Blackburn average salary comparison 2017
Gross average income in 2017 for full-time employees by local government district. An employee has to be in the same job for over 12 months. The data collected is Tax Year Ending. The income includes incentive payments.
Area | Average salary |
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Rossendale | £23.2k |
Burnley | £27.4k |
Pendle | £29.5k |
Hyndburn | £29.6k |
Blackburn with Darwen | £33.4k |
Ribble Valley | £34.7k |
United Kingdom | £35.4k |
Blackburn median salary comparison 2017
Gross median income in 2017 for full-time employees including incentive payments. Median income divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having income above that amount, and half having income below that amount.
Area | Median salary |
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Rossendale | £20.2k |
Burnley | £22.5k |
Blackburn with Darwen | £24k |
Hyndburn | £24.2k |
Pendle | £25.3k |
United Kingdom | £28.8k |
Ribble Valley | £31.9k |
Blackburn unemployment rate comparison 2017

Area | Unemployment rate |
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Ribble Valley | 2.4% |
Rossendale | 3.3% |
United Kingdom | 4.4% |
Pendle | 4.7% |
Hyndburn | 4.9% |
Burnley | 5.5% |
Blackburn with Darwen | 5.9% |
Blackburn average salary
Gross average income in 2017 for full-time employees. An employee has to be in the same job for over 12 months. The data collected is Tax Year Ending. The income includes incentive payments.

Blackburn median salary
Gross annual median income for full-time employees including incentive payments.

Blackburn unemployment rate

Blackburn net household income map
Map shows net average household income in 2016 by middle layer super output area (MSOA). The lowest household income was in Burnley 003, with £19.2k. The area with the highest average income was Ribble Valley 008, with £38.4k. Median income was £26.4k - i.e. half of the areas had income equal or above £26.4k. Median income for England and Wales was 31.9k ( the lowest income was in Leeds 086, £16.8k, the highest in Tower Hamlets 033, £93.8k).
| Name | Net income |
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lowest | Burnley 003 | £19.2k |
median | | £26.4k |
highest | Ribble Valley 008 | £38.4k |
Blackburn relative housing costs map
The map below shows housing costs share of net household income. The higher share of income costs take the darker color is displayed. An equivalisation scale and different models for income before housing costs and after housing costs may results in a few inconsitencies. Although there are some inconsistencies, it does not change significantly the overall picture of area comparison.
Blackburn working age population share
2017 population estimates.

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