The highest and lowest-paid London boroughs named

The highest and lowest-paid London boroughs of 2023 were revealed in statistics released by the Office for National Statistics. Wandsworth is the London borough with the highest earners in 2023, the figures reveal.

The median hourly pay in Wandsworth was £23.26 in 2023, followed by Kensington and Chelsea (£23.19) and Bromley (£21.62). This is the second year in a row Wandsworth tops the list.

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Merton made the biggest leap in the rankings, jumping 14 places to rank 9th in 2023 from 23rd in 2022. The borough with the lowest hourly earnings in 2023 was Barking and Dagenham (£15.32), ranking below Newham (£16.45) and Hounslow (£16.56).

Full list of London boroughs from most to least well paid

Wandsworth	23.26
Kensington and Chelsea	23.19
Bromley	21.62
Lambeth	21.47
Richmond upon Thames	21.32
Islington	21.06
Westminster	21
Tower Hamlets	20.93
Merton	20.84
Hammersmith and Fulham	20.45
Southwark	19.89
Camden	19.49
Greenwich	19.41
Bexley	18.91
Hillingdon	18.89
Hackney	18.85
Kingston upon Thames	18.73
Lewisham	18.73
Haringey	18.7
Croydon	18.48
Barnet	18.43
Waltham Forest	18.38
Havering	18.21
Sutton	17.89
Redbridge	17.85
Harrow	17.59
Brent	16.7
Enfield	16.62
Ealing	16.6
Hounslow	16.56
Newham	16.45
Barking and Dagenham	15.32

Wandsworth earns the most money on average

The biggest decrease in hourly earnings was seen in Harrow, which dropped ten places from 16th to 26th. The median hourly pay across London as a whole was £18.9 - nearly 20 per cent higher than the national median hourly pay of £15.9.

Although hourly pay in London increased by 4.9 per cent from 2022, rising prices amid the cost of living crisis have hampered peoples’ ability to purchase goods and services with the extra money they earn.

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