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
Apr 2026-Jun 2026 / ASHE 2025
Median resident weekly pay
£735
Full-time employees
House price to income
5.8x earnings
Average price vs annual pay
Rent to income
30% of monthly earnings
Average rent vs monthly pay
Apr 2026-Jun 2026 / ASHE 2025
North West England wages and affordability
Resident earnings help explain how regional prices and rents compare with local pay.
Resident population
7,716,106
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£38,210
North West England
Median resident weekly pay
£735
Full-time employees
Employment rate
74.7%
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 has a resident population of 7.72 million, so these labour-market figures relate to a very large and diverse regional economy. The latest ONS and Nomis data show an employment rate of 74.7%, with unemployment at 5.0% and economic inactivity at 21.3%.