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Employee pay

Average gross weekly wages for full-time and part-time employees by residence and workplace

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Gross weekly pay in the North East LEP area

A survey of employers in April 2022 showed that for full-time employees working in the North East LEP area, average (median) gross weekly pay in 2022 was £580 and for part-time employees it was £230.

The North East full-time median was only 89% of the England equivalent (£646), in contrast the part-time median pay was very similar (England £228). The North East full-time figure was the joint lowest amongst the eight-core city LEP areas and below that of the Tees Valley.

Among full-time employees in the North East, median pay increased by 20% between 2014 and 2022, a smaller increase than across England (23%). The percentage change for part-time employees was higher, with a North East increase of 42% that matched the England increase of 42%. These are nominal estimates that do not take account of inflation.

At the local authority level full-time workplace pay was highest in Newcastle and lowest in Sunderland. Differences at the parliamentary constituency level are were larger, with Tynemouth having a workplace full-time gross weekly pay of £633 compared to £507 in Bishop Auckland.
 

Pay by sector and occupation

Those working in professional occupations on average earn more than those working in other occupations both in the North East and in the UK. However, the pay gap between the North East and the rest of the UK is also the greatest within professional occupations. Process plan and machine operators and is the only occupation group which has median gross weekly full-time income equal to that of the UK.

Mining and quarrying is the sector with the highest median pay in the North East, although it is relatively small sector in employment terms. Information technologies, professional and scientific and technical, and real estate are the next three best renumerated sectors. The most significant gap at the sectoral level with the UK is in the financial sector, which is the second-best renumerated sector in the UK but below average in the North East.
 

Median gross weekly pay by occupation for full time employees North East region and UK (£s - 2022)

Median gross weekly pay by sector for full time employees, North East region and UK (£s - 2022)

Difference between resident and workplace gross weekly pay in theNorth East region constituencies (£s - 2022) 

Median resident pay is larger than the workplace equivalent in areas where many high earning residents work elsewhere. In places with large in-commutes of high earners the workplace median is higher. Differences are more noticeable at a constituency level.

Hexham and Newcastle upon Tyne North see the most significant increases in their resident income compared to their workplace income, highlighting many commuters reside in these areas

In the LA7 Newcastle upon Tyne central, Washington and Sunderland west and Wansbeck see the largest decrease in residential income compared to workplace income, suggesting that these are areas with large inflows of commuters