Estimates of annual household income for the four income types for Middle layer Super Output Areas, or local areas, in England and Wales.

In 2023/24 London had the highest average weekly household income before housing costs were considered in the United Kingdom, at *** British pounds a week, compared with the UK average of *** pounds a week.

Full-time workers in the finance and insurance sector had the highest average annual salaries in the United Kingdom in 2025, at approximately 58,488 British pounds, with those working in accommodation and food service professions having the lowest average salary, at 28,687 pounds per year.

Key information about UK Household Income per Capita

• United Kingdom Annual Household Income per Capita reached 37,446.677 USD in Dec 2024, compared with the previous value of 36,745.996 USD in Dec 2023.
• UK Annual Household Income per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1996 to Dec 2024, with an averaged value of 45,885.613 USD.
• The data reached an all-time high of 59,408.574 USD in Dec 2007 and a record low of 28,903.635 USD in Dec 1996.
• In the latest reports, Retail Sales of UK grew 0.200 % YoY in Oct 2025.

CEIC calculates Annual Household Income per Capita from annual Average Household Income and Average Household Size and converts it into USD. Office for National Statistics provides Household Income in local currency and Average Household Size. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.

In 2023/24 the median annual household disposable income in the United Kingdom amounted to approximately ****** British pounds. Between 1994/95 and 2007/08 the average household disposable income showed year-on-year increases, but after this point, income levels began to stagnate and even decline in some years. Although average household disposable resumed a steady growth pattern between 2012/13 and 2016/17, it has fluctuated in more recent years, and declined between 2020/21 and 2022/23. Economic shocks and disposable income The steady growth of disposable income from 1994 to 2008 reflected the generally healthy UK economy in that period. After the global financial crisis, however, the UK economy was plunged into a deep recession that is mirrored by a decline in disposable income. Although there was a period of recovery between 2013 and 2016, the UK economy has suffered a series of economic shocks since that point. The Brexit Referendum of 2016, and the subsequent economic and political fallout, was followed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and in more recent years by the Inflation Crisis and Ukraine War. Living costs putting UK households under pressure Between January and April 2022, the share of people reporting an increase in their living costs compared with the previous month rose from ** percent to ** percent. This corresponded with significant price increases at that time, with CPI inflation surging from *** percent in February 2021 to a **-year-high of **** percent by October 2022. Although inflation did gradually start to decline in the following months, it wasn't until July 2023 that wages caught up with inflation. The surge in energy and food prices that caused this high inflation, was devastating for UK households, leading to the worst Cost of Living Crisis for decades.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by age group.

Average annual incomes, taxes and benefits, and household characteristics of retired and non-retired households in the UK. Data for financial years, by quintile and decile groups, country and region and tenure type.

Gross weekly and hourly earnings by level of occupation, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

As of June 2023 in the United Kingdom, 12 percent of social media users had a household income of less than 15.6 thousand pounds. Overall, 13 percent of social media users in the UK had an income of between 22.8 thousand and 31.2 GPB, whilst eight percent had an annual household income of over 123 thousand GBP.

Full-time workers in London earned an average weekly salary of 958.2 British pounds a week in 2025, which was by far the highest of any region of the United Kingdom. The region with the lowest average salary was North East England, at 681.2 pounds a week.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by work-based region to local and unitary authority level.

In 2023/24, households in the top decile group in the United Kingdom had, on average, over 71,000 British pounds in equalized disposable household income, compared with the overall average of almost 37,000 pounds.

Wages in the United Kingdom increased to 742 GBP/Week in January from 735 GBP/Week in December of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Average Weekly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Annual estimates of UK regional gross disposable household income (GDHI) for combined authorities and city regions.

In 2023/24, the top twenty percent of earners in the United Kingdom had an average household disposable income of over******* British pounds, compared with ****** for the bottom twenty percent.

Statistics and commentary which give an insight into the standard of living of the household population in Great Britain, focusing on the lower part of income distribution. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/hbai.asp https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/households-below-average-income-hbai--2 Source agency: Work and Pensions Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Households Below Average Income

Estimates and analysis of economic progress, including a broader range of economic activities and assets than gross domestic product (GDP), like unpaid household services, ecosystem services, and more. These are official statistics in development.