# Highest and lowest paid London boroughs (2025)

Richmond upon Thames was the highest paid of London’s 32 boroughs in 2025 (median full-time pay £57,233).

Barking and Dagenham was the lowest paid (£38,467). The middle borough, Havering, had £46,045.

1 borough has no figure, and it is listed at the end with the reason.

| Rank | Area | Median full-time pay | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) | £57,233 | – |
| 2 | [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) | £54,584 | – |
| 3 | [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) | £53,133 | – |
| 4 | [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) | £52,610 | – |
| 5 | [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) | £52,576 | – |
| 6 | [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) | £52,000 | – |
| 7 | [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) | £51,225 | – |
| 8 | [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) | £50,844 | – |
| 9 | [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) | £50,692 | – |
| 10 | [Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney) | £49,482 | – |
| 11 | [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) | £49,034 | – |
| 12 | [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) | £48,681 | – |
| 13 | [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham) | £47,192 | – |
| 14 | [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) | £47,141 | – |
| 15 | [Kingston upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-thames) | £46,871 | – |
| 16 | [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) | £46,045 | – |
| 17 | [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) | £45,702 | – |
| 18 | [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest) | £45,350 | – |
| 19 | [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich) | £45,274 | – |
| 20 | [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow) | £45,232 | – |
| 21 | [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge) | £44,851 | – |
| 22 | [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton) | £44,393 | – |
| 23 | [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) | £44,326 | – |
| 24 | [Haringey](https://openindex.co.uk/haringey) | £43,995 | – |
| 25 | [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley) | £43,969 | – |
| 26 | [Enfield](https://openindex.co.uk/enfield) | £43,888 | – |
| 27 | [Newham](https://openindex.co.uk/newham) | £42,595 | – |
| 28 | [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon) | £42,250 | – |
| 29 | [Ealing](https://openindex.co.uk/ealing) | £40,889 | – |
| 30 | [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow) | £40,870 | – |
| 31 | [Brent](https://openindex.co.uk/brent) | £39,944 | – |
| 32 | [Barking and Dagenham](https://openindex.co.uk/barking-and-dagenham) | £38,467 | – |
| – | [City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) | No figure | ONS suppresses this figure as statistically unreliable. |

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, ONS earnings survey. Covers Great Britain. Period: 2025. Period: 2025.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [Great Britain](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/england)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/east-of-england)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay)

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