Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
East of England Median Salary
Resident earnings data for East of England, shown alongside regional house prices and rents for affordability context.
Median resident annual pay
£41,855
Feb 2026-Apr 2026 / ASHE 2025
Median resident weekly pay
£805
Full-time employees
House price to income
8.0x earnings
Average price vs annual pay
Rent to income
37% of monthly earnings
Average rent vs monthly pay
Feb 2026-Apr 2026 / ASHE 2025
East of England wages and affordability
Resident earnings help explain how regional prices and rents compare with local pay.
Resident population
6,576,306
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£41,855
East of England
Median resident weekly pay
£805
Full-time employees
Employment rate
78.2%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.2%
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.
The East of England has a resident population of 6,576,306 in 2024. That is a large and diverse labour market.
For property affordability, that matters because it gives the region a broad base of workers, households and local demand patterns.