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Official ONS earnings · 104 occupations compared

North East vs Yorkshire and The Humber

Typical pay is about 3% higher in Yorkshire and The Humber, but that headline hides a lot: North East pays more for 54 of the 104 occupations measured in both.

North East

£30,758

typical occupation median

Occupations measured
142
Highest paid
£72,472
Lowest paid
£10,408
Full North East report

Yorkshire and The Humber

£31,735

typical occupation median

Occupations measured
190
Highest paid
£87,240
Lowest paid
£4,311
Full Yorkshire and The Humber report
ONS doesn't publish a single average wage per region, so the figures above are the midpoint of each region's published occupation medians. They describe the spread of jobs measured, not the average worker — a region with more high-paying occupations will look higher even if individual jobs pay the same.

Where North East pays more

Biggest proportional gaps in North East's favour.

Education managers

+33.7%

£44,615 in North East · £33,361 in Yorkshire and The Humber

Data analysts

+22.5%

£38,225 in North East · £31,193 in Yorkshire and The Humber

Fire service officers (watch manager and below)

+19.8%

£44,351 in North East · £37,007 in Yorkshire and The Humber

Human resources and industrial relations officers

+19.6%

£33,470 in North East · £27,977 in Yorkshire and The Humber

Sales accounts and business development managers

+18.5%

£57,895 in North East · £48,877 in Yorkshire and The Humber

Chefs

+18.2%

£27,236 in North East · £23,042 in Yorkshire and The Humber

Teaching assistants

+17.1%

£20,256 in North East · £17,293 in Yorkshire and The Humber

Sewing machinists

+17%

£24,873 in North East · £21,268 in Yorkshire and The Humber

Where Yorkshire and The Humber pays more

Biggest proportional gaps in Yorkshire and The Humber's favour.

Data entry administrators

+28%

£28,469 in Yorkshire and The Humber · £20,506 in North East

Estimators, valuers and assessors

+26.4%

£38,867 in Yorkshire and The Humber · £28,605 in North East

Finance and investment analysts and advisers

+24%

£42,285 in Yorkshire and The Humber · £32,157 in North East

Metal working machine operatives

+23.1%

£32,004 in Yorkshire and The Humber · £24,610 in North East

Civil engineers

+17.5%

£48,160 in Yorkshire and The Humber · £39,722 in North East

Project support officers

+16.7%

£29,706 in Yorkshire and The Humber · £24,743 in North East

Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.

+15.8%

£30,542 in Yorkshire and The Humber · £25,715 in North East

Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers

+15.3%

£29,129 in Yorkshire and The Humber · £24,680 in North East

Jobs that pay the same in both

Where location makes almost no difference to the median.

Occupation North East Yorkshire and The Humber Gap
Catering and bar managers £26,045 £26,041 0%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £43,164 £43,117 +0.1%
Production and process engineers £44,220 £44,070 +0.3%
Other nursing professionals £36,385 £36,483 -0.3%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £25,411 £25,501 -0.4%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional), Table 15. Comparison covers the 104 four-digit SOC 2020 occupations with a published median in both regions. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.