Area type
Metropolitan District
Population
264,407
Average male salary
£32,894
Average female salary
£27,155
Average male hours worked
39
Average female hours worked
38
Number of jobs
63,000
Job density
0.4
Gender pay gap
15.3%
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The average salary in Wolverhampton is £30,712, according to figures published by the ONS for 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, average salaries fell by £541. Compare average salaries by area.
Wolverhampton's salary growth rate is -1.73% per year based on changes in average salary between 2020 and 2021, which is 1.4% lower than the average salary growth rate in Wolverhampton over the past 9 years.
The average weekly hours worked in Wolverhampton is currently 38.3 hours. The average male works 39 hours per week and the average female works 37.5 hours per week - a 1.9-hour difference.
There are 63,000 jobs in Wolverhampton which has a working-age (aged 16-65) population of 162,992, according to figures published by the ONS for 2019. The 2019 job density in Wolverhampton is 0.4, meaning there are 0.4 jobs per member of the Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton average £27,155, and male wages averaged £32,894. Statistically, the average female earns £5,739 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 0.8% and -0.8% respectively.
Males on average make 21.1% more than females in Wolverhampton, though this does not account for differences in hours worked. After adjusting for the difference in hours worked, the gender pay gap in Wolverhampton is 15.3% - males in Wolverhampton earn 15.3% more per hour than females on average.
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The bottom 10% (percentile 1) of earners in Wolverhampton earn an average income of £18,157 and work 35 hours per week on average. That's -£18,157 less per year than the top 10%, and -35 hours less per week.
percentile | Female Hours | Male Hours | Female Salary | Male Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 32.4 | 36.2 | £16,273 | £18,568 |
| 20th | 35.0 | 37.0 | £18,796 | £22,043 |
| 25th | 35.0 | 37.4 | £19,370 | £23,026 |
| 30th | 36.2 | 37.5 | £20,868 | £25,029 |
| 40th | 37.0 | 37.9 | £22,899 | £27,600 |
Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Wolverhampton, reported by the ONS for 2020.
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Salaries are mean averages of gross annual pay for full-time employees in Wolverhampton, 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