The London tube has 270 stations in total across the city, which are being used by 2 million people every single day.
Reboot SEO Agency decided to find out the highest and lowest paid jobs around each of London‘s tube stations by scraping job listings on Indeed.
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Top 10 Highest Average Salaries Around London’s Tube Stations
Ranking |
Station |
Annual Salary |
1 |
Waterloo Tube Station |
£32,247 |
2 |
Mansion House Tube Station |
£32,092 |
3 |
London Bridge Tube Station |
£32,076 |
4 |
Borough Tube Station |
£32,018 |
5 |
Liverpool Street Tube Station |
£31,922 |
6 |
Barbican Tube Station |
£31,582 |
7 |
Bank Tube Station |
£31,471 |
8 |
Aldgate Tube Station |
£31,468 |
9 |
Cannon Street Tube Station |
£30,000 |
10 |
Farringdon Tube Station |
£30,000 |
Waterloo – London’s busiest tube station for the 2019/2020 financial year, takes first place. The job sectors around Waterloo station include Administrative and business operations (e.g. Operations administrator), Retail & customer support (e.g. Store assistant) and Technology (e.g. Software developer) – which all contribute to the average annual salary of £32,247.
In second is Mansion House station, which is served by the Circle and District lines. The highest average salary around the tube station, which was opened in 1871, is £32,092 annually. The two highest paid job sectors are Construction & extraction (e.g. Carpenters) and Personal service (e.g. Make-up artist).
Closely following in third place is London’s oldest railway station opened in 1836 – London Bridge station. The highest average salary per year found near the station is £32,076, which is only about £20 less than its successor, Mansion House. Some of the highest paid job sectors in this area include Education & instruction (e.g. Teacher), Legal (e.g. Lawyer) and Supply chain & logistics (e.g. Distribution manager).
The London Tube Stations Home to the Lowest Salaries
The lowest average annual salary of £18,598 is around Hainault tube station, situated in east London. The Construction & extractions job sector was found to provide the highest average salary (£40,000) in the perimeter of the station. This is compared to Construction & extractions around Edgware station, which earns £12,000 less (£28,000).
Second to last is Fairlop station, which is on the Central line. The average salary around this London tube station, which opened in 1903, is £18,929 per annum and the job sector offering the highest average salary is Construction & extractions – the same as Hainault.
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