | £15,872 | £18,850 |
| 20th | 34.5 | 36.9 | £18,565 | £22,576 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £19,792 | £24,000 |
| 30th | 36.0 | 37.3 | £20,660 | £24,813 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £22,362 | £27,843 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Wakefield, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Wakefield, 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