Median full time pay of the jobs here, every council ranked
The middle full time salary of the jobs located here, before tax, whoever does them and wherever they live. From a survey, so a small council moves from year to year. Figures for 2025, published for 360 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Lowest: Isle of Wight, £28,543 a year. The council in the middle: Newport, £36,939 a year. Highest: City of London, £68,663 a year.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isle of WightSouth East | £28,543 a year |
| 2 | South HollandEast Midlands | £30,082 a year |
| 3 | BostonEast Midlands | £30,129 a year |
| 4 | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | £30,293 a year |
| 5 | Merthyr TydfilWales | £30,636 a year |
| 6 | TamesideNorth West | £30,734 a year |
| 7 | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | £30,801 a year |
| 8 | TorbaySouth West | £30,873 a year |
| 9 | BaberghEast of England | £30,929 a year |
| 10 | PendleNorth West | £30,981 a year |
| 11 | RossendaleNorth West | £30,999 a year |
| 12 | BurnleyNorth West | £31,087 a year |
| 13 | WyreNorth West | £31,130 a year |
| 14 | PowysWales | £31,163 a year |
| 15 | Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland | £31,167 a year |
| 16 | East LindseyEast Midlands | £31,350 a year |
| 17 | FenlandEast of England | £31,401 a year |
| 18 | GedlingEast Midlands | £31,503 a year |
| 19 | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | £31,507 a year |
| 20 | South TynesideNorth East | £31,604 a year |
| 21 | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | £31,748 a year |
| 22 | HarboroughEast Midlands | £31,890 a year |
| 23 | Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland | £31,968 a year |
| 24 | SunderlandNorth East | £32,015 a year |
| 25 | South HamsSouth West | £32,086 a year |
| 26 | Scottish BordersScotland | £32,164 a year |
| 27 | North NorfolkEast of England | £32,179 a year |
| 28 | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | £32,183 a year |
| 29 | North DevonSouth West | £32,199 a year |
| 30 | ArunSouth East | £32,213 a year |
| 31 | Blaenau GwentWales | £32,294 a year |
| 32 | HartlepoolNorth East | £32,302 a year |
| 33 | BroxtoweEast Midlands | £32,308 a year |
| 34 | ConwyWales | £32,484 a year |
| 35 | BassetlawEast Midlands | £32,485 a year |
| 36 | BlackpoolNorth West | £32,553 a year |
| 37 | RotherSouth East | £32,661 a year |
| 38 | CeredigionWales | £32,688 a year |
| 39 | GwyneddWales | £32,697 a year |
| 40 | TamworthWest Midlands | £32,773 a year |
| 41 joint | County DurhamNorth East | £32,945 a year |
| 41 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | £32,945 a year |
| 43 | DenbighshireWales | £32,981 a year |
| 44 | CarmarthenshireWales | £32,982 a year |
| 45 | BoltonNorth West | £33,008 a year |
| 46 | SeftonNorth West | £33,028 a year |
| 47 | HyndburnNorth West | £33,089 a year |
| 48 | Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland | £33,127 a year |
| 49 | CaerphillyWales | £33,137 a year |
| 50 | Great YarmouthEast of England | £33,355 a year |
| 51 | St. HelensNorth West | £33,379 a year |
| 52 | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | £33,419 a year |
| 53 | Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland | £33,462 a year |
| 54 | Forest of DeanSouth West | £33,474 a year |
| 55 | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | £33,551 a year |
| 56 | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | £33,552 a year |
| 57 | RochdaleNorth West | £33,558 a year |
| 58 | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | £33,563 a year |
| 59 | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | £33,613 a year |
| 60 | BrecklandEast of England | £33,621 a year |
| 61 | SandwellWest Midlands | £33,636 a year |
| 62 | MeltonEast Midlands | £33,656 a year |
| 63 | WiganNorth West | £33,669 a year |
| 64 | GatesheadNorth East | £33,670 a year |
| 65 | HerefordshireWest Midlands | £33,685 a year |
| 66 | ChichesterSouth East | £33,692 a year |
| 67 | Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland | £33,768 a year |
| 68 | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | £33,802 a year |
| 69 | TorridgeSouth West | £33,806 a year |
| 70 | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | £33,831 a year |
| 71 | DarlingtonNorth East | £33,840 a year |
| 72 | OldhamNorth West | £33,860 a year |
| 73 | South KestevenEast Midlands | £33,868 a year |
| 74 | CotswoldSouth West | £33,872 a year |
| 75 | CornwallSouth West | £33,889 a year |
| 76 | West LancashireNorth West | £33,926 a year |
| 77 | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | £33,946 a year |
| 78 | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | £33,976 a year |
| 79 | AshfordSouth East | £33,979 a year |
| 80 | MiddlesbroughNorth East | £34,000 a year |
| 81 | BromsgroveWest Midlands | £34,019 a year |
| 82 | MansfieldEast Midlands | £34,047 a year |
| 83 | LeicesterEast Midlands | £34,096 a year |
| 84 | East CambridgeshireEast of England | £34,117 a year |
| 85 | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | £34,129 a year |
| 86 | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | £34,210 a year |
| 87 | ShropshireWest Midlands | £34,232 a year |
| 88 | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | £34,239 a year |
| 89 | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | £34,283 a year |
| 90 | TeignbridgeSouth West | £34,315 a year |
| 91 | North KestevenEast Midlands | £34,457 a year |
| 92 | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | £34,570 a year |
| 93 | LichfieldWest Midlands | £34,657 a year |
| 94 | AngusScotland | £34,692 a year |
| 95 | HastingsSouth East | £34,700 a year |
| 96 | LancasterNorth West | £34,731 a year |
| 97 | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | £34,735 a year |
| 98 | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | £34,744 a year |
| 99 | SwaleSouth East | £34,776 a year |
| 100 | GloucesterSouth West | £34,779 a year |
| 101 | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | £34,785 a year |
| 102 | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | £34,798 a year |
| 103 | StaffordWest Midlands | £34,832 a year |
| 104 | North SomersetSouth West | £34,838 a year |
| 105 | MaldonEast of England | £34,843 a year |
| 106 | NottinghamEast Midlands | £34,868 a year |
| 107 | ThanetSouth East | £34,891 a year |
| 108 | MorayScotland | £34,920 a year |
| 109 | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | £34,966 a year |
| 110 | BuryNorth West | £34,968 a year |
| 111 joint | ChorleyNorth West | £34,980 a year |
| 111 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | £34,980 a year |
| 113 | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | £35,020 a year |
| 114 | East LothianScotland | £35,029 a year |
| 115 | ErewashEast Midlands | £35,073 a year |
| 116 | HavantSouth East | £35,162 a year |
| 117 | AshfieldEast Midlands | £35,182 a year |
| 118 | BexleyLondon | £35,187 a year |
| 119 | Vale of GlamorganWales | £35,204 a year |
| 120 | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | £35,213 a year |
| 121 | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | £35,253 a year |
| 122 | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | £35,278 a year |
| 123 | DudleyWest Midlands | £35,281 a year |
| 124 | DorsetSouth West | £35,311 a year |
| 125 | NorthumberlandNorth East | £35,323 a year |
| 126 | GosportSouth East | £35,341 a year |
| 127 | WealdenSouth East | £35,347 a year |
| 128 | South RibbleNorth West | £35,376 a year |
| 129 | Mid DevonSouth West | £35,391 a year |
| 130 | StockportNorth West | £35,406 a year |
| 131 | SomersetSouth West | £35,440 a year |
| 132 | RedbridgeLondon | £35,464 a year |
| 133 | WirralNorth West | £35,483 a year |
| 134 | LincolnEast Midlands | £35,509 a year |
| 135 | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | £35,629 a year |
| 136 | Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland | £35,654 a year |
| 137 | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | £35,740 a year |
| 138 | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | £35,745 a year |
| 139 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | £35,748 a year |
| 139 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | £35,748 a year |
| 141 | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | £35,838 a year |
| 142 | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | £35,912 a year |
| 143 | BridgendWales | £35,951 a year |
| 144 | ExeterSouth West | £35,968 a year |
| 145 | TendringEast of England | £36,030 a year |
| 146 | ClackmannanshireScotland | £36,036 a year |
| 147 | PeterboroughEast of England | £36,050 a year |
| 148 | TorfaenWales | £36,068 a year |
| 149 | NorwichEast of England | £36,116 a year |
| 150 | IpswichEast of England | £36,160 a year |
| 151 | BolsoverEast Midlands | £36,167 a year |
| 152 | MaidstoneSouth East | £36,199 a year |
| 153 | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | £36,211 a year |
| 154 | Dundee CityScotland | £36,219 a year |
| 155 | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | £36,223 a year |
| 156 | SwanseaWales | £36,261 a year |
| 157 | Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland | £36,358 a year |
| 158 | StroudSouth West | £36,363 a year |
| 159 | WiltshireSouth West | £36,370 a year |
| 160 | East HampshireSouth East | £36,379 a year |
| 161 | Isle of AngleseyWales | £36,434 a year |
| 162 | PembrokeshireWales | £36,448 a year |
| 163 | PlymouthSouth West | £36,483 a year |
| 164 | RenfrewshireScotland | £36,492 a year |
| 165 | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | £36,532 a year |
| 166 | CanterburySouth East | £36,558 a year |
| 167 | WorthingSouth East | £36,569 a year |
| 168 | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | £36,599 a year |
| 169 | HartSouth East | £36,624 a year |
| 170 | RochfordEast of England | £36,625 a year |
| 171 | CharnwoodEast Midlands | £36,696 a year |
| 172 | Castle PointEast of England | £36,715 a year |
| 173 | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | £36,726 a year |
| 174 | WychavonWest Midlands | £36,768 a year |
| 175 | New ForestSouth East | £36,792 a year |
| 176 | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | £36,801 a year |
| 177 | Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland | £36,825 a year |
| 178 | RedditchWest Midlands | £36,849 a year |
| 179 | LutonEast of England | £36,936 a year |
| 180 | NewportWales | £36,939 a year |
| 181 | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | £36,943 a year |
| 182 | North TynesideNorth East | £37,005 a year |
| 183 | EastbourneSouth East | £37,015 a year |
| 184 | TandridgeSouth East | £37,024 a year |
| 185 | East SuffolkEast of England | £37,025 a year |
| 186 | WrexhamWales | £37,053 a year |
| 187 | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | £37,074 a year |
| 188 | HuntingdonshireEast of England | £37,098 a year |
| 189 | MedwaySouth East | £37,128 a year |
| 190 | West SuffolkEast of England | £37,141 a year |
| 191 | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | £37,198 a year |
| 192 | DartfordSouth East | £37,221 a year |
| 193 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | £37,241 a year |
| 194 | East AyrshireScotland | £37,250 a year |
| 195 | Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland | £37,256 a year |
| 196 | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | £37,303 a year |
| 197 | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | £37,319 a year |
| 198 joint | HaltonNorth West | £37,336 a year |
| 198 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | £37,336 a year |
| 200 | Neath Port TalbotWales | £37,417 a year |
| 201 | WorcesterWest Midlands | £37,459 a year |
| 202 | Waltham ForestLondon | £37,503 a year |
| 203 | BasildonEast of England | £37,539 a year |
| 204 | WarwickWest Midlands | £37,588 a year |
| 205 joint | BraintreeEast of England | £37,704 a year |
| 205 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | £37,704 a year |
| 205 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | £37,704 a year |
| 208 | DacorumEast of England | £37,773 a year |
| 209 | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | £37,821 a year |
| 210 | West DunbartonshireScotland | £37,824 a year |
| 211 | FifeScotland | £37,885 a year |
| 212 | InverclydeScotland | £37,929 a year |
| 213 | BroadlandEast of England | £37,937 a year |
| 214 | HarlowEast of England | £37,948 a year |
| 215 | DoverSouth East | £37,968 a year |
| 216 | Perth and KinrossScotland | £37,972 a year |
| 217 | HorshamSouth East | £37,981 a year |
| 218 | BedfordEast of England | £37,994 a year |
| 219 | SpelthorneSouth East | £38,007 a year |
| 220 | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | £38,040 a year |
| 221 | PrestonNorth West | £38,066 a year |
| 222 | GreenwichLondon | £38,128 a year |
| 223 | ChelmsfordEast of England | £38,181 a year |
| 224 | RutlandEast Midlands | £38,186 a year |
| 225 | CardiffWales | £38,225 a year |
| 226 | Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland | £38,253 a year |
| 227 | HighlandScotland | £38,272 a year |
| 228 | BarnetLondon | £38,294 a year |
| 229 | BrentLondon | £38,311 a year |
| 230 | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | £38,313 a year |
| 231 | West LothianScotland | £38,316 a year |
| 232 | LiverpoolNorth West | £38,430 a year |
| 233 | MertonLondon | £38,471 a year |
| 234 | SalfordNorth West | £38,492 a year |
| 235 | BirminghamWest Midlands | £38,556 a year |
| 236 | TraffordNorth West | £38,682 a year |
| 237 | West DevonSouth West | £38,696 a year |
| 238 | WatfordEast of England | £38,746 a year |
| 239 | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | £38,755 a year |
| 240 | ColchesterEast of England | £38,758 a year |
| 241 | CherwellSouth East | £38,768 a year |
| 242 | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | £38,796 a year |
| 243 | PortsmouthSouth East | £38,815 a year |
| 244 | BrentwoodEast of England | £38,821 a year |
| 245 | MonmouthshireWales | £38,844 a year |
| 246 | Test ValleySouth East | £38,976 a year |
| 247 | EastleighSouth East | £38,983 a year |
| 248 | KnowsleyNorth West | £39,064 a year |
| 249 | Brighton and HoveSouth East | £39,137 a year |
| 250 | HarrowLondon | £39,192 a year |
| 251 | StirlingScotland | £39,220 a year |
| 252 | South LanarkshireScotland | £39,260 a year |
| 253 | North LanarkshireScotland | £39,313 a year |
| 254 | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | £39,337 a year |
| 255 | Mid SuffolkEast of England | £39,404 a year |
| 256 | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | £39,406 a year |
| 257 | FlintshireWales | £39,426 a year |
| 258 | Cheshire EastNorth West | £39,459 a year |
| 259 | SouthamptonSouth East | £39,464 a year |
| 260 | EalingLondon | £39,483 a year |
| 261 | UttlesfordEast of England | £39,491 a year |
| 262 | BroxbourneEast of England | £39,583 a year |
| 263 | Barking and DagenhamLondon | £39,599 a year |
| 264 | LewesSouth East | £39,798 a year |
| 265 | SuttonLondon | £39,874 a year |
| 266 | Surrey HeathSouth East | £39,904 a year |
| 267 | West OxfordshireSouth East | £40,000 a year |
| 268 | AberdeenshireScotland | £40,032 a year |
| 269 joint | CroydonLondon | £40,033 a year |
| 269 joint | South AyrshireScotland | £40,033 a year |
| 271 | EnfieldLondon | £40,036 a year |
| 272 | Argyll and ButeScotland | £40,067 a year |
| 273 | BlabyEast Midlands | £40,102 a year |
| 274 | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | £40,205 a year |
| 275 | Mid SussexSouth East | £40,222 a year |
| 276 | East DevonSouth West | £40,224 a year |
| 277 | SwindonSouth West | £40,280 a year |
| 278 | FarehamSouth East | £40,287 a year |
| 279 | RushmoorSouth East | £40,334 a year |
| 280 | BuckinghamshireSouth East | £40,365 a year |
| 281 | ManchesterNorth West | £40,479 a year |
| 282 | FalkirkScotland | £40,519 a year |
| 283 | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | £40,529 a year |
| 284 | Glasgow CityScotland | £40,554 a year |
| 285 | BelfastNorthern Ireland | £40,588 a year |
| 286 | GraveshamSouth East | £40,619 a year |
| 287 | ThurrockEast of England | £40,623 a year |
| 288 | Epsom and EwellSouth East | £40,636 a year |
| 289 | North AyrshireScotland | £40,730 a year |
| 290 | AdurSouth East | £41,005 a year |
| 291 | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | £41,037 a year |
| 292 joint | HaveringLondon | £41,054 a year |
| 292 joint | WokingSouth East | £41,054 a year |
| 294 | CheltenhamSouth West | £41,147 a year |
| 295 | WarringtonNorth West | £41,159 a year |
| 296 | MidlothianScotland | £41,161 a year |
| 297 | WaverleySouth East | £41,248 a year |
| 298 | CoventryWest Midlands | £41,278 a year |
| 299 | ElmbridgeSouth East | £41,309 a year |
| 300 | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | £41,418 a year |
| 301 | HillingdonLondon | £41,422 a year |
| 302 | Epping ForestEast of England | £41,452 a year |
| 303 | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | £41,470 a year |
| 304 | Milton KeynesSouth East | £41,516 a year |
| 305 | TewkesburySouth West | £41,639 a year |
| 306 | DerbyEast Midlands | £41,924 a year |
| 307 | St AlbansEast of England | £41,967 a year |
| 308 | CrawleySouth East | £41,977 a year |
| 309 | SloughSouth East | £42,027 a year |
| 310 | West BerkshireSouth East | £42,135 a year |
| 311 | BristolSouth West | £42,160 a year |
| 312 | East HertfordshireEast of England | £42,219 a year |
| 313 | South GloucestershireSouth West | £42,267 a year |
| 314 | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | £42,346 a year |
| 315 | East RenfrewshireScotland | £42,490 a year |
| 316 | North HertfordshireEast of England | £42,555 a year |
| 317 | SolihullWest Midlands | £42,587 a year |
| 318 | HaringeyLondon | £42,609 a year |
| 319 | Orkney IslandsScotland | £42,639 a year |
| 320 | CumberlandNorth West | £42,808 a year |
| 321 | LewishamLondon | £42,962 a year |
| 322 | RugbyWest Midlands | £42,966 a year |
| 323 | WandsworthLondon | £43,035 a year |
| 324 | HounslowLondon | £43,068 a year |
| 325 | WinchesterSouth East | £43,195 a year |
| 326 | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | £43,296 a year |
| 327 | BromleyLondon | £43,474 a year |
| 328 | OxfordSouth East | £43,502 a year |
| 329 | City of EdinburghScotland | £43,715 a year |
| 330 | Aberdeen CityScotland | £43,719 a year |
| 331 | East DunbartonshireScotland | £44,229 a year |
| 332 | NewhamLondon | £44,347 a year |
| 333 | South OxfordshireSouth East | £44,822 a year |
| 334 | Bracknell ForestSouth East | £44,883 a year |
| 335 | GuildfordSouth East | £45,061 a year |
| 336 | HertsmereEast of England | £45,103 a year |
| 337 | FyldeNorth West | £45,127 a year |
| 338 | Vale of White HorseSouth East | £45,194 a year |
| 339 | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | £45,600 a year |
| 340 | CambridgeEast of England | £45,762 a year |
| 341 | StevenageEast of England | £46,006 a year |
| 342 | South CambridgeshireEast of England | £46,007 a year |
| 343 | Shetland IslandsScotland | £46,290 a year |
| 344 | RunnymedeSouth East | £46,455 a year |
| 345 | WokinghamSouth East | £46,574 a year |
| 346 | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | £47,956 a year |
| 347 | LambethLondon | £48,690 a year |
| 348 | HackneyLondon | £48,724 a year |
| 349 | ReadingSouth East | £49,062 a year |
| 350 | Ribble ValleyNorth West | £49,351 a year |
| 351 | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | £49,476 a year |
| 352 | Mole ValleySouth East | £49,889 a year |
| 353 | SouthwarkLondon | £50,000 a year |
| 354 | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | £50,435 a year |
| 355 | Three RiversEast of England | £50,931 a year |
| 356 | IslingtonLondon | £53,185 a year |
| 357 | CamdenLondon | £53,577 a year |
| 358 | WestminsterLondon | £53,923 a year |
| 359 | Tower HamletsLondon | £66,686 a year |
| 360 | City of LondonLondon | £68,663 a year |
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- Isles of Scilly. Too few jobs here were surveyed for ONS to publish it.
ASHE median gross annual pay of full time employee jobs, by place of work (2025), from NOMIS and, for Northern Ireland, NISRA · 2025 · fetched 14 October 2026 · How this is measured
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