For March to May 2013:
- The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.4%, down 0.1 percentage points from December 2012 to February 2013 but up 0.6 from a year earlier. There were 29.71 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 16,000 from December 2012 to February 2013 and up 336,000 from a year earlier.
- The unemployment rate was 7.8% of the economically active population, down 0.2 percentage points from December 2012 to February 2013 and down 0.3 from a year earlier. There were 2.51 million unemployed people, down 57,000 from December 2012 to February 2013 and down 72,000 from a year earlier.
- The inactivity rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 22.5%, up 0.2 percentage points from December 2012 to February 2013 but down 0.4 from a year earlier. There were 9.04 million economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64, up 87,000 from December 2012 to February 2013 but down 144,000 from a year earlier.
- Total pay rose by 1.7% compared with March to May 2012. Regular pay rose by 1.0% over the same period.
Regional Labour Market Statistics, July 2013
Key points
- Employment rate highest in the South East (75.1%) and lowest in the North East (66.1%).
- Unemployment rate highest in the North East (10.4%) and lowest in the South West (5.8%).
- Inactivity rate highest in the North East (26.0%) and lowest in the South East (19.7%).
- Claimant Count rate highest in the North East (7.1%) and lowest in the South East (2.7%).
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