Workers resident in Kensington & Chelsea and Wandsworth top London earnings league with those in Hillingdon and Barking and Dagenham at the bottom
Workers resident in Kensington & Chelsea and Wandsworth top London earnings league with those in Hillingdon and Barking and Dagenham at the bottom.
Figures show the extent to which the areas of London are split between those with residents with higher earnings and those with the lower paid and a cursory look at house prices and rents across the capital reflect this precise split says GMB London.
The mean average annual earnings of full-time workers resident in Kensington and Chelsea in 2021 at £88,827 put them top of the London earnings league by borough. This amounts to 236.7% of the average earnings for all workers in the UK.
Second in the league were full-time workers resident in Wandsworth at £67,775 or 177.7% of the national average. They were followed by Westminster at £66,179 (173.6%), Richmond on Thames at £64,417 (168.9%), Kingston on Thames £53,364 (139.9%), Camden £53,287 (139.7%), and Bromley £53,193 (139.5%).
At the other end of the London earnings league for full-time bottom were workers resident in Barking and Dagenham at £36,931 or 96.1% of the national average. Second from bottom was Hillingdon at £38,779 (101.7%), just below Brent £39,537 (103.7%), Newham £40,869 (107.2%), Hounslow £41,176 (108%).
The average annual earnings of workers resident in London in 2021 at £50,239 was 131.8% of the UK average which was £38, 131.
These figures are from a new study by GMB of The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) of mean average annual gross earnings for full-time employee jobs for 2021 from the Office for National Statistics Table 8.7a. The figures for workers resident in London boroughs are set out in the table below. For 2021 no figures are available for workers resident in City of London, Hammersmith and Fulham and Islington.
EARNINGS LEAGUE FOR FULL-TIME WORKERS RESIDENT IN LONDON BOROUGHS
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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
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Table 8.7a Mean Annual pay - Gross (£) - For full-time employee jobs
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2021 |
% of UK average |
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United Kingdom |
38,131 |
100.0 |
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Great Britain |
38,335 |
100.5 |
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England and Wales |
38,560 |
101.1 |
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England |
38,880 |
102.0 |
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London |
50,239 |
131.8 |
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rank |
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1 |
Kensington and Chelsea |
89,827 |
235.6 |
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2 |
Wandsworth |
67,775 |
177.7 |
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3 |
Westminster |
66,179 |
173.6 |
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4 |
Richmond upon Thames |
64,417 |
168.9 |
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5 |
Kingston upon Thames |
53,364 |
139.9 |
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6 |
Camden |
53,287 |
139.7 |
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7 |
Bromley |
53,193 |
139.5 |
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8 |
Tower Hamlets |
52,871 |
138.7 |
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9 |
Barnet |
50,963 |
133.7 |
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10 |
Southwark |
50,823 |
133.3 |
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11 |
Merton |
50,519 |
132.5 |
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12 |
Hackney |
49,828 |
130.7 |
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13 |
Ealing |
49,701 |
130.3 |
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14 |
Lambeth |
49,532 |
129.9 |
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15 |
Greenwich |
46,851 |
122.9 |
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16 |
Harrow |
46,061 |
120.8 |
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17 |
Bexley |
45,443 |
119.2 |
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18 |
Lewisham |
45,421 |
119.1 |
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19 |
Redbridge |
45,250 |
118.7 |
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20 |
Haringey |
43,504 |
114.1 |
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21 |
Sutton |
43,465 |
114.0 |
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22 |
Waltham Forest |
42,586 |
111.7 |
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23 |
Croydon |
42,473 |
111.4 |
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24 |
Havering |
42,281 |
110.9 |
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25 |
Enfield |
41,357 |
108.5 |
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26 |
Hounslow |
41,176 |
108.0 |
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27 |
Newham |
40,869 |
107.2 |
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28 |
Brent |
39,537 |
103.7 |
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29 |
Hillingdon |
38,779 |
101.7 |
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30 |
Barking and Dagenham |
36,931 |
96.9 |
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City of London |
x |
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Hammersmith and Fulham |
x |
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Islington |
x |
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x no data |
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Warren Kenny, GMB London Regional Secretary said:
“These figures graphically demonstrate the extent to which the areas of London are split between those with residents with higher earnings and those with the lower paid. A cursory look at house prices and rents across London reflect this precise split.
“After the pandemic, all workers across London are facing severe costs of living pressures as inflation bites into living standards. This is a very big issue that will dominate politics and the economy over the next year.
“However, these figures demonstrate that the very lowest paid in London are facing the most severe pressure. They are being priced out of London. Specific action on social housing and London living wage are required to deal with them.
“For those on the national minimum wage and above (of £9.50 per hour for April 2022 working full time for a year for £18,525) earning just above half the national average earnings they can’t afford to live in London unless there are homes for rent available at genuinely affordable social rents.
“In the face of this policymakers in the Boroughs, the Mayor’s office and the national government must put a stop to the demolition of council estates and replacing these with homes for sale at London prices and market rents. Instead, they should refurbish them and ramp up the building of homes at affordable social rents. Labour councillors facing the electorate in the London Borough elections next month should pledge to support this policy.
“In addition, all outsourced contracts in local government, health, education and transport services like the airports etc should have a built-in requirement for contractors to pay the London living wage of £11.05 per hour or £21,547.5 per year for full-time workers.
“These measures for the lower paid are essential for London to have the range of workers it needs for a thriving capital city.”
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Contact: GMB London Region Press Office 020 8457 4143
Notes to Editors
1] Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2021, Office for National Statistics, Crown Copyright Reserved
2] The figures are annual Mean salary for all Full-time employees, residential based in April 2021
3] Full-time is defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions).
4] ASHE is based on a 1% sample of employee jobs, drawn from HM Revenue and Customs Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records.
5] Further details are available here:
