Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
324,336
Average male salary
£33,706
Average female salary
£29,277
Average male hours worked
38
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
95,000
Job density
0.5
Gender pay gap
15.1%
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The average salary in Wirral is £31,486, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries grew by £1,032. Compare average salaries by area.
Wirral's salary growth rate is 3.39% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 0.5% higher than the average salary growth rate in Wirral over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Wirral 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 95,000 jobs in Wirral which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 192,800, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Wirral is 0.5, meaning there are 0.5 jobs per member of the Wirral 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 Wirral average £29,277, and male wages averaged £33,706. Statistically, the average female earns £4,429 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 2.4% and 2.8% respectively.
Males on average make 15.1% 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 15.1% - males in Wirral earn 15.1% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Wirral earn an average income of £16,398 and work 34 hours per week on average. That's -£16,398 less per year than the top 10%, and 9 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.5 | 34.9 | £16,370 | £16,269 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 35.0 | £19,062 | £19,908 |
| 25th | 35.4 | 36.0 | £19,488 | £20,993 |
| 30th | 36.0 | 36.8 | £20,580 | £22,048 |
| 40th | 36.9 | 37.0 | £21,892 | £25,304 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Wirral, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Wirral, 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