Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
St Albans Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading St Albans prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
St Albans wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
150,757
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£58,999
St Albans
Median resident weekly pay
£1,135
Full-time employees
Employment rate
77.9%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
6.2%
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.
St Albans shows a strong earnings profile in the latest ONS and Nomis labour-market data. On ASHE 2026, resident median full-time pay is £1,134.60 a week, or £58,999 a year.
That is well above the Great Britain median of £766.60 a week, or £39,863 a year. Median hourly pay is £30.85, compared with £19.74 nationally.