Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
209,397
Average male salary
£39,249
Average female salary
£35,445
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
37
Number of jobs
73,000
Job density
0.6
Gender pay gap
7.3%
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The average salary in Warrington is £37,865, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £1,402. Compare average salaries by area.
Warrington's salary growth rate is 3.84% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 1.6% higher than the average salary growth rate in Warrington over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Warrington is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.4 hours per week - a 1.2-hour difference.
There are 73,000 jobs in Warrington which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 130,730, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Warrington is 0.6, meaning there are 0.6 jobs per member of the Warrington 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 Warrington average £35,445, and male wages averaged £39,249. Statistically, the average female earns £3,804 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 2.7% and 1.7% respectively.
Males on average make 10.7% more than females in Warrington, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Warrington is 7.3% - males in Warrington earn 7.3% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Warrington earn an average income of £18,089 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£18,089 less per year than the top 10%, and -35 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.5 | 35.0 | £15,809 | £19,925 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 36.9 | £19,527 | £22,941 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £20,308 | £25,178 |
| 30th | 35.9 | 37.4 | £21,973 | £25,993 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.5 | £24,567 | £29,070 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Warrington, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Warrington, 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