Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Buckinghamshire Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Buckinghamshire prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
Buckinghamshire wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
578,772
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£43,462
Buckinghamshire
Median resident weekly pay
£836
Full-time employees
Employment rate
82.4%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.0%
Economically active
Average monthly rent compared with estimated monthly earnings.
Labour market rates are from the ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis. Where the local APS unemployment value is suppressed, the ONS model-based unemployment estimate is used. Earnings are ONS ASHE resident-analysis median full-time employee earnings. Annual pay is annualised from weekly pay for display context.
Incomes Explain Affordability Pressure
Wage and employment data does not predict house prices by itself. It gives demand-side context: how average prices and rents compare with resident earnings, whether employment conditions support demand, and where affordability pressure may limit the buyer or renter pool.
Buckinghamshire’s labour market profile points to a relatively well-paid and highly employed resident base. The latest ONS and Nomis data show a resident median weekly pay of £835.80 in ASHE 2025.
That is equal to a median annual pay of £43,462 and a median hourly pay of £22.02.