What London earns
Median gross annual pay, twenty years of it.
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| Series | Period or category | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 2005 | 28,177 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2006 | 28,671 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2007 | 29,841 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2008 | 31,097 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2009 | 31,941 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2010 | 32,003 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2011 | 31,852 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2012 | 32,509 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2013 | 32,750 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2014 | 32,768 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2015 | 33,109 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2016 | 33,694 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2017 | 34,725 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2018 | 35,702 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2019 | 36,851 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2020 | 38,526 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2021 | 37,635 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2022 | 39,497 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2023 | 42,083 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2024 | 44,796 | GBP median gross annual |
| Value | 2025 | 46,414 | GBP median gross annual |
Methodology
Median gross annual pay for people living in London, from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings via NOMIS — the resident analysis rather than the workplace one, which measures what jobs in London pay and reads higher. Median rather than mean, because a handful of very large City salaries drag an average somewhere no one recognises. Cash figures, not adjusted for inflation: the line is what was paid, not what it bought.
Provenance
- Source
- ONS
- Cadence
- annual
- Engine
- timeline
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0