WageSight

Knowsley

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
£2,553
+2.5% 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
-0.8%
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
69,951
-0.9% 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, falling 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
Knowsley£2,553+2.5%-0.8%69,951
Lancaster£2,460+2.8%-0.4%59,369
Preston£2,444+3.6%+0.3%73,215
Blackpool£2,351+4.1%+0.7%58,653
Blackburn with Darwen£2,340+3.6%+0.3%64,735
North West£2,545+3.3%+0.0%3,310,280
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£90.63
Night out for two£281.10
Night out with friends£80.50
Family day out£452.57
Household essentials (monthly)£68.60
Dog owner monthly costs£49.15
Monthly leisure activities£185.38

Priced at North West prices (CPI region), not the town.

Healthy life expectancy

Women: 53.7 healthy years at birth (48.7–58.7) · England 61.3 — significantly lower than England

Men: 54 healthy years at birth (49.4–58.6) · England 60.9 — significantly lower than England

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.