Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Rugby Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Rugby prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Rugby wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
125,594
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£46,368
Rugby
Median resident weekly pay
£892
Full-time employees
Employment rate
78.8%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.9%
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.
Rugby’s labour-market profile points to a relatively strong local earnings and employment picture, based on the latest ONS/Nomis Annual Population Survey data and ASHE resident earnings for Apr 2025 to Mar 2026. The resident population is 125,594, so this is a sizeable city with a broad working-age base.