# Highest and lowest paid places in Wales (2025)

Monmouthshire was the highest paid of Wales’s 22 councils in 2025 (median full-time pay £41,529).

Denbighshire was the lowest paid (£32,691). The middle council, Neath Port Talbot, had £36,359.

| Rank | Area | Median full-time pay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | £41,529 |
| 2 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | £39,170 |
| 3 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | £38,656 |
| 4 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | £37,505 |
| 5 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | £37,405 |
| 6 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | £37,002 |
| 7 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | £36,946 |
| 8 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | £36,586 |
| 9 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | £36,533 |
| 10 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | £36,438 |
| 11 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | £36,359 |
| 12 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | £35,909 |
| 13 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | £35,709 |
| 14 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | £35,424 |
| 15 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | £35,367 |
| 16 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | £35,246 |
| 17 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | £35,152 |
| 18 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | £34,837 |
| 19 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | £34,797 |
| 20 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | £33,299 |
| 21 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | £32,868 |
| 22 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | £32,691 |

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)
- [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)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/london)
- [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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