About wagearea.com

wagearea.com provides free access to official UK salary data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).

Why we built this

Most salary websites rely on self-reported data from job listings or user surveys. This can be unreliable and biased. We use official ONS data — the gold standard for UK earnings statistics — to provide accurate, comparable salary information.

What we cover

• 370+ occupations classified by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
• 370+ local authorities across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
• 12 UK regions with occupation-level salary breakdowns
• Median and mean salaries, hourly rates, and job counts

Data freshness

We update our data annually when the ONS publishes new ASHE results, typically in October each year.