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Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16-64
75.5 %
2023 MAY-JUL
- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023

Labour market overview, UK: October 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- The estimate of payrolled employees in the UK for September 2023 is largely unchanged on the month, down 11,000 on the revised August 2023 figure, to 30.1 million. The September 2023 estimate should be treated as a provisional estimate and is likely to be revised when more data are received next month.
- UK payrolled employee growth for August 2023 compared with July 2023 has been revised from a decrease of 1,000 reported in the last bulletin to a decrease of 8,000.
- Because of the increased uncertainty around the Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates, today we are publishing an alternative series of estimates of UK employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity as experimental statistics. The experimental figures were derived using growth rates from Pay as You Earn Real-Time Information and the Claimant Count for the periods from May to July 2023 onwards. This is to provide a more holistic view of the state of the labour market while the LFS estimates are uncertain. Unadjusted June to August LFS data are not published.

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Time series related to Employment and employee types
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Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16-64
75.5 % 2023 MAY-JUL- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
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Number of People in Employment (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted):000s
UK: Aged 16 and over
32,882 000's 2023 MAY-JUL- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
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72.4 % 2023 MAY-JUL
- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
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Male employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16-64
78.6 % 2023 MAY-JUL- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
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840 2023 AUG-OCT
- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
Datasets related to Employment and employee types
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EMP02: Public and private sector employment
Public and private sector employment, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.
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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.
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CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle
Claimant Count revisions triangle, published monthly.
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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.
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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.
Publications related to Employment and employee types
Statistical bulletins
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Labour market overview, UK: November 2023
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Labour market in the regions of the UK: September 2023
Regional, local authority and parliamentary constituency breakdowns of changes in UK employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other related statistics.
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Employment in the UK: September 2023
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Vacancies and jobs in the UK: November 2023
Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.
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Working and workless households in the UK: April to June 2023
The economic status of households in the UK and the people living in them, where at least one person is aged 16 to 64 years. Taken from the Labour Force Survey.
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Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK: November 2023
Experimental monthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data. This is a joint release between HMRC and the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Articles
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Technology intensity and homeworking in the UK
Recent trends and insights into technology as an enabler for homeworking. Analysis considers differences in technology usage across industries.
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Coronavirus and self-employment in the UK
An overview of self-employment across the UK, looking at the industrial, occupational, geographic and demographic characteristics of those who are self-employed.
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The commuting gap: men account for 65% of commutes lasting more than an hour
Discover differences between the commuting habits of men and women across the UK.
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Young people's career aspirations versus reality
What did you want to be when you grew up?
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One in eight young people without degrees work in graduate jobs
Analysis of the jobs and earnings of young non-graduates working in the UK.
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More mothers with young children working full-time
The proportion of mothers with children aged between three and four who are in employment is increasing, analysis suggests.
Methodology related to Employment and employee types
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