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Median annual pay, full-time employees by local authority, ranked

Every area with a published figure, in order of median annual pay, £, highest first, because this layer states that higher is better. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.

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#	Area	£/year	UK percentile
1	St Albans E07000240	£57,396	100
2	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	£57,233	100
3	Wandsworth E09000032	£54,584	99
4	Camden E09000007	£53,133	99
5	Westminster E09000033	£52,610	99
6	Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	£52,576	99
7	Wokingham E06000041	£52,222	98
8	East Hertfordshire E07000242	£52,184	98
9	Tower Hamlets E09000030	£52,000	98
10	Elmbridge E07000207	£51,924	97
11	Bromley E09000006	£51,225	97
12	Merton E09000024	£50,844	97
13	Islington E09000019	£50,692	97
14	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	£50,121	96
15	Uttlesford E07000077	£50,103	96
16	Waverley E07000216	£49,769	96
17	Hackney E09000012	£49,482	95
18	North Hertfordshire E07000099	£49,224	95
19	Lambeth E09000022	£49,034	95
20	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	£48,916	95
21	Southwark E09000028	£48,681	94
22	South Oxfordshire E07000179	£48,525	94
23	Warwick E07000222	£48,523	94
24	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	£47,896	93
25	East Hampshire E07000085	£47,630	93
26	Brentwood E07000068	£47,494	93
27	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	£47,387	93
28	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	£47,192	92
29	Rugby E07000220	£47,191	92
30	Barnet E09000003	£47,141	92
31	Solihull E08000029	£46,896	91
32	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	£46,871	91
33	Guildford E07000209	£46,801	91
34	Runnymede E07000212	£46,777	90
35	Shetland Islands S12000027	£46,527	90
36	Hart E07000089	£46,502	90
37	East Renfrewshire S12000011	£46,279	90
38	Broxbourne E07000095	£46,237	89
39	Chelmsford E07000070	£46,179	89
40	Havering E09000016	£46,045	89
41	Rushcliffe E07000176	£45,968	88
42	Winchester E07000094	£45,766	88
43	Lewisham E09000023	£45,702	88
44	Epping Forest E07000072	£45,618	88
45	Waltham Forest E09000031	£45,350	87
46	Greenwich E09000011	£45,274	87
47	Harrow E09000015	£45,232	87
48	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	£45,145	86
49	Fylde E07000119	£44,892	86
50	West Berkshire E06000037	£44,887	86
51	Redbridge E09000026	£44,851	86
52	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	£44,809	85
53	East Dunbartonshire S12000045	£44,763	85
54	Rochford E07000075	£44,750	85
55	Sevenoaks E07000111	£44,581	84
56	Dacorum E07000096	£44,485	84
57	Vale of White Horse E07000180	£44,454	84
58	Sutton E09000029	£44,393	84
59	Mid Sussex E07000228	£44,352	83
60	Croydon E09000008	£44,326	83
61	Spelthorne E07000213	£44,265	83
62	Dartford E07000107	£44,091	82
63	Haringey E09000014	£43,995	82
64	Three Rivers E07000102	£43,980	82
65	Bexley E09000004	£43,969	82
66	West Oxfordshire E07000181	£43,932	81
67	Enfield E09000010	£43,888	81
68	Hertsmere E07000098	£43,813	81
69	Cambridge E07000008	£43,741	80
70	Fareham E07000087	£43,740	80
71	Woking E07000217	£43,719	80
72	Aberdeenshire S12000034	£43,656	80
73	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	£43,645	79
74	Surrey Heath E07000214	£43,633	79
75	Wealden E07000065	£43,589	79
76	Stirling S12000030	£43,559	78
77	Horsham E07000227	£43,487	78
78	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	£43,434	78
79	Orkney Islands S12000023	£43,430	78
80	Maldon E07000074	£43,385	77
81	Buckinghamshire E06000060	£43,290	77
82	Oxford E07000178	£43,289	77
83	Watford E07000103	£43,219	76
84	Bracknell Forest E06000036	£43,206	76
85	City of Edinburgh S12000036	£43,169	76
86	South Ayrshire S12000028	£43,076	76
87	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	£43,071	75
88	Trafford E08000009	£42,973	75
89	Mole Valley E07000210	£42,937	75
90	Bromsgrove E07000234	£42,776	74
91	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	£42,752	74
92	Newham E09000025	£42,595	74
=93	Cumberland E06000063	£42,461	73
=93	Eastleigh E07000086	£42,461	73
95	Harborough E07000131	£42,423	73
96	Rutland E06000017	£42,355	73
97	Forest of Dean E07000080	£42,326	72
98	Hillingdon E09000017	£42,250	72
99	Stevenage E07000243	£42,200	72
100	Gravesham E07000109	£42,199	71
101	Cherwell E07000177	£42,147	71
102	Thurrock E06000034	£41,997	71
103	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	£41,859	71
104	Lichfield E07000194	£41,803	70
105	Castle Point E07000069	£41,745	70
106	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	£41,554	70
107	Monmouthshire W06000021	£41,529	69
108	South Derbyshire E07000039	£41,520	69
109	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	£41,486	69
110	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	£41,464	69
111	Cheltenham E07000078	£41,399	68
112	Milton Keynes E06000042	£41,389	68
113	Mid Suffolk E07000203	£41,350	68
114	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	£41,280	67
115	Cotswold E07000079	£41,267	67
116	Bedford E06000055	£41,214	67
117	Midlothian S12000019	£41,189	67
118	South Lanarkshire S12000029	£41,126	66
119	North Lanarkshire S12000050	£41,070	66
120	Cheshire East E06000049	£40,991	66
121	Ealing E09000009	£40,889	65
=122	Hounslow E09000018	£40,870	65
=122	Ribble Valley E07000124	£40,870	65
124	Lewes E07000063	£40,807	65
125	South Gloucestershire E06000025	£40,731	64
126	Reading E06000038	£40,700	64
127	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	£40,617	64
128	Test Valley E07000093	£40,576	63
129	York E06000014	£40,496	63
130	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	£40,448	63
131	Warrington E06000007	£40,380	63
132	North Ayrshire S12000021	£40,312	62
133	Dover E07000108	£40,142	62
134	West Lothian S12000040	£40,134	62
135	North Warwickshire E07000218	£40,095	61
136	East Devon E07000040	£40,087	61
137	Aberdeen City S12000033	£40,020	61
138	West Dunbartonshire S12000039	£40,011	61
139	North Somerset E06000024	£39,969	60
140	Brent E09000005	£39,944	60
141	Perth and Kinross S12000048	£39,934	60
142	Tendring E07000076	£39,799	59
143	Tandridge E07000215	£39,775	59
144	Highland S12000017	£39,740	59
=145	Basildon E07000066	£39,734	58
=145	Renfrewshire S12000038	£39,734	58
147	Stafford E07000197	£39,726	58
148	Braintree E07000067	£39,712	58
149	West Suffolk E07000245	£39,628	57
150	Medway E06000035	£39,622	57
151	Bristol, City of E06000023	£39,509	57
152	South Norfolk E07000149	£39,438	56
153	Colchester E07000071	£39,353	56
154	Chorley E07000118	£39,350	56
155	Brighton and Hove E06000043	£39,347	56
156	Stockport E08000007	£39,318	55
157	Crawley E07000226	£39,237	55
158	Tewkesbury E07000083	£39,236	55
159	Torfaen W06000020	£39,170	54
160	Adur E07000223	£39,029	54
161	Argyll and Bute S12000035	£39,010	54
162	Fife S12000047	£38,913	54
163	Swindon E06000030	£38,900	53
164	Worcester E07000237	£38,880	53
165	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	£38,864	53
166	North West Leicestershire E07000134	£38,795	52
167	South Staffordshire E07000196	£38,788	52
168	East Lothian S12000010	£38,714	52
169	Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	£38,656	52
=170	South Hams E07000044	£38,638	51
=170	West Devon E07000047	£38,638	51
172	Stroud E07000082	£38,608	51
173	New Forest E07000091	£38,571	50
174	Tamworth E07000199	£38,496	50
175	Slough E06000039	£38,483	50
176	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	£38,467	50
=177	Falkirk S12000014	£38,432	49
=177	Swale E07000113	£38,432	49
179	Harlow E07000073	£38,380	49
180	West Lindsey E07000142	£38,377	48
181	Blaby E07000129	£38,279	48
182	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	£38,228	48
183	Broadland E07000144	£38,195	48
184	Maidstone E07000110	£38,191	47
185	Glasgow City S12000049	£38,125	47
186	West Lancashire E07000127	£38,102	47
187	Charnwood E07000130	£38,078	46
188	Wyre E07000128	£38,048	46
189	Broxtowe E07000172	£38,037	46
190	Huntingdonshire E07000011	£38,019	46
191	Wirral E08000015	£38,010	45
192	West Northamptonshire E06000062	£38,000	45
193	East Ayrshire S12000008	£37,968	45
194	North Northamptonshire E06000061	£37,951	44
195	Sheffield E08000039	£37,885	44
=196	Rushmoor E07000092	£37,883	44
=196	South Ribble E07000126	£37,883	44
198	Wiltshire E06000054	£37,811	43
199	Coventry E08000026	£37,759	43
200	Amber Valley E07000032	£37,756	43
201	Gedling E07000173	£37,727	42
202	Northumberland E06000057	£37,721	42
203	Canterbury E07000106	£37,682	42
204	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	£37,595	41
205	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	£37,558	41
206	Knowsley E08000011	£37,543	41
207	Flintshire W06000005	£37,505	41
208	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	£37,493	40
209	Dorset E06000059	£37,462	40
210	Ashford E07000105	£37,440	40
211	Carmarthenshire W06000010	£37,405	39
212	Wigan E08000010	£37,377	39
213	St. Helens E08000013	£37,306	39
214	North Kesteven E07000139	£37,305	39
215	Angus S12000041	£37,291	38
216	Eastbourne E07000061	£37,236	38
217	Havant E07000090	£37,220	38
218	Preston E07000123	£37,214	37
219	High Peak E07000037	£37,184	37
220	Liverpool E08000012	£37,144	37
221	Southampton E06000045	£37,130	37
222	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	£37,118	36
223	North Tyneside E08000022	£37,063	36
224	Gosport E07000088	£37,060	36
225	Bridgend W06000013	£37,002	35
226	Mid Devon E07000042	£36,994	35
227	Shropshire E06000051	£36,991	35
228	Cardiff W06000015	£36,946	35
229	Sefton E08000014	£36,937	34
230	East Staffordshire E07000193	£36,848	34
231	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	£36,835	34
232	East Suffolk E07000244	£36,793	33
233	North Yorkshire E06000065	£36,783	33
234	Leeds E08000035	£36,716	33
235	Ipswich E07000202	£36,660	33
236	Barnsley E08000038	£36,652	32
237	Inverclyde S12000018	£36,650	32
238	Swansea W06000011	£36,586	32
239	Worthing E07000229	£36,581	31
240	Newport W06000022	£36,533	31
241	Pembrokeshire W06000009	£36,438	31
242	Derby E06000015	£36,428	31
243	North East Derbyshire E07000038	£36,422	30
244	Neath Port Talbot W06000012	£36,359	30
245	Erewash E07000036	£36,290	30
246	Somerset E06000066	£36,279	29
247	Manchester E08000003	£36,278	29
248	Clackmannanshire S12000005	£36,259	29
249	Rother E07000064	£36,197	29
250	Wychavon E07000238	£36,175	28
251	Darlington E06000005	£36,166	28
252	Cannock Chase E07000192	£36,140	28
253	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	£36,044	27
254	Portsmouth E06000044	£36,022	27
=255	Birmingham E08000025	£35,989	27
=255	Calderdale E08000033	£35,989	27
257	Chesterfield E07000034	£35,920	26
258	Powys W06000023	£35,909	26
259	Kirklees E08000034	£35,867	26
260	Wolverhampton E08000031	£35,858	25
261	Thanet E07000114	£35,775	25
262	Bury E08000002	£35,767	25
263	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	£35,723	24
264	Isle of Anglesey W06000001	£35,709	24
265	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	£35,671	24
266	Dudley E08000027	£35,486	24
267	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	£35,446	23
268	Malvern Hills E07000235	£35,429	23
269	Conwy W06000003	£35,424	23
270	Teignbridge E07000045	£35,410	22
271	Caerphilly W06000018	£35,367	22
272	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	£35,277	22
273	Rossendale E07000125	£35,273	22
274	Chichester E07000225	£35,264	21
275	Norwich E07000148	£35,263	21
276	Redditch E07000236	£35,251	21
277	Wrexham W06000006	£35,246	20
278	Peterborough E06000031	£35,196	20
279	Halton E06000006	£35,187	20
280	Plymouth E06000026	£35,186	20
281	Middlesbrough E06000002	£35,177	19
282	Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	£35,152	19
283	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	£35,111	19
284	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	£35,052	18
285	Cornwall E06000052	£35,002	18
286	Hyndburn E07000120	£34,987	18
287	Doncaster E08000017	£34,967	18
288	Salford E08000006	£34,958	17
289	South Kesteven E07000141	£34,922	17
290	Dumfries and Galloway S12000006	£34,895	17
291	Lancaster E07000121	£34,890	16
292	Dundee City S12000042	£34,860	16
293	Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	£34,837	16
294	Blaenau Gwent W06000019	£34,797	16
295	Great Yarmouth E07000145	£34,794	15
296	Bassetlaw E07000171	£34,744	15
297	North Lincolnshire E06000013	£34,738	15
298	Luton E06000032	£34,732	14
299	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	£34,730	14
300	Hastings E07000062	£34,714	14
301	Rotherham E08000018	£34,713	14
302	Wyre Forest E07000239	£34,661	13
303	Rochdale E08000005	£34,660	13
304	Gloucester E07000081	£34,617	13
305	Arun E07000224	£34,546	12
306	Exeter E07000041	£34,514	12
307	Torridge E07000046	£34,425	12
308	Wakefield E08000036	£34,400	12
309	Breckland E07000143	£34,399	11
310	North Norfolk E07000147	£34,362	11
311	Lincoln E07000138	£34,301	11
312	Gateshead E08000037	£34,199	10
313	Bolton E08000001	£34,186	10
314	Fenland E07000010	£34,170	10
315	Oldham E08000004	£34,042	10
316	Walsall E08000030	£34,036	9
317	Tameside E08000008	£33,949	9
318	Moray S12000020	£33,943	9
319	Babergh E07000200	£33,904	8
320	Melton E07000133	£33,900	8
321	South Tyneside E08000023	£33,739	8
322	Scottish Borders S12000026	£33,600	7
323	Bradford E08000032	£33,526	7
324	Torbay E06000027	£33,493	7
325	Na h-Eileanan Siar S12000013	£33,442	7
326	County Durham E06000047	£33,436	6
327	Ceredigion W06000008	£33,299	6
328	Burnley E07000117	£33,208	6
329	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	£33,076	5
330	Sandwell E08000028	£33,029	5
331	Bolsover E07000033	£32,897	5
332	Gwynedd W06000002	£32,868	5
333	Sunderland E08000024	£32,744	4
334	Denbighshire W06000004	£32,691	4
335	North Devon E07000043	£32,682	4
336	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	£32,622	3
337	Ashfield E07000170	£32,577	3
338	Mansfield E07000174	£32,525	3
339	South Holland E07000140	£32,336	3
340	Leicester E06000016	£32,281	2
341	Hartlepool E06000001	£31,871	2
342	Blackpool E06000009	£31,858	2
343	East Lindsey E07000137	£31,516	1
344	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	£31,419	1
345	Isle of Wight E06000046	£31,184	1
346	Nottingham E06000018	£30,798	1
347	Pendle E07000122	£30,327	0
348	Boston E07000136	£29,805	0

How this ranking is made

Median annual pay, £: the published figure for the area, unchanged.. Median gross annual pay of full-time employees by the local authority they live in, from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Table 8, place of residence). The middle earner: half of full-time employees living in the area earn more, half less.

Source: ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence · 2025 provisional, released 2025-10-23. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.

St Albans has the highest median annual pay, £ of 348 UK local authorities with a published figure, at £57,396 (Latest published: 2025). Source: ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence.

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