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Official labour market statistics: employment, unemployment, economic inactivity, long-term sickness, vacancies, pay and real wages.

• Census 2021 economic activity by country of birthPublished as breakdowns only; no headline series
• Census 2021 socio-economic classification by country of birthPublished as breakdowns only; no headline series
• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 4.3% on a year earlier£39,039
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 5.3% on a year earlier£767
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 1.3% on a year earlier1,690,970people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · up 0.1 points on a year earlier3.9%
• Employment rate2026 Q2 · down 0.2 points on a year earlier75.1%
• People in employment2026 Q2 · up 0.7% on a year earlier34,469,000people
• Unemployment rate2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points on a year earlier4.9%
• People unemployed2026 Q2 · up 5.2% on a year earlier1,772,000people
• Economic inactivity rate2026 Q2 · unchanged 0.0 points on a year earlier20.9%
• People economically inactive2026 Q2 · up 0.6% on a year earlier9,111,000people
• Economically inactive because of long-term sickness2026 Q2 · down 0.2% on a year earlier2,774,000people
• Job vacancies2026 Q2 · down 2.6% on a year earlier711,000vacancies
• Average weekly pay2026 Q2 · up 4.1% on a year earlier£753
• Average weekly pay, real terms2026 Q2 · up 0.4% on a year earlier£495