Economy · 2025

Median annual pay, full-time residents (gross): local authority ranking

Median annual pay, full-time residents (gross): St Albans comes top with £57,396 and Boston comes last with £29,805. The median across 348 local authorities is £38,490.

Podium and top 100

1St Albans£57,396 2Richmond upon Thames£57,233 3Wandsworth£54,584

#	Local authority	Region	Median annual pay, full-time residents (gross)
1	St Albans	East	£57,396
2	Richmond upon Thames	London	£57,233
3	Wandsworth	London	£54,584
4	Camden	London	£53,133
5	Westminster	London	£52,610
6	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£52,576
7	Wokingham	South East	£52,222
8	East Hertfordshire	East	£52,184
9	Tower Hamlets	London	£52,000
10	Elmbridge	South East	£51,924
11	Bromley	London	£51,225
12	Merton	London	£50,844
13	Islington	London	£50,692
14	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£50,121
15	Uttlesford	East	£50,103
16	Waverley	South East	£49,769
17	Hackney	London	£49,482
18	North Hertfordshire	East	£49,224
19	Lambeth	London	£49,034
20	South Cambridgeshire	East	£48,916
21	Southwark	London	£48,681
22	South Oxfordshire	South East	£48,525
23	Warwick	West Midlands	£48,523
24	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£47,896
25	East Hampshire	South East	£47,630
26	Brentwood	East	£47,494
27	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£47,387
28	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£47,192
29	Rugby	West Midlands	£47,191
30	Barnet	London	£47,141
31	Solihull	West Midlands	£46,896
32	Kingston upon Thames	London	£46,871
33	Guildford	South East	£46,801
34	Runnymede	South East	£46,777
35	Shetland Islands	Scotland	£46,527
36	Hart	South East	£46,502
37	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£46,279
38	Broxbourne	East	£46,237
39	Chelmsford	East	£46,179
40	Havering	London	£46,045
41	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£45,968
42	Winchester	South East	£45,766
43	Lewisham	London	£45,702
44	Epping Forest	East	£45,618
45	Waltham Forest	London	£45,350
46	Greenwich	London	£45,274
47	Harrow	London	£45,232
48	Welwyn Hatfield	East	£45,145
49	Fylde	North West	£44,892
50	West Berkshire	South East	£44,887
51	Redbridge	London	£44,851
52	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£44,809
53	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£44,763
54	Rochford	East	£44,750
55	Sevenoaks	South East	£44,581
56	Dacorum	East	£44,485
57	Vale of White Horse	South East	£44,454
58	Sutton	London	£44,393
59	Mid Sussex	South East	£44,352
60	Croydon	London	£44,326
61	Spelthorne	South East	£44,265
62	Dartford	South East	£44,091
63	Haringey	London	£43,995
64	Three Rivers	East	£43,980
65	Bexley	London	£43,969
66	West Oxfordshire	South East	£43,932
67	Enfield	London	£43,888
68	Hertsmere	East	£43,813
69	Cambridge	East	£43,741
70	Fareham	South East	£43,740
71	Woking	South East	£43,719
72	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£43,656
73	Central Bedfordshire	East	£43,645
74	Surrey Heath	South East	£43,633
75	Wealden	South East	£43,589
76	Stirling	Scotland	£43,559
77	Horsham	South East	£43,487
78	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£43,434
79	Orkney Islands	Scotland	£43,430
80	Maldon	East	£43,385
81	Buckinghamshire	South East	£43,290
82	Oxford	South East	£43,289
83	Watford	East	£43,219
84	Bracknell Forest	South East	£43,206
85	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£43,169
86	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£43,076
87	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£43,071
88	Trafford	North West	£42,973
89	Mole Valley	South East	£42,937
90	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£42,776
91	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£42,752
92	Newham	London	£42,595
93	Cumberland	North West	£42,461
93	Eastleigh	South East	£42,461
95	Harborough	East Midlands	£42,423
96	Rutland	East Midlands	£42,355
97	Forest of Dean	South West	£42,326
98	Hillingdon	London	£42,250
99	Stevenage	East	£42,200
100	Gravesham	South East	£42,199

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Median annual pay, full-time residents (gross)
334	Denbighshire	Wales	£32,691
335	North Devon	South West	£32,682
336	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£32,622
337	Ashfield	East Midlands	£32,577
338	Mansfield	East Midlands	£32,525
339	South Holland	East Midlands	£32,336
340	Leicester	East Midlands	£32,281
341	Hartlepool	North East	£31,871
342	Blackpool	North West	£31,858
343	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£31,516
344	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£31,419
345	Isle of Wight	South East	£31,184
346	Nottingham	East Midlands	£30,798
347	Pendle	North West	£30,327
348	Boston	East Midlands	£29,805

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

London£46,514
South East£41,780
East£41,339
Scotland£39,890
South West£37,598
North West£37,482
West Midlands£37,210
Wales£36,288
East Midlands£36,281
Yorkshire and The Humber£35,917
North East£35,016

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Median annual pay, full-time residents (gross)”?

St Albans ranks first for “Median annual pay, full-time residents (gross)”, with £57,396.

What is the median for “Median annual pay, full-time residents (gross)”?

The median across the 348 ranked local authorities is £38,490.