# Economy and work in Cheshire West and Chester The south of the North West. 373,951 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 920 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for Cheshire West and Chester, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) ## Median full-time pay Cheshire West and Chester: **£41,486** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS earnings survey. Published 23 October 2025. Full-time workers living in Cheshire West and Chester earned a median of £41,486 in 2025. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay#place=E06000050) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/north-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits Cheshire West and Chester: **6,020** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Cheshire West and Chester, 6,020 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants#place=E06000050) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate Cheshire West and Chester: **2.6%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Cheshire West and Chester, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. For the UK as a whole, the figure was 3.9%. - Against North West: 38% lower (4.2%) - Against the UK: 33% lower (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate#place=E06000050) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/north-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate Cheshire West and Chester: **81.0%** (March 2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS population survey. Published 21 July 2026. 81.0% of people aged 16 to 64 in Cheshire West and Chester were in work in the year to March 2026. Cheshire West and Chester is joint 58th highest of 348 for employment rate. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment#place=E06000050) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/north-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/deprivation) (8) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/planning) (3) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E06000050/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/economy#l-median-pay-full-time. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/economy