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Chief executive jobs in Sunderland
The 2021 census counted 194 residents working as chief executives and senior officials living in Sunderland.
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Published figures for Sunderland
What the official data says about Sunderland
The 2021 census counted, 194 people living in Sunderland were in work as chief executives and senior officials. It was 0.17% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Sunderland 5th of 12 areas in the North East, where the middle area recorded 169. North Tyneside was the next area up.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Sunderland, every occupation counted together, had a median of £32,015. That is 11th of 12 in the North East, against a regional middle of £33,920.
Head offices are counted where they sit: Sunderland had 1,050 employee jobs in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research in 2024, out of 117,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 0.9% of every job here, that ranks 11th of 12 in the North East, where the middle area sits at 2%.
For Sunderland 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)
- 194
- Senior officials, share of everyone in work in the area
- 0.17%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £32,015
- Residents in work as functional directors (SOC 113)
- 2,323
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 117,146
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 117,000
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 Sunderland: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Sunderland?
194 residents of Sunderland 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 Sunderland?
In Sunderland itself the median across all occupations together is £32,015. 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 Sunderland?
1,050 of the 117,000 employee jobs in Sunderland 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.