People in work

In this section

• Earnings and working hours

  Average weekly earnings of people in the UK and information on the gender pay gap and low pay. Data from Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).

• Employment and employee types

  Employment rates show the number of people in paid work as a proportion of the population, broken down by age and sex. Includes information on the number of people in employment and vacancies.

• Labour productivity

  Efficiency of the UK workforce, including output per worker, per job and per hour. Data are available by industry and by region.

• Public sector personnel

  People employed in central and local government, and public corporations, including second jobs in the public sector. Includes Civil Service employment with regional and diversity analyses.

• Workplace disputes and working conditions

  Work stoppages because of disputes between employers and employees. Includes strikes and lock-outs, number of days lost in the public and private sectors, and number of workers involved.

• Workplace pensions

  Pensions linked to a person's workplace, including defined ambition (DA), defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) schemes.

• Explore local statistics

  Find, compare and visualise statistics about places within the United Kingdom.