libbymcbride1 published Nearly 20 percent of jobs in Chelmsford pay below the living wage

13,000 jobs in Chelmsford are paying less than the living wage, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.This is 19.7% of all local jobs in the annual wage survey.The living wage is defined as a wage which is high enough to maintain a normal standard of living, and in the town it is £7.85, according to the Living Wage Foundation.In Maldon 4,000 (27.7%) jobs do not pay the living wage and in Braintree 11,000 (26.3%) of jobs do not. In the City of London just 5.2% of jobs...