Ealing jobs show signs of recovery as median pay reaches £2,908 a month
WageSight Wire · Jul 2026
- Employment
- 181,268 workers (June 2026)
- Monthly change
- +0.0% (+4 workers)
- Annual change
- -1.0% (-1,856 workers)
- Median pay
- £2,908/month (YoY: +4.5%, £125 more in cash terms)
- Total pay bill
- +4.3% on the year
- Real pay vs Feb 2022
- +£28 better off in real terms
Payrolled employment in Ealing fell 1% over the year to June 2026, with 181,268 workers on payroll. However, in the most recent month employers added 4 workers, a tentative sign that confidence may be returning.
Across London, payrolled employment edged down 0.8% over the year to June 2026. Ealing ranked 13th of 20 sub-regional areas in London by employment change over the past year.
The median pay packet for workers in Ealing stood at £2,908 in June 2026, up 4.5% over the past year and ahead of inflation at 2.82%. After a period of sharp inflation from 2022 that eroded real earnings, wages have been recovering. Workers in Ealing are now £28 a month better off in real terms than in February 2022, when median earnings stood at £2,326 a month. The total pay bill in Ealing rose 4.3% over the year, faster than headcount, suggesting average earnings per worker are improving.
Ealing's performance lagged behind the UK as a whole, where payrolled employment was broadly flat, down 0.2% over the year to June 2026. Across the UK, 599,257 workers entered payrolled employment in May 2026, the most recently available flow data, while 596,423 left, a net gain of 2,834 workers.
“After a sustained period of pressure on household finances, we’re starting to see the dial turn in Ealing. Employment is holding up and pay is beginning to outpace inflation. It’s early, but these are the right signals.”
— Paul Hebden, Director, Campaign Salience
London — employment and pay
| # | Area | Workers | Jobs (yr) | Median pay | Pay (yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bexley and Greenwich | 266,072 | +0.3% | £3,068 | +4.5% |
| 2 | Barking & Dagenham and Havering | 228,534 | +0.0% | £2,751 | +4.9% |
| 3 | Hackney and Newham | 326,819 | +0.0% | £2,813 | +4.4% |
| 4 | Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton | 286,271 | -0.4% | £3,181 | +4.5% |
| 5 | Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames | 236,611 | -0.4% | £3,036 | +3.9% |
| 6 | Bromley | 152,806 | -0.6% | £3,385 | +4.3% |
| 7 | Croydon | 191,987 | -0.6% | £2,973 | +5.1% |
| 8 | Wandsworth | 177,562 | -0.7% | £3,991 | +4.6% |
| 9 | Redbridge and Waltham Forest | 285,050 | -0.7% | £2,866 | +5.3% |
| 10 | Harrow and Hillingdon | 274,842 | -0.7% | £2,833 | +4.6% |
| 11 | Tower Hamlets | 170,646 | -0.9% | £3,316 | +4.1% |
| 12 | Lewisham and Southwark | 314,396 | -1.0% | £3,311 | +4.6% |
| 13 | Ealing | 181,268 | -1.0% | £2,908 | +4.5% |
| 14 | Barnet | 174,513 | -1.2% | £2,929 | +5.2% |
| 15 | Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham | 153,283 | -1.4% | £3,735 | +4.8% |
| 16 | Lambeth | 169,867 | -1.5% | £3,496 | +4.3% |
| 17 | Enfield | 145,051 | -1.6% | £2,611 | +4.6% |
| 18 | Haringey and Islington | 240,111 | -1.7% | £3,264 | +5.0% |
| 19 | Camden | 97,256 | -1.8% | £3,610 | +5.9% |
| 20 | Brent | 169,443 | -1.9% | £2,723 | +5.2% |
Notes to editors
Figures from WageSight, derived from ONS / HMRC PAYE Real Time Information. Full method at wagesight.com/methodology.
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