Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population
114,496
Average male salary
£36,507
Average female salary
£28,150
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
31,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
29.7%
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The average salary in West Lancashire is £33,960, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £365. Compare average salaries by area.
West Lancashire's salary growth rate is -1.06% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 3.3% lower than the average salary growth rate in West Lancashire over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in West Lancashire is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 38 hours per week and the average female works 37.5 hours per week - a 0.0-hour difference.
There are 31,000 jobs in West Lancashire which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 69,236, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in West Lancashire is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the West Lancashire 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 West Lancashire average £28,150, and male wages averaged £36,507. Statistically, the average female earns £8,357 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 0.6% and 2.5% respectively.
Males on average make 29.7% more than females in West Lancashire, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in West Lancashire is 29.7% - males in West Lancashire earn 29.7% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in West Lancashire earn an average income of £17,841 and work 33 hours per week on average. That's -£17,841 less per year than the top 10%, and -33 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
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| 10th | 31.0 | 35.0 | £19,599 | |
| 20th | 32.7 | 36.3 | £17,831 | £21,319 |
| 25th | 34.9 | 36.9 | £18,819 | £22,673 |
| 30th | 35.2 | 37.1 | £19,648 | £24,678 |
| 40th | 37.0 | £20,296 | £27,214 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in West Lancashire, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in West Lancashire, 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