WageSight

Westminster

Data to May 2026

Published at ITL3 (sub-regional) grain.

Recent months are provisional and revised in later ONS releases; this page always shows the latest published value (data to 2026-05-01).

Median monthly pay
£3,935
+6.3% on year
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-05-01
Source: PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay
Real pay vs CPIH
+3.3%
CPIH 2.97%
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-05-01
Source: Derived: HMRC RTISA median pay deflated by ONS CPIH for 2026-05-01; PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay; Consumer Price Indices (ONS MM23/CPIH)
Payrolled employees
96,698
-2.3% on year
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-05-01
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
Westminster£3,935+6.3%+3.3%96,698
Hammersmith and Fulham£3,642+4.6%+1.6%93,938
Camden£3,610+5.9%+2.8%97,256
Merton£3,253+4.7%+1.7%105,978
Sutton£3,074+4.2%+1.2%99,660
London£3,082+4.3%+1.3%4,343,845
United Kingdom£2,626+4.6%+1.6%30,253,517

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£78.96
Night out for two£180.65
Night out with friends£59.03
Family day out£416.82
Household essentials (monthly)£60.05
Dog owner monthly costs£43.64
Monthly leisure activities£133.67

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

Healthy life expectancy

Women: 59.8 healthy years at birth (52.5–67.1) · England 61.3 — not significantly different from England

Men: 60.5 healthy years at birth (54.1–66.8) · England 60.9 — not significantly different from 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 (2.97%). Recent months are provisional and revised in later releases.