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Salaries in Wirral

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Average salary
£36,289

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Average hours worked
38.4

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Salary Growth
15.25%

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Average Salary
Salary Growth
Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
320,600
Average male salary
£41,149
Average female salary
£29,451
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
37
Gender pay gap
31.9%

Salaries in Wirral

The average salary in Wirral is £36,289, according to figures published by the ONS for 2022. Between 2021 and 2022, average salaries grew by £4,803. Compare average salaries by area.

Wirral's salary growth rate is 15.25% per year based on changes in average salary between 2021 and 2022, which is 11.8% higher than the average salary growth rate in Wirral over the past 10 years.

The average weekly hours worked in Wirral is currently 38.4 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.2 hours per week - a 2.2-hour difference.

Compared to figures for England

  • Wirral's average salary of £36,289 is 10.9% lower than England's national average salary of £40,746. Wirral is the 11th metropolitan district in England (of 36 total) when ordered by average salary.
  • Wirral's salary growth rate of 15.25% is 10.4% higher than England's current average salary growth rate of 4.81%. Wirral is the 2nd metropolitan district in England (of 36 total) when ordered by salary growth rate.
  • Wirral's average weekly hours worked of 38.4 hours is 0.4 lower than England's which is 38.8 hours per week.

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

Wirral salary trends by gender

According to the figures published by the ONS for 2022, female wages in Wirral average £29,451, and male wages averaged £41,149. Statistically, the average female earns £11,698 less than the average male, though this does not account for differences in hours worked.

Over the past 10 years, female and male salaries have average annual growth rates of 1.3% and 4.1% respectively.

Males on average make 39.7% more than females in Wirral, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Wirral is 31.9% - males in Wirral earn 31.9% more per hour than females on average.

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Population
320,600

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GDP
£ 6.2 billion

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Average property price
£224,226

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Wirral salary and hours worked percentiles

percentile
Female Hours
Male Hours
Female Salary
Male Salary
10th 30.9 32.5£17,457£17,923
20th 32.5 35.0£20,337£21,076
25th 35.0£21,284£23,039
30th 36.0£22,043£24,795
40th 36.0 37.0£24,166£27,569
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Areas near Wirral

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Knowsley
average salary £35,677
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Liverpool
average salary £35,968
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Sefton
average salary £34,696
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St. Helens
average salary £33,310
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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 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics

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