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Chief executive jobs in Wakefield
The 2021 census counted 272 residents working as chief executives and senior officials living in Wakefield.
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Published figures for Wakefield
What the official data says about Wakefield
The 2021 census counted, 272 people living in Wakefield were in work as chief executives and senior officials. It was 0.17% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Wakefield 8th of 15 areas in the Yorkshire and The Humber, where the middle area recorded 272. York was the next area up.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Wakefield, every occupation counted together, had a median of £35,838. That is 4th of 15 in the Yorkshire and The Humber, against a regional middle of £34,966.
Head offices are counted where they sit: Wakefield had 2,250 employee jobs in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research in 2024, out of 164,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 1.37% of every job here, that ranks 13th of 15 in the Yorkshire and The Humber, where the middle area sits at 1.58%.
For Wakefield the publishers did not release a regional pay figure for the occupation group. That is disclosure control on a small count or a thin sample, not a zero, and this page leaves the row out rather than filling it with a national figure.
- Residents in work as senior officials (SOC 111)
- 272
- Senior officials, share of everyone in work in the area
- 0.17%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £35,838
- Residents in work as functional directors (SOC 113)
- 3,897
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 164,641
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 164,000
The chief executive role
Running the whole organisation and answering to a board, owners or trustees for what it does. Strategy, capital, the executive team and the culture underneath them.
Chief executive jobs in Wakefield: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Wakefield?
272 residents of Wakefield were in work as senior officials at the 2021 census, which was 0.17% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.
What does this work pay around Wakefield?
In Wakefield itself the median across all occupations together is £35,838. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.
Is there much of this work based in Wakefield?
2,250 of the 164,000 employee jobs in Wakefield are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.