Exeter has been named as the eighth lowest city in the country when it comes to pay. The average annual salary for someone living in Exeter is £25,533. That’s almost £7,500 lower than the national average of £33,000.
Becky Dickinson www.devonlive.com
It was recently voted the best place to live in Devon. In a poll of DevonLive readers, the city of Exeter was declared the county’s favourite ‘hometown.’ With a vibrant city centre, a thriving hub of business and industry, and a top university, it’s a city that is often praised for offering that elusive work-life balance. However, when it comes to salaries, Exeter is lagging behind many other parts of the UK.
A new study has revealed the UK cities with the lowest average salaries. And Exeter has been named as the eighth lowest city in the country when it comes to pay. The average annual salary for someone living in Exeter is £25,533. That’s almost £7,500 lower than the national average of £33,000.
Surprisingly, the area with the highest average salary in the UK wasn’t London, but Guildford, in Surrey. Here, people take home an average of £38,040 a year. London came second with an average annual salary of £33,970.
The research also revealed the best places to work based on criteria such as the cost of living index, and average working hours per week. When these factors were taken into account, Edinburgh was crowned the best city in which to live and work. Cardiff took second place and Aberdeen camethird.
When it came to the worst places to live, based on these factors, Nottingham was named the worst city to work in, closely followed Plymouth in second place, and Derby third. The research was carried out by Utility Bidder, using data from the Office of National Statistics. You can see the top 10 UK cities with the lowest average salaries below.
| Rank | City | Median Annual Pay Gross 2022 |
| 1 | Nottingham | £22,243 |
| 2 | Leicester | £23,175 |
| 3 | Kingston upon Hull | £23,350 |
| 4 | Plymouth | £23,433 |
| 5 | Manchester | £24,101 |
| 6 | Preston | £24,416 |
| 7 | Birmingham | £25,495 |
| 8 | Exeter | £25,553 |
| 9 | Dundee | £25,613 |
| 10 | Norwich | £25,802 |
East Devon Watch 
That’s just plain garbage. I can tell you straight away why Guildford is above London. Guildford is a comparatively small area with a high concentration of hi-tech jobs (with the gravity of Surrey Uni’s decades of concentration on space science). London is, well, huge, so its high-paid jobs will be averaged down by the large number of lower-paid jobs.
The raw stats there need a lot of interpretation to be useful.
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