Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
286,716
Average male salary
£33,117
Average female salary
£27,989
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
64,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
12.9%
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The average salary in Walsall is £31,219, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £118. Compare average salaries by area.
Walsall's salary growth rate is 0.38% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 1.5% lower than the average salary growth rate in Walsall over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Walsall is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.2 hours per week - a 1.8-hour difference.
There are 64,000 jobs in Walsall which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 173,316, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Walsall is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Walsall 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 Walsall average £27,989, and male wages averaged £33,117. Statistically, the average female earns £5,128 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 1.3% and 1.8% respectively.
Males on average make 18.3% more than females in Walsall, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Walsall is 12.9% - males in Walsall earn 12.9% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Walsall earn an average income of £16,362 and work 34 hours per week on average. That's -£16,362 less per year than the top 10%, and -34 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.5 | 35.0 | £14,926 | £17,889 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £17,458 | £20,946 |
| 25th | 36.0 | 37.0 | £18,309 | £22,297 |
| 30th | 36.9 | 37.0 | £18,618 | £24,086 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £22,378 | £28,417 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Walsall, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Walsall, 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