Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Stockton-on-Tees Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Stockton-on-Tees prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Stockton-on-Tees wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
207,158
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£36,405
Stockton-on-Tees
Median resident weekly pay
£700
Full-time employees
Employment rate
73.5%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.7%
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.
Stockton-on-Tees had a resident population of 207,158 in 2025. That gives the labour market a sizeable local base, with the latest ONS and Nomis data offering a useful read on earning power and work patterns across the area.
On pay, the ASHE 2026 resident median weekly wage was £700.10.