Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
North West England Median Salary
Resident earnings data for North West England, shown alongside regional house prices and rents for affordability context.
Median resident annual pay
£38,210
Feb 2026-Apr 2026 / ASHE 2025
Median resident weekly pay
£735
Full-time employees
House price to income
5.7x earnings
Average price vs annual pay
Rent to income
30% of monthly earnings
Average rent vs monthly pay
Feb 2026-Apr 2026 / ASHE 2025
North West England wages and affordability
Resident earnings help explain how regional prices and rents compare with local pay.
Resident population
7,737,414
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£38,210
North West England
Median resident weekly pay
£735
Full-time employees
Employment rate
74.4%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
5.0%
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.
North West England had a resident population of 7,737,414 in 2024. That gives useful scale to the labour market backdrop.
It also means that small percentage changes can affect a large number of households across the region. The latest ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis puts the employment rate at 74.4%.