Just over a quarter of a million people across Greater Manchester were paid below the living wage in 2014.
Figures released by the Office of National statistics show the annual hours worked and wages paid.
Across Manchester ten borough’s Oldham and Rochdale produced the worst figures with a third of jobs paying less than the minimum while in Manchester and Salford it was around 17 per cent.
The concept of a living wage is designed to cover the basic cost of living for UK employees and is promoted by the Living Wage Foundation.
The figures revealed that in 2014, there were some 6 million employee jobs paid less than the living wage in the UK. Over half of these were part-time jobs.
Nearly one in four jobs outside of London pay less than the living wage, which was set last year at £8.80 an hour in London and £7.65 an hour outside London.
The ONS figures show that the proportion of jobs paying below the living wage has grown and young adults were most likely to be paid less than the living wage. Some 58 per cent of jobs carried out by 18 to 24-year-olds outside of London.
The living wage is a voluntary code, different from the national minimum wage, which stands at £6.70 an hour, and the new National Living Wage announced by the government of £7.20 an hour which will come into force for over 25-year-olds in April 2016
