# How much do Sheffielders make?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-much-do-sheffielders-make/
- Published: 2026-11-04T12:46:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T13:05:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Sheffield Tribune
- Original article: https://www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/salary-sheffield/
- Topics: Offbeat, Sheffield, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Sheffield’s median salary is £32,728.
- Interviewees describe varied earnings and working conditions.
- Eight further salary profiles are behind a paywall.

## Summary

Sheffield residents’ earnings vary widely, despite the city’s median salary being £32,728 and mean salary £38,477. The article uses interviews with local workers to show how pay, working hours and household costs shape people’s lives.

One warehouse operative earns about £400 a week after taking night shifts at a FedEx facility in Rotherham, while a Moor Market stallholder makes between £2,000 and £3,000 a month during peak season. A prospective fashion designer has put her ambitions on hold to work as a sushi chef. The article says it includes eight more salaries, but those details are behind a membership paywall.

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