Manchester Wages and Employment
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and population data for Manchester.
Manchester wages and employment
Resident earnings, employment and population provide context for the local economy.
Resident population is from the latest ONS mid-year population estimates. 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.
Compare prices and rents with local earnings
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. View Manchester house price and rent to income ratios.
The latest ONS and Nomis labour-market profile for Manchester covers Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2025. It records an employment rate of 74.9%, an unemployment rate of 4.0%, and an economic inactivity rate of 22.0%.
These indicators describe the official survey estimates for the stated population and period.