Area type
Unitary Authority
Population
406,733
Average male salary
£36,415
Average female salary
£28,818
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
135,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
22.4%
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The average salary in West Northamptonshire is £34,023, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £2,974. Compare average salaries by area.
West Northamptonshire's salary growth rate is -8.04% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 9.2% lower than the average salary growth rate in West Northamptonshire over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in West Northamptonshire is currently 37.5 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.5 hours per week - a 1.2-hour difference.
There are 135,000 jobs in West Northamptonshire which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 250,165, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in West Northamptonshire is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the West Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire average £28,818, and male wages averaged £36,415. Statistically, the average female earns £7,597 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 1.7% and 0.7% respectively.
Males on average make 26.4% more than females in West Northamptonshire, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in West Northamptonshire is 22.4% - males in West Northamptonshire earn 22.4% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in West Northamptonshire earn an average income of £17,824 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£17,824 less per year than the top 10%, and 11 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.9 | 35.0 | £15,977 | £18,469 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £18,490 | £22,064 |
| 25th | 35.4 | 37.0 | £19,927 | £23,434 |
| 30th | 36.5 | 37.4 | £20,965 | £24,830 |
| 40th | 37.3 | 37.5 | £22,967 | £28,142 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in West Northamptonshire, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in West Northamptonshire, 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