Cardiff average salary comparison

The average salary is ranging between £32.8k in Merthyr Tydfil and £41.1k in Cardiff. The UK average salary was £45.8k in 2024. Gross average salary is calculated for full-time employees. Employee has to be in the same job for over 12 months. The data collected is Tax Year Ending. The income includes incentive payments and are available for local government districts/counties.

Local authority	Average salary in 2024
Merthyr Tydfil	£32.8k
Caerphilly	£35.1k
Rhondda Cynon Taf	£36.1k
Bridgend	£37.1k
Vale of Glamorgan	£37.3k
Cardiff	£41.1k
United Kingdom	£45.8k

Cardiff average salary comparison by sex

The average salary for female is ranging between £29.8k in Merthyr Tydfil and £37.8k in Cardiff. The UK average salary for female was £39.9k in 2024. The average salary for male is ranging between £35.6k in Merthyr Tydfil and £43.5k in Cardiff. The UK average salary for male was £50.2k in 2024.

Local authority	Female average salary, 2024	Male average salary
Merthyr Tydfil	£29.8k	£35.6k
Caerphilly	£34.9k	£35.2k
Rhondda Cynon Taf	£33.0k	£38.7k
Bridgend	£35.2k	£38.9k
Vale of Glamorgan	£30.9k	£41.8k
Cardiff	£37.8k	£43.5k
United Kingdom	£39.9k	£50.2k

Cardiff median salary comparison

The median salary is ranging between £29.2k in Merthyr Tydfil and £36.2k in Cardiff. The UK median salary was £37.4k in 2024.

Local authority	Median salary in 2024
Merthyr Tydfil	£29.2k
Caerphilly	£31.7k
Rhondda Cynon Taf	£32.2k
Vale of Glamorgan	£32.8k
Bridgend	£32.9k
Cardiff	£36.2k
United Kingdom	£37.4k

Cardiff median salary comparison by sex

The median salary for female is ranging between £27.8k in Merthyr Tydfil and £34.5k in Cardiff. The UK median salary for female was £34.0k in 2024. The median salary for male is ranging between £29.7k in Merthyr Tydfil and £37.8k in Cardiff. The UK median salary for male was £40.0k in 2024.

Local authority	Female median salary in 2024	Male median salary
Merthyr Tydfil	£27.8k	£29.7k
Caerphilly	£28.8k	N/A
Rhondda Cynon Taf	£30.9k	£34.7k
Vale of Glamorgan	£26.0k	£35.9k
Bridgend	£31.4k	N/A
Cardiff	£34.5k	£37.8k
United Kingdom	£34.0k	£40.0k

Cardiff unemployment rate comparison

The unemployment rate is ranging between 2.7% in Caerphilly and 3.8% in Cardiff. The UK unemployment rate was 3.7% in 2024.

Local authority	Unemployment rate in 2024
Caerphilly	2.7%
Bridgend	3%
Merthyr Tydfil	3%
Vale of Glamorgan	3%
Rhondda Cynon Taf	3.5%
United Kingdom	3.7%
Cardiff	3.8%

Cardiff house price to earnings ratio

The median property price to median earnings ratio is ranging between 4.3 in Merthyr Tydfil and 7.2 in Vale of Glamorgan. Ie. Merthyr Tydfil resident with middle-income needs 4.3 gross annual salaries to buy a medium-priced property. Resident in Vale of Glamorgan needs 7.2 annual salaries. The England and Wales ratio was 7.54 in 2024.

Local authority	Median house price to median salary ratio in 2024
Merthyr Tydfil	4.3
Rhondda Cynon Taf	4.4
Caerphilly	5.6
Bridgend	5.8
Cardiff	7
Vale of Glamorgan	7.2
England and Wales	7.54

Cardiff net household income map

Map shows the net average household income in 2020 by middle layer super output area (MSOA). The lowest average net household income was in Rhondda Cynon Taf 007, with £23.2k. The area with the highest average net income was Cardiff 001, with £47.2k. Median income was £29.1k - i.e. half of the areas had income equal or above £29.1k. Median income for England and Wales was 34.5k ( the lowest income was in Middlesbrough 001, £19.3k, the highest in Westminster 019, £67.0k).

The lowest income	£23.2k
The median income	£29.1k
The highest income	£47.2k

Cardiff working age population share

2022 population estimates.

40.3

Cardiff
average age

40.8

England & Wales
average age

age group	head-count	% share of population	% for Eng & Wales
0-15	191k	18.2%	18.5%
16-64	665k	63.4%	62.8%
65+	193k	18.4%	18.8%