Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Windsor and Maidenhead Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Windsor and Maidenhead prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
Windsor and Maidenhead wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
158,943
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£49,499
Windsor and Maidenhead
Median resident weekly pay
£952
Full-time employees
Employment rate
78.8%
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.
Windsor and Maidenhead has a relatively strong labour market profile, based on the ONS Annual Population Survey data shown by Nomis and the ONS ASHE earnings tables. The borough’s resident population was 158,943 in 2024.
That provides the context for a sizeable local workforce and a broad base of households competing for homes.