Dundonians receive the lowest average pay packets compared to workers in all other Scottish cities, new figures have shown.
Despite the average male weekly salary increasing by 2.2% on 2012, Dundee is also second only to Dumfries and Galloway as the local authority area in Scotland with the lowest paid male employees, according to the figures.
A survey of salaries across the country for 2013 shows that the average male full-time employee receives £486.8 per week compared to the Scottish average of £546.3.
Male workers in Aberdeen are the highest paid, receiving on average £589.40, followed by Edinburgh on £584.50, Glasgow on £524.80, Stirling on £522.20 and Inverness, whose male employees are paid an average of £508.90 per week.
The Office of National Statistics Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2013 figures show that employees across Courier country earn more than their counterparts in Dundee.
Fife workers get £525.60 weekly, Angus £524.40 and in Perth and Kinross employees earn £526.60 on average.
For women, the picture is roughly the same however, full-time female employees in Perth and Kinross are the poorest paid in Courier Country, earning £395.40, compared to £406.50 in Dundee, £421.90 in Fife and £433.10 in Angus.
Across Scotland the average is £453.
Female part-time workers in Dundee receive an average of £153.70 weekly, while the average for Fife is £179, Angus £176.80 and Perth and Kinross £202.20.
The Scottish average earnings for part-time women is £170.70 weekly.
Commenting on the figures for Dundee, Councillor Lesley Brennan, who is an economist, said: “With the asset of its highly-skilled and highly-qualified workforce Dundee should be an engine of economic growth.
“However, these figures show that it is being held back from developing its potential for achieving a higher quality of living in the city.
“There has to be greater levels of investment in its infrastructure that would bring more high-quality, better paid jobs to Dundee.”
Dundee City Council administration leader, Councillor Ken Guild, pointed out the city council’s current investment in the waterfront project and pointed to the more than £450 million of council money that will be invested in Dundee over the next few years.
Housing, schools and roads are all set to benefit from the investment which, along with the council’s investment in the renewable energy industry, will help to boost the local economy.a