Labour Market Statistics, March 2013
This bulletin contains the latest estimates of labour market statistics (including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) for the United Kingdom.
For November 2012 to January 2013:
- The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.5%, up 0.3 percentage points from August to October 2012 and up 1.1 from a year earlier. There were 29.73 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 131,000 from August to October 2012 and up 590,000 from a year earlier.
- The unemployment rate was 7.8% of the economically active population, unchanged from August to October 2012 but down 0.5 from a year earlier. There were 2.52 million unemployed people, up 7,000 from August to October 2012 but down 136,000 from a year earlier.
- The inactivity rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 22.3%, down 0.3 percentage points from August to October 2012 and down 0.8 from a year earlier. There were 8.95 million economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64, down 118,000 from August to October 2012 and down 320,000 from a year earlier.
- Total pay and regular pay rose by 1.2% compared with November 2011 to January 2012. However as inflation measured by the Consumer Prices Index was 2.7% between January 2012 and January 2013, there continues to be a cut in the real value of pay.
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Regional Labour Market Statistics, March 2013
Key points
- Employment rate highest in the South East and East of England (74.9%) and lowest in the North East (67.2%).
- Unemployment rate highest in the North East (9.8%) and lowest in the South West (5.8%).
- Inactivity rate highest in the North East (25.4%) and lowest in the South East and East of England (19.6%).
- Claimant Count rate highest in the North East (7.6%) and lowest in the South East (3.0%).
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