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Median salaries
	National median	Inner London	Outer London	South East	East Anglia	South west	West Midlands
Chief executives	63,100	55,000	72,100	78,400	53,350	61,200	60,000
Senior managers	31,250	35,100	37,000	32,200	28,500	31,100	30,200
Middle managers	26,600	29,000	28,400	27,000	25,150	25,800	25,750
Junior managers	22,200	25,750	23,350	22,000	22,800	22,000	21,100
Home managers and deputies	21,650	22,000	22,900	20,750	n/a	21,850	n/a
	East Midlands	Yorks & Humber	North west	North	Scotland	Wales
Chief executives	n/a	n/a	61,000	52,000	n/a	52,000
Senior managers	32,700	31,250	28,500	31,900	28,450	30,200
Middle managers	24,400	25,000	25,500	22,650	24,800	27,800
Junior managers	20,450	20,400	20,500	19,900	20,650	21,400
Home managers and deputies	22,550	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Inner London includes many small housing associations, which is why chief executives there have lower salaries than in other regions. For other positions, salaries are higher in London and the South-east, and salaries in the North are well below average for all positions except senior manager.

2000-2001 Salary increases
	Average salary increase % 2001	% of respondents that got a pay rise 2000	rise < 3%	rise 3-5%	rise > 5%
Chief executives	4.5	4.8	15	60	25
Directors	4.4	4.6	17	51	32
Heads of function	3.9	3.8	14	51	35
Senior managers	3.8	3.7	18	56	26
Middle managers	3.8	3.6	23	46	30
Junior managers	3.7	3.7	20	50	30
Officers	3.8	3.7	20	48	32
Senior assistants	3.6	3.5	32	45	24
Assistants	3.6	3.4	19	48	33
Home managers and deputies	n/a	n/a	15	61	24
Wardens and deputies	n/a	n/a	31	39	30
n/a means insufficient sample for analysis
Chief executives have the widest spread of pay increases. They are most likely to have an increase over 10%, but also most likely to have no increase at all.

Benefits
	Cars		Private medical insurance, % with …
	% Provided	Average list price	no cover	employee only	employee & spouse	family	average days holiday	% eligible for bonus
Chief executives	75	£22,000	48	70	6	23	27	22
Senior managers	63	£15,000	28	81	5	14	25	19
Middle managers	42	£14,000	28	83	4	13	25	16
Junior managers	26	£13,000	20	94	0	6	24	15
Home managers & deputies	1	n/a	22	92	0	8	23	0
Virtually all employees receive a pension - 95% of home managers and deputies and 100% of other employees.
The average amount is an employee contribution of 5.1% and an employer contribution of 10.7%.
Around 90% of employees are provided with life assurance, which usually provides three years' salary in the event of death in service.