Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
West Midlands Median Salary
Resident earnings data for West Midlands, shown alongside regional house prices and rents for affordability context.
Median resident annual pay
£38,012
Feb 2026-Apr 2026 / ASHE 2025
Median resident weekly pay
£731
Full-time employees
House price to income
6.6x earnings
Average price vs annual pay
Rent to income
30% of monthly earnings
Average rent vs monthly pay
Feb 2026-Apr 2026 / ASHE 2025
West Midlands wages and affordability
Resident earnings help explain how regional prices and rents compare with local pay.
Resident population
6,187,204
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£38,012
West Midlands
Median resident weekly pay
£731
Full-time employees
Employment rate
73.3%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
5.3%
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.
West Midlands has a resident population of 6.2 million, based on the 2024 ONS estimate. That large population gives the region a broad labour market and a wide mix of household incomes.
For property affordability, that scale matters because it supports demand across very different price points, from lower-cost homes to more expensive family housing.