Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
North Yorkshire Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading North Yorkshire prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
North Yorkshire wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
635,270
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£37,986
North Yorkshire
Median resident weekly pay
£731
Full-time employees
Employment rate
77.6%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
1.6%
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.
North Yorkshire’s labour market profile points to a relatively high-earning, fairly tight local jobs picture by ONS and Nomis standards. The resident population was 635,270 in 2024, giving useful scale to the area’s labour market and housing need.