Income in South EastLocal Authorities Ranked

Median annual pay for employees living in South East is £35,215 (2025).

All 64 local authorities in South East, ranked by median annual pay. Data: Office for National Statistics (2025), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	Median annual pay
1	Wokingham	£43,538
2	South Oxfordshire	£43,026
3	Epsom and Ewell	£43,006
4	Elmbridge	£42,607
5	Waverley	£42,326
6	Runnymede	£42,203
7	Reigate and Banstead	£40,014
8	Guildford	£39,985
9	East Hampshire	£39,682
10	Hart	£39,341
11	Basingstoke and Deane	£39,279
12	Vale of White Horse	£38,859
13	Fareham	£38,851
14	West Berkshire	£38,513
15	Winchester	£38,352
16	Woking	£38,172
17	Spelthorne	£37,918
18	Surrey Heath	£37,793
19	Mid Sussex	£37,705
20	Windsor and Maidenhead	£37,653
21	Cherwell	£36,568
22	Oxford	£36,517
23	Horsham	£36,448
24	Dartford	£36,210
25	Bracknell Forest	£36,067
26	Milton Keynes	£36,061
27	Buckinghamshire	£35,937
28	Slough	£35,521
29	Reading	£35,454
30	West Oxfordshire	£35,388
31	Mole Valley	£35,341
32	Tunbridge Wells	£35,319
33	Test Valley	£35,314
34	Tonbridge and Malling	£35,106
35	Gravesham	£35,065
36	Sevenoaks	£34,969
37	Eastleigh	£34,474
38	Gosport	£34,256
39	Crawley	£34,225
40	Maidstone	£34,151
41	Medway	£33,857
42	Rushmoor	£33,734
43	Dover	£33,704
44	Swale	£33,647
45	Brighton and Hove	£33,506
46	Wealden	£33,376
47	Folkestone and Hythe	£33,355
48	Tandridge	£33,316
49	Lewes	£33,088
50	Ashford	£32,991
51	Southampton	£32,907
52	Worthing	£32,823
53	New Forest	£31,344
54	Eastbourne	£31,199
55	Portsmouth	£30,962
56	Havant	£30,819
57	Rother	£30,790
58	Adur	£30,217
59	Canterbury	£30,188
60	Arun	£29,809
61	Hastings	£29,323
62	Chichester	£28,585
63	Thanet	£28,323
64	Isle of Wight	£26,740