Median full-time pay: every council in West Midlands
Warwick had the highest median full-time pay of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2025, at £48,523.
Stoke-on-Trent had the lowest, at £32,622. The middle council, East Staffordshire, had £36,848.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warwick | £48,523 |
| 2 | Rugby | £47,191 |
| 3 | Solihull | £46,896 |
| 4 | Bromsgrove | £42,776 |
| 5 | Lichfield | £41,803 |
| 6 | Stratford-on-Avon | £41,280 |
| 7 | North Warwickshire | £40,095 |
| 8 | Stafford | £39,726 |
| 9 | Worcester | £38,880 |
| 10 | South Staffordshire | £38,788 |
| 11 | Tamworth | £38,496 |
| 12 | Staffordshire Moorlands | £38,228 |
| 13 | Coventry | £37,759 |
| 14 | Shropshire | £36,991 |
| 15 | East Staffordshire | £36,848 |
| 16 | Wychavon | £36,175 |
| 17 | Cannock Chase | £36,140 |
| 18 | Telford and Wrekin | £36,044 |
| 19 | Birmingham | £35,989 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton | £35,858 |
| 21 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | £35,723 |
| 22 | Dudley | £35,486 |
| 23 | Malvern Hills use-with-caution | £35,429 |
| 24 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | £35,277 |
| 25 | Redditch | £35,251 |
| 26 | Herefordshire | £34,730 |
| 27 | Wyre Forest | £34,661 |
| 28 | Walsall | £34,036 |
| 29 | Sandwell | £33,029 |
| 30 | Stoke-on-Trent | £32,622 |