West Sussex average salary comparison

The average salary is ranging between £34.8k in Arun and £44.9k in Crawley. The UK average salary was £42.2k in 2023. 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.
West Sussex average salary comparison
Local authorityAverage salary in 2023
Arun£34.8k
Worthing£35.6k
Chichester£36.0k
Horsham£37.5k
Adur£39.8k
United Kingdom£42.2k
Mid Sussex£42.9k
Crawley£44.9k
West Sussex average salary by year

West Sussex average salary comparison by sex

The average salary for female is ranging between £32.0k in Arun and £39.2k in Crawley. The UK average salary for female was £37.2k in 2023. The average salary for male is ranging between £37.2k in Arun and £47.4k in Crawley. The UK average salary for male was £45.6k in 2023.
West Sussex average salary comparison by sex
Local authorityFemale average salary, 2023Male average salary
Arun£32.0k£37.2k
Worthing£33.3k£37.5k
Chichester£32.6k£38.5k
Horsham£33.2k£39.6k
Adur£37.5k£40.9k
United Kingdom£37.2k£45.6k
Mid Sussex£41.3k£44.1k
Crawley£39.2k£47.4k

West Sussex median salary comparison

The median salary is ranging between £29.9k in Arun and £38.7k in Crawley. The UK median salary was £35.0k in 2023.
West Sussex median salary comparison
Local authorityMedian salary in 2023
Arun£29.9k
Worthing£31.4k
Chichester£31.8k
Horsham£33.0k
Adur£33.0k
United Kingdom£35.0k
Mid Sussex£36.2k
Crawley£38.7k
West Sussex median salary by year

West Sussex median salary comparison by sex

The median salary for female is ranging between £29.2k in Arun and £34.0k in Crawley. The UK median salary for female was £31.7k in 2023. The median salary for male is ranging between £30.0k in Arun and £39.8k in Crawley. The UK median salary for male was £37.4k in 2023.
West Sussex median salary comparison by sex
Local authorityFemale median salary in 2023Male median salary
Arun£29.2k£30.0k
Worthing£28.6k£34.1k
Chichester£29.6k£34.3k
Horsham£30.0k£33.7k
AdurN/A£33.2k
United Kingdom£31.7k£37.4k
Mid Sussex£33.1k£36.4k
Crawley£34.0k£39.8k

West Sussex unemployment rate comparison

The unemployment rate is ranging between 2.5% in Mid Sussex and 4% in Crawley. The UK unemployment rate was 3.7% in 2023.
West Sussex unemployment rate comparison
Local authorityUnemployment rate in 2023
Mid Sussex2.5%
Horsham2.7%
Adur3.3%
Arun3.3%
Worthing3.6%
United Kingdom3.7%
Chichester4%
Crawley4%
West Sussex unemployment rate by year

West Sussex house price to earnings ratio

The median property price to median earnings ratio is ranging between 9.8 in Crawley and 12.6 in Chichester. Ie. Crawley resident with middle-income needs 9.8 gross annual salaries to buy a medium-priced property. Resident in Chichester needs 12.6 annual salaries. The England and Wales ratio was 8.16 in 2022.
West Sussex house price to earnings ratio
Local authorityMedian house price to median salary ratio in 2022
England and Wales8.16
Crawley9.8
Worthing11.3
Adur11.6
Arun11.6
Mid Sussex11.9
Horsham12
Chichester12.6
West Sussex house price to earnings ratio history

West Sussex 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 Arun 011, with £30.6k. The area with the highest average net income was Crawley 008, with £48.5k. Median income was £37.9k - i.e. half of the areas had income equal or above £37.9k. 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£30.6k
The median income£37.9k
The highest income£48.5k
West Sussex net household income map

West Sussex working age population share

2020 population estimates.

43.5

West Sussex
average age

40.4

England & Wales
average age
West Sussex working age population share
age grouphead-count% share of population% for Eng & Wales
0-15159k18.3%19.1%
16-64508k58.5%62.2%
65+201k23.2%18.6%

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