# Highest and lowest paid places in West Midlands (2025)

Warwick was the highest paid of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2025 (median full-time pay £48,523).

Stoke-on-Trent was the lowest paid (£32,622). The middle council, East Staffordshire, had £36,848.

| Rank | Area | Median full-time pay | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick) | £48,523 | – |
| 2 | [Rugby](https://openindex.co.uk/rugby) | £47,191 | – |
| 3 | [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) | £46,896 | – |
| 4 | [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) | £42,776 | – |
| 5 | [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/lichfield) | £41,803 | – |
| 6 | [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/stratford-on-avon) | £41,280 | – |
| 7 | [North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire) | £40,095 | – |
| 8 | [Stafford](https://openindex.co.uk/stafford) | £39,726 | – |
| 9 | [Worcester](https://openindex.co.uk/worcester) | £38,880 | – |
| 10 | [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) | £38,788 | – |
| 11 | [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) | £38,496 | – |
| 12 | [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands) | £38,228 | – |
| 13 | [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) | £37,759 | – |
| 14 | [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) | £36,991 | – |
| 15 | [East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire) | £36,848 | – |
| 16 | [Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon) | £36,175 | – |
| 17 | [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase) | £36,140 | – |
| 18 | [Telford and Wrekin](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin) | £36,044 | – |
| 19 | [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) | £35,989 | – |
| 20 | [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) | £35,858 | – |
| 21 | [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme) | £35,723 | – |
| 22 | [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) | £35,486 | – |
| 23 | [Malvern Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills) | £35,429 | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 24 | [Nuneaton and Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/nuneaton-and-bedworth) | £35,277 | – |
| 25 | [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch) | £35,251 | – |
| 26 | [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire) | £34,730 | – |
| 27 | [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest) | £34,661 | – |
| 28 | [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) | £34,036 | – |
| 29 | [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) | £33,029 | – |
| 30 | [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent) | £32,622 | – |

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)
- [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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