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Reading salaries among highest in UK

March 08, 2012

Salaries in Reading are among the highest in the country, according to the latest figures.

The average gross weekly pay cheque of £582 puts the town in the top 20 of big earners in the UK, as compiled by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

But a separate survey says Reading residents are at far greater risk of suffering poverty than some of their Berkshire neighbours.

The ONS figures put Reading in 19th position in the table of top salary earners, just behind West Berkshire where the average weekly salary is £584.

Wealthy Wokingham is in fourth place with a weekly salary of £666 but surprisingly it is Bracknell which comes top – beaten only by the City of London. The average weekly wage in Bracknell, the home of Waitrose head office and Hewlett Packard, is £698.

Predictably, the highest earners work in the UK’s banking capital where the weekly pay packet is £980.

Slough sits at 11th place in the league, with £603, while their neighbours in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead are 20th with £580.

A survey published this week by credit reference agency Experian has ranked every local authority area in the country by a set of key poverty indicators.

Reading borough sits near the centre of the table, ranked at 175 for the biggest risk of poverty and 125 for child poverty out of 326 local authorities.

West Berkshire is placed at 281 and Wokingham borough at number 291.

The Experian survey says Reading is ranked at 170 for the number of people currently living in poverty compared with 285 in West Berkshire and 314 in Wokingham.

The likelihood for the presence of households at risk of long-term unemployment ranks Reading at 148 with West Berkshire standing at 306 and Wokingham at 303.

Another category gives a ranking for the area with the greatest likelihood of containing households at risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Reading stands at 237 while West Berkshire is ranked at 293 and Wokingham at 316.

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Mother Superior - Its Called Hard Work, Love. And it Pays nicely, and it pays a lot of people that nice amount. Try a course a the college or something and better yourself. I also pay my staff nicely, but with your attitude I don't think I would even look at your CV.

Buck, Reading
20/03/2012 at 11:41

@ ding dong you couldn't be more wrong.. It is not only school leaver's that are on a low income - most companies out there certainly do not pay their average worker 23k a year !!!

dottychas
12/03/2012 at 14:26

Since when Has Thames Valley Business Park been part of Reading? If you did a survey of the site you would find most of the people working there are, or were shipped in from outside the area. Most of the Reading people are left with the crap and the high property prices and traffic chaos.

Fred West
11/03/2012 at 16:27

Mmm - skewed by the brokers working for the insurance firms perhaps...and the software companies.

I'm not complaining...I used to be in software but can't get back in...I'm a drag on the average...

hudson, reading
09/03/2012 at 20:36

dottychas,

I can only guess that you're in an entry level job to be on 18k and that you've recently graduated?

Dong-Ding, 3rd world slum
09/03/2012 at 18:04

Totally agree L.M.R.F I also work for a well established company in Reading and can assure you my earnings are even less than yours (approx 18k ) but I can assure you I am not thick as Reading Runner seems to think low wage people are. Infact I have a degree in business studies and adminstration and 2 diplomas but they matter diddly squat if the company you work for start doing cut backs and giving 0% pay rises. EP you should speak to the standard Jo blogs of this town before reporting such tripe !!! rant over :-)

dottychas
09/03/2012 at 15:37

Reading Runner-I have never ever heard of such a conceited "Bertie Big B***cks" attitude in all of my life.....earning under 30k and you have a questionable work ethic???

FYI, I work for a rather large telecoms company in Reading, I get paid 27k a year...and, in my 18 years since leaving school have worked all bar three weeks of that time...I have worked hard wherever i have worked, and have sufficient references to prove it.....I have GCSE's (all A-C) and three A-Levels, but chose to graduate from the university of life

Whenever you are swanning around with your "oh im doing so well in the world attitude", why don't you take a look at the Soldiers who keep your country safe, the emergency services who would help you and your family in times of need, the police who try to keep your streets safe, the labourers who maintain the roads you drive on......are you suggesting that all of their work ethics are questionable????

Lionel Messi's Right Foot, Reading
09/03/2012 at 11:45

mother superior -

"Who earns 2328 per month?"

I do actually, and although I must admit, I am very good at what I do and think there may be only 10 people in the country that is as qualified to do what I do, which isn't IT related and I am no fat cat, top cat maybe, but fat cat no missses

The Racing Snake
08/03/2012 at 23:54

Have to say earning more than 600 a week has helped me retire early and finaly move away from the rat race off Reading

A. XYZ
08/03/2012 at 16:50

Anybody who converts £582 per week to £2,328 per month does not deserve to earn this much.

Braveheart, Reading
08/03/2012 at 15:49

@ Reading Runner - paid under £30k and you've got a questionable work ethic eh?

Next time you visit A & E or have a relative in a care home, pass by a newly built lovely 'apartment' so beloved of those more concerned with thier salary than thier contribution to society, or talk to a Teacher, just open your eyes and see what people in the real world - as opposed to the IT world - do to earn thier crust.

What a dopey comment. and as C8 would say, typical of the me,me,me generation.

voiceoftreason?
08/03/2012 at 15:28

@Reading Runner

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but are you saying that those not working within the technical and IT industry aren't hard-working, intelligent people?

Spiddly, Reading
08/03/2012 at 15:05

Reading Runner - nicely put, it's what i was trying to say, but you did it very eloquently. I agree wholeheartedly - I worked hard, paid my way through uni, and now reap the rewards.

By the way, 4k a month? you must try harder... ;-)

micky2shoes .
08/03/2012 at 15:01

The average gross weekly pay cheque of £582

Someone needs a reality check.. Who earns 2328 per month apart from the fat cats?? lol.

What a crock indeed!! Mother Superior, Reading

Eh, I earn 4000 a month before tax and im not a fat cat love. I just paid attention at school and work hard. If you are earning under 30k a year, you need to question your work ethic. Reading is hardly a town of fat cats is it, but it is a town of hard working intelligent people working in the technical and IT industries. We are all over in Thames Valley Business Park, come and say hi.