HC Deb 07 March 1978 vol 945 cc565-6W
Mr. Goodlad

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the average earnings of male and female workers, respectively in Cheshire in each of the past five years; and how these have

Mean Median Mode
£ £ £
Manual occupations 43.70 42.60 42.20
Non-manual occupations 53.80 49.20 44.50
All occupations 51.00 46.90 43.60

compared with the national average earnings.

Mr. Golding

The following are New Earnings Survey estimates of the general average gross weekly earnings of full time employees in all occupations—manual and non-manual—in all industries and services, whose pay for the survey pay periods in April each year were not affected by absence.

The figures for Cheshire relate to those employed in the county, irrespective of their places of residence; such estimates are only available from 1974 when the present county was established.

The estimates are given to the nearest 10p and are subject to sampling errors. They are liable to be affected by differences in occupational and industrial employment structures, both between Cheshire and Great Britain and between the survey dates.

FULL-TIME MEN AGED 21 AND OVER
Cheshire Great Britain
£ £
April 1974 48.40 47.70
Aprill975 61.70 60.80
April 1976 73.60 71.80
April 1977 82.50 78.60
FULL-TIME WOMEN AGED 18 AND OVER
Cheshire Great Britain
£ £
April 1974 24.00 26.90
April 1975 36.80 37.40
April 1976 44.70 46.20
April 1977 50.20 51.00