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Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16-64
75.1 %
2025 FEB-APR
- Release date:
- 10 June 2025
- Next release:
- 17 July 2025
Labour market overview, UK: June 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- Estimates for payrolled employees in the UK decreased by 55,000 (0.2%) between March and April 2025 and fell by 115,000 (0.4%) between April 2024 and April 2025.
- When looking at February to April 2025, the period comparable with our Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates, payrolled employees fell by 78,000 (0.3%) over the quarter and fell by 51,000 (0.2%) over the year.
- The early estimate of payrolled employees for May 2025 decreased by 109,000 (0.4%) on the month and decreased by 274,000 (0.9%) on the year to 30.2 million. Early estimates are subject to significant revisions as more returns are received by HMRC next month. The earlier timing of the data extract for May 2025 means these estimates are more uncertain than usual. Additional caution is needed in interpreting these earlier estimates.
Labour market transformation – update on progress and plans
Labour market transformation overview, building on previous engagement on the transformed Labour Force Survey.
Time series related to Employment and employee types
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Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16-64
75.1 % 2025 FEB-APR- Release date:
- 10 June 2025
- Next release:
- 17 July 2025
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Number of People in Employment (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted):000s
UK: Aged 16 and over
34,011 000's 2025 FEB-APR- Release date:
- 10 June 2025
- Next release:
- 17 July 2025
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72.2 % 2025 FEB-APR
- Release date:
- 10 June 2025
- Next release:
- 17 July 2025
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Male employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16-64
78 % 2025 FEB-APR- Release date:
- 10 June 2025
- Next release:
- 17 July 2025
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644 2025 MAR-MAY
- Release date:
- 10 June 2025
- Next release:
- 17 July 2025
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.
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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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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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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: June 2025
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: June 2025
Regional, local authority, and parliamentary constituency breakdowns of changes in UK employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity, and other related statistics. These are official statistics in development.
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Employment in the UK: June 2025
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Vacancies and jobs in the UK: June 2025
Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.
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Working and workless households in the UK: January to March 2025
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: June 2025
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). These are official statistics in development.
Articles
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Transformed Labour Force Survey TLFS technical design review
Findings from the technical design review to inform the future design of the Transformed Labour Force Survey (TLFS).
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Labour market transformation – update on progress and plans
Labour market transformation overview, building on previous engagement on the transformed Labour Force Survey.
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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?
Methodology related to Employment and employee types
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