Lancashire average salary comparison

The average salary is ranging between £31.5k in Rossendale and £47.5k in Ribble Valley. 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.
Lancashire average salary comparison
Local authorityAverage salary in 2023
Rossendale£31.5k
Wyre£31.7k
Burnley£32.5k
Chorley£32.8k
Blackpool£33.0k
Pendle£34.3k
Lancaster£35.0k
South Ribble£35.5k
Preston£35.8k
Hyndburn£36.1k
Blackburn with Darwen£36.9k
West Lancashire£38.6k
United Kingdom£42.2k
Fylde£44.1k
Ribble Valley£47.5k
Lancashire average salary by year

Lancashire average salary comparison by sex

The average salary for female is ranging between £28.7k in Rossendale and £31.2k in Ribble Valley. The UK average salary for female was £37.2k in 2023. The average salary for male is ranging between £33.7k in Rossendale and £51.0k in Ribble Valley. The UK average salary for male was £45.6k in 2023.
Lancashire average salary comparison by sex
Local authorityFemale average salary, 2023Male average salary
Rossendale£28.7k£33.7k
Wyre£27.4k£33.9k
Burnley£32.3k£32.7k
Chorley£31.6k£33.7k
Blackpool£31.2k£34.9k
Pendle£24.5k£36.8k
Lancaster£28.2k£37.8k
South Ribble£28.9k£38.4k
Preston£32.1k£38.2k
Hyndburn£29.4k£39.6k
Blackburn with Darwen£35.0k£39.1k
West Lancashire£33.9k£41.0k
United Kingdom£37.2k£45.6k
Fylde£34.2k£48.7k
Ribble Valley£31.2k£51.0k

Lancashire median salary comparison

The median salary is ranging between £28.0k in Rossendale and £41.9k in Ribble Valley. The UK median salary was £35.0k in 2023.
Lancashire median salary comparison
Local authorityMedian salary in 2023
Rossendale£28.0k
Burnley£28.2k
Wyre£28.3k
Preston£29.6k
Chorley£29.8k
Pendle£29.9k
Blackpool£30.5k
Lancaster£30.6k
Hyndburn£30.8k
Blackburn with Darwen£31.6k
South Ribble£33.2k
United Kingdom£35.0k
Fylde£40.4k
Ribble Valley£41.9k
Lancashire median salary by year

Lancashire median salary comparison by sex

The median salary for female is ranging between £27.0k in Rossendale and £27.2k in Ribble Valley. The UK median salary for female was £31.7k in 2023. The median salary for male is ranging between £28.3k in Rossendale and £45.9k in Ribble Valley. The UK median salary for male was £37.4k in 2023.
Lancashire median salary comparison by sex
Local authorityFemale median salary in 2023Male median salary
Rossendale£27.0k£28.3k
Burnley£28.5k£27.8k
Wyre£23.2k£30.9k
Preston£26.6k£32.1k
Chorley£26.2k£31.4k
PendleN/A£30.9k
Blackpool£29.0k£31.6k
Lancaster£25.6k£33.2k
Hyndburn£25.1k£32.2k
Blackburn with Darwen£30.9k£32.1k
South Ribble£25.4k£36.4k
United Kingdom£31.7k£37.4k
Fylde£28.2k£44.2k
Ribble Valley£27.2k£45.9k

Lancashire unemployment rate comparison

The unemployment rate is ranging between 1.9% in Ribble Valley and 6.7% in Pendle. The UK unemployment rate was 3.7% in 2023.
Lancashire unemployment rate comparison
Local authorityUnemployment rate in 2023
Ribble Valley1.9%
South Ribble2.3%
Fylde2.5%
Chorley2.9%
Rossendale2.9%
Wyre3.4%
Lancaster3.5%
United Kingdom3.7%
Hyndburn3.9%
West Lancashire3.9%
Preston4%
Burnley4.1%
Blackpool4.2%
Blackburn with Darwen4.7%
Pendle6.7%
Lancashire unemployment rate by year

Lancashire house price to earnings ratio

The median property price to median earnings ratio is ranging between 4.2 in Burnley and 7.2 in Ribble Valley. Ie. Burnley resident with middle-income needs 4.2 gross annual salaries to buy a medium-priced property. Resident in Ribble Valley needs 7.2 annual salaries. The England and Wales ratio was 8.16 in 2022.
Lancashire house price to earnings ratio
Local authorityMedian house price to median salary ratio in 2022
Burnley4.2
Hyndburn4.5
Blackburn with Darwen4.7
Pendle4.8
Blackpool5.3
Preston5.5
Wyre5.5
Chorley5.6
Rossendale5.7
Lancaster5.8
South Ribble6
Fylde6.6
West Lancashire6.6
Ribble Valley7.2
England and Wales8.16
Lancashire house price to earnings ratio history

Lancashire 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 Blackburn with Darwen 006, with £22.4k. The area with the highest average net income was Preston 002, with £40.8k. Median income was £30.9k - i.e. half of the areas had income equal or above £30.9k. 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£22.4k
The median income£30.9k
The highest income£40.8k
Lancashire net household income map

Lancashire working age population share

2020 population estimates.

41.3

Lancashire
average age

40.4

England & Wales
average age
Lancashire working age population share
age grouphead-count% share of population% for Eng & Wales
0-15287k18.9%19.1%
16-64923k60.9%62.2%
65+306k20.2%18.6%

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