UK Labour Market August 2024
Summary
Estimates of employment, unemployment, inactivity, average weekly earnings, vacancies and other labour market related statistics for the UK.
Publications
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Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: August 2024
Estimates of growth in earnings for employees before tax and other deductions from pay.
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Labour market overview, UK: August 2024
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Vacancies and jobs in the UK: August 2024
Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.
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Employment in the UK: August 2024
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
Data
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A08: Labour market status of disabled people
Labour market status of disabled people, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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EMP11: Employment by socio-economic classification
Employment by socio-economic classification and sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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EMP15: Job related training received by employees
Employees receiving job-related training, by sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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HOUR01 SA: Actual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)
Actual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle
Claimant Count revisions triangle, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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EARN06: Gross weekly earnings by occupation
Gross weekly and hourly earnings by level of occupation, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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RED01 NSA: Redundancies levels and rates (not seasonally adjusted)
Number of people (levels), men and women made redundant and redundancy rates, not seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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EMP17: People in employment on zero hours contracts
People in work on zero hours contracts in their main job, including by age, sex and region, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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A10: International comparisons of employment and unemployment rates
International comparisons of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, published monthly. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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EARN01: Average weekly earnings
Average weekly earnings at sector level headline estimates, Great Britain, monthly, seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
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A01: Summary of labour market statistics
Labour market statistics summary data table, including earnings, employment, unemployment, redundancies and vacancies, Great Britain and UK, published monthly.
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EMP01 NSA: Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (not seasonally adjusted)
Full-time, part-time and temporary workers, by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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CLA02: Claimant Count by age group
Claimant Count by age group and sex, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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A09: Labour market status by ethnic group
Labour market status by ethnic group, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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HOUR01 NSA: Actual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted)
Actual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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A04: Summary of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people below state pension age
Labour market indicators including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people below State Pension age, by sex, UK, published quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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HOUR02 SA: Usual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)
Usual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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Labour Force Survey summary data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.
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UNEM03: Unemployment by previous industrial sector
Unemployment by previous industrial sector. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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A12: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by nationality and country of birth
Labour market activity by nationality, country of birth and age, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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Claimant Count by sex including Jobseeker's Allowance and out of work Universal Credit claimants, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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INAC01 NSA: Economic inactivity by reason (not seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years) by reason (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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UNEM04: Unemployment rate revisions triangle
Unemployment rate revisions triangle. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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Educational status and labour market status of people aged 16 to 24 years, by sex, in and out of full-time education, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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UNEM01 NSA: Unemployment by age and duration (not seasonally adjusted)
Unemployment by age and duration (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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EMP05: Employment rate revisions triangle
Employment rate revisions triangle, published monthly. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development. These are official statistics in development.
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EMP06: Employment by country of birth and nationality
Employment levels and rates by country of birth and nationality, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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Employment by industry and sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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Temporary employees: all and part-time, by sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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X01: Labour Force Survey single-month estimates
Single-month estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.
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EARN04: Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees
Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees by sex, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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HOUR02 NSA: Usual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted)
Usual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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X05: Comparison between unemployment and the Claimant Count
This table compares quarterly movements in unemployment with quarterly movements in the Claimant Count.
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A07: Regional labour market summary
Labour market indicators for UK countries and regions, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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VACS03: Vacancies by size of business
Vacancies by size of business.
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Vacancies by industry.
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VACS01: Vacancies and unemployment
Vacancies and unemployment.
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X02: Labour Force Survey flows estimates
Flows estimates from the Labour Force Survey, levels and rates, UK, quarterly.
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EARN02: Average weekly earnings by sector
Average weekly earnings at sector level including manufacturing, finance and services, Great Britain, monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
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EMP01 SA: Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (seasonally adjusted)
Full-time, part-time and temporary workers, by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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X12: Annual growth rate comparisons of PAYE RTI, LFS and WFJ
A comparison of annual growth rates of PAYE RTI, LFS and WFJ
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EARN08: Distribution of gross hourly earnings of employees
Distribution of gross hourly earnings of full-time and part-time employees by sex, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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RED01 SA: Redundancies levels and rates (seasonally adjusted)
Number of people (levels), men and women made redundant and redundancy rates, seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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A11: Labour Force Survey sampling variability
Sampling variability for Labour Force Survey estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, 95% confidence intervals, rolling three-monthly figures, non-seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.
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EARN05: Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees by region
Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees by region, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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A05 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (not seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates by age group, UK, rolling three-monthly figures, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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X06: Single month vacancies estimates (not designated as National Statistics)
Vacancies by industry and size of business, UK, single month, not seasonally adjusted. Vacancy Survey.
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Labour Force Survey summary data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.
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HOUR03: Average hours worked by industry
Average actual weekly hours worked by industry, including by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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EARN07: Gross weekly earnings by industry
Gross weekly and hourly earnings by industry and sex, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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RED02: Redundancies by age, industry and region
Redundancies by age, industry, and region, not seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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UNEM01 SA: Unemployment by age and duration (seasonally adjusted)
Unemployment by age and duration (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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INAC01 SA: Economic inactivity by reason (seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years ) by reason (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.
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X09: Real average weekly earnings using consumer price inflation (seasonally adjusted)
Average weekly earnings for the whole economy, for total and regular pay, in real terms (adjusted for consumer price inflation), UK, monthly, seasonally adjusted.
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A05 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates by age group, UK, rolling three-monthly figures, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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EARN03: Average weekly earnings by industry
Average weekly earnings at industry level including manufacturing, construction and energy, Great Britain, monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
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LABD: Labour disputes in the UK
Monthly estimates of labour disputes back to 1931.
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Educational status and labour market status of people aged 16 to 24 years, by sex, in and out of full-time education, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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EMP14: Employees and self-employed by industry
Employees and self-employed, by industry sectors and sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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EMP16: Underemployment and overemployment
Underemployment and overemployment levels and rates, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
About the data
Accredited Official Statistics
These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:
- meet user needs
- are presented clearly and accessibly
- are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
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