Unemployment
4.9 %
Share of the economically active population who are unemployed.
Period: 2026 JUN · Geography: United KingdomJobs and wages
Topic dashboard
Employment, unemployment, inactivity, vacancies and pay after inflation.
Employment rate
75.1 %
Share of people aged 16 to 64 who are in employment.
Period: 2026 JUN · Geography: United KingdomReal pay growth
0.55 %
Regular earnings growth after consumer price inflation.
Period: 2026 JUL · Geography: United KingdomOne reading
A strong employment picture can support household incomes and reduce pressure on public finances.
Another reading
Headline rates can miss economic inactivity, insecure work, hours worked and whether pay is keeping pace with prices.
What the data cannot prove: a movement does not by itself identify its cause or show that every person experienced the same outcome.
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