WageSight

Glasgow City

Data to Sep 2026

Published at ITL3 (sub-regional) grain.

Recent months are provisional and revised in later ONS releases; this page always shows the latest published value (data to 2026-09-01).

Median monthly pay
£2,616
+4.1% on year
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-09-01
Source: PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay
Real pay vs CPIH
+0.5%
CPIH 3.60%
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-09-01
Source: Derived: HMRC RTISA median pay deflated by ONS CPIH for 2026-09-01; PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay; Consumer Price Indices (ONS MM23/CPIH)
Payrolled employees
277,365
+0.4% on year
How we know this
Grade A · data to 2026-09-01
Source: PAYE RTI Dataset — Payrolled Employees & Median Pay

Median pay trend

Median monthly pay trend, broadly flat, ending at the latest month.
Trend shown as a non-recoverable image; the exact monthly history is available via the WageSight grounding API.

How it compares

AreaMedian payChange, yrReal termsEmployees
City of Edinburgh£2,841+4.1%+0.5%252,460
South Lanarkshire£2,754+4.0%+0.4%150,570
West Lothian£2,751+4.0%+0.4%87,508
North Lanarkshire£2,745+3.0%-0.6%157,675
Glasgow City£2,616+4.1%+0.5%277,365
Scotland£2,698+4.0%+0.4%2,445,914
United Kingdom£2,660+4.4%+0.8%30,280,860

Figures exact as published; WageSight does not round. The quarterly LAD release means mixed vintages are normal — a row a quarter behind shows its own data month.

Everyday & leisure spending

Everyday and leisure spending, priced at the area's CPI region — not a weekly food shop, rent, energy, or council tax.

Eating out basket£80.76
Night out for two£177.42
Night out with friends£57.30
Family day out£318.17
Household essentials (monthly)£63.32
Dog owner monthly costs£48.94
Monthly leisure activities£134.89

Priced at Scotland prices (CPI region), not the town.

Healthy life expectancy

Women: 56.1 healthy years at birth (52.4–59.7) · Scotland 59.4 — not significantly different from Scotland

Men: 55.7 healthy years at birth (52.1–59.2) · Scotland 59.1 — not significantly different from Scotland

Official statistics in development (2022–2024), at birth. Comparisons are gated on statistical significance; change over time is not asserted.

About these figures. Pay and employment derive from HMRC PAYE RTI, published by ONS. Real pay is deflated by CPIH (3.60%). Recent months are provisional and revised in later releases.