WageSight

Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon

Data to Aug 2026

Published at local authority grain.

Recent months are provisional and revised in later ONS releases; this page always shows the latest published value (data to 2026-08-01).

Median monthly pay
£2,494
+5.1% on year
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-08-01
Source: PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay
Real pay vs CPIH
+1.7%
CPIH 3.30%
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-08-01
Source: Derived: HMRC RTISA median pay deflated by ONS CPIH for 2026-08-01; PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay; Consumer Price Indices (ONS MM23/CPIH)
Payrolled employees
98,880
+0.7% on year
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-08-01
Source: PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay

Median pay trend

Median monthly pay trend, rising over the period, ending at the latest month.
Trend shown as a non-recoverable image; the exact monthly history is available via the WageSight grounding API.

How it compares

AreaMedian payChange, yrReal termsEmployees
Lisburn and Castlereagh£2,688+5.0%+1.6%68,104
Ards and North Down£2,524+5.2%+1.8%67,494
Mid Ulster£2,511+5.9%+2.5%68,219
Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon£2,494+5.1%+1.7%98,880
Newry Mourne and Down£2,372+4.7%+1.4%73,240
United Kingdom£2,657+3.5%+0.2%30,227,243

Figures exact as published; WageSight does not round. The quarterly LAD release means mixed vintages are normal — a row a quarter behind shows its own data month.

Everyday & leisure spending

Everyday and leisure spending, priced at the area's CPI region — not a weekly food shop, rent, energy, or council tax.

Eating out basket£85.93
Night out for two£189.39
Night out with friends£62.03
Family day out£338.62
Household essentials (monthly)£62.09
Dog owner monthly costs£39.65
Monthly leisure activities£131.67

Priced at Northern Ireland prices (CPI region), not the town.

Healthy life expectancy

Women: 61.4 healthy years at birth (58.6–64.2) · Northern Ireland 60.7 — not significantly different from Northern Ireland

Men: 61.2 healthy years at birth (58.6–63.9) · Northern Ireland 60.8 — not significantly different from Northern Ireland

Official statistics in development (2022–2024), at birth. Comparisons are gated on statistical significance; change over time is not asserted.

About these figures. Pay and employment derive from HMRC PAYE RTI, published by ONS. Real pay is deflated by CPIH (3.30%). Recent months are provisional and revised in later releases.