WageSight

West Berkshire

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
£2,956
+3.4% 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
+0.1%
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
77,234
-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, 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
Reigate and Banstead£3,164+3.2%-0.1%72,149
West Berkshire£2,956+3.4%+0.1%77,234
Mid Sussex£2,951+3.0%-0.3%72,998
Oxford£2,949+3.0%-0.3%74,010
Slough£2,702+3.0%-0.3%77,740
South East£2,795+3.3%+0.0%4,268,333
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£80.26
Night out for two£182.08
Night out with friends£60.04
Family day out£350.32
Household essentials (monthly)£67.08
Dog owner monthly costs£46.44
Monthly leisure activities£131.47

Priced at South East prices (CPI region), not the town.

Healthy life expectancy

Women: 66.5 healthy years at birth (62.7–70.4) · England 61.3 — significantly higher than England

Men: 65.5 healthy years at birth (61.6–69.3) · England 60.9 — significantly higher 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.