The latest cited official figures put median gross weekly pay for full-time employees at £765.50 for Brighton & Hove residents and £755.20 for employees whose workplace is in Brighton & Hove. These are April 2025 medians, not a ranking of the city’s highest-paid individuals. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) marks its 2025 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings estimates as provisional.
Brighton & Hove weekly pay: residents and workplaces
The two local figures describe different groups. The residence measure includes full-time employees who live in Brighton & Hove, whether or not their job is in the area. The workplace measure includes full-time employees whose job is in Brighton & Hove, including people who commute in from elsewhere.
| Geography | Full-time employees who live there | Full-time employees who work there |
|---|---|---|
| Brighton & Hove | £765.50 a week | £755.20 a week |
| South East | £815.20 a week | £775.80 a week |
| Great Britain | £766.60 a week | £766.60 a week |
All values are gross median weekly pay for full-time employees in 2025, from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) as reported by Nomis’s Brighton and Hove labour market profile. The reference period is April 2025. The table keeps residence and workplace measures in separate columns because they should not be treated as interchangeable.
What the median says—and what it does not
The median is the midpoint of the observed pay figures: half of the observations are below it and half above. ONS says it uses the median because it is less affected than the mean by a relatively small number of very high earners. In its 2025 employee earnings bulletin, ONS defines it this way: “The median is calculated by identifying the exact middle point in a set of observations.”
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So the Brighton & Hove medians describe a typical point in the pay distribution; they do not identify the highest-paid person, the top earner, or the top percentile. They are employee earnings, not household income, and do not describe self-employed earnings as such.
How Brighton & Hove compares with the South East and Great Britain
For full-time residents, the Brighton & Hove median of £765.50 was below the South East’s £815.20 and close to Great Britain’s £766.60. On a workplace basis, Brighton & Hove’s £755.20 was below both the South East’s £775.80 and Great Britain’s £766.60. These are comparisons within the same 2025 ASHE measure, with residence compared only with residence and workplace only with workplace.
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The ONS separately reports a UK-wide median gross weekly earning figure of £766.60 for full-time employees in April 2025. It says that was a 5.3% nominal rise and a 1.1% rise after CPIH inflation adjustment from April 2024. That UK headline series should not be substituted for either Brighton & Hove local measure.
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The local figures above are area-wide medians, not an occupation-by-occupation ranking. ONS publishes occupation earnings data, including a 2025 provisional table by region and four-digit occupation, but a regional value does not establish a Brighton & Hove city or local-authority ranking. A reliable local jobs ranking would need estimates for the correct local geography, a consistent occupation classification and pay measure, and published figures sufficiently reliable to compare.
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For local authority earnings by residence and workplace, ONS provides ASHE Tables 7 and 8. Its 2025 provisional Table 15 is regional by occupation, so it should not be presented as a Brighton & Hove ranking.
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How to read the 2025 estimates
- They refer to April 2025: ASHE weekly and hourly estimates cover the pay period that includes a specified date in April.
- They cover eligible employees: the estimates relate to employees on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence. ONS defines full-time as more than 30 paid hours a week, or 25 or more for teaching professions.
- They are provisional: ONS can revise the 2025 estimates. Earnings and changes in the make-up of the employee workforce can both affect results.
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