Monday 19 August 2013

Labour Market Statistics and Regional Labour Market Statistics, August 2013

Labour Market Statistics

For April to June 2013:
  • The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.5%, up 0.1 percentage points from January to March 2013 and up 0.4 from a year earlier. There were 29.78 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 69,000 from January to March 2013 and up 301,000 from a year earlier.
  • The unemployment rate was 7.8% of the economically active population, unchanged from January to March 2013 but down 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier. There were 2.51 million unemployed people, down 4,000 from January to March 2013 and down 49,000 from a year earlier.
  • The inactivity rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 22.3%, virtually unchanged from January to March 2013 but down 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier. There were 8.99 million economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64, down 10,000 from January to March 2013 and down 105,000 from a year earlier.
  • Total pay rose by 2.1% compared with April to June 2012. Regular pay rose by 1.1% over the same period.
Full text (PDF 62pp)

Regional Labour market Statistics

Key points
  • Employment rate highest in the South East (75.8%) and lowest in the North East (66.5%).
  • Unemployment rate highest in the North East (10.3%) and lowest in the South East and the South West (6.0%).
  • Inactivity rate highest in the North East (25.7%) and lowest in the East of England (19.1%).
  • Claimant Count rate highest in the North East (6.9%) and lowest in the South East (2.6%).
Full text (PDF 14pp)


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