Release: Labour Market Statistics, October 2011
Contact
Richard Clegg
Household and Labour Market Division
Telephone: +44 (0)1633 455400
Categories: Labour Market, People in Work, People not in Work, Employment, Employment Type, Job Statistics, Workforce Jobs, Jobs, Vacancies, Vacancies by Industry, Vacancies by Size of Enterprise, Earnings, Weekly Earnings, Bonus Earnings, Basic Pay, Hours of Work, Average Hours, Total Hours, Usual Hours, Weekly Hours, Labour Disputes, Days Lost Due to Industrial Action, Productivity, Claimant Count, Economic Inactivity, Redundancies, Unemployment, Claimant Count Flows, Claimant Count Rates, Claimant Count by Age, Claimant Count by Duration of Claim, Claimant Count by Sex, Jobseeker's Allowance, Economic Inactivity by Age, Economic Inactivity by Reason, Economic Inactivity by Sex, Redundancies by Industry, Redundancies by Rate and Level, Long Term Unemployment, Unemployment Rates, Unemployment by Age, Unemployment by Duration, Unemployment by Sex
Frequency of release: Monthly
Language: English
Geographical coverage: UK
Geographical breakdown: UK and GB
Survey name(s): Labour Force Survey, Labour Disputes Statistics, Vacancy Survey, Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey, Short Term Employment Survey (GAPS), Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES)
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The employment rate was 70.4 per cent and there were 29.10 million employed people. The unemployment rate was 8.1 per cent and there were 2.57 million unemployed people. The inactivity rate was 23.3 per cent. There were 9.35 million inactive people aged from 16 to 64.
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Total pay (including bonuses) rose by 2.8 per cent on a year earlier. Regular pay (excluding bonuses) rose by 1.8 per cent on a year earlier.
In this release
- Statistical bulletin: Labour Market Statistics, October 2011
- Latest on the labour market October 2011 - Animated video podcast (YouTube)
- Latest on the labour market October 2011 - Animated video podcast (YouTube)
- Labour Market Statistics Data Tables (Excel), October 2011
- LFS Single Month Analysis (Not designated as National Statistics)
- Pre-release access - Labour Market Statistics October 2011 (Pdf 35Kb)
- Summary of key labour market statistics: October 2011 (Pdf 42Kb)
- Unemployment and the claimant count: October 2011
- Average Weekly Earnings dataset: October 2011
- Claimant count and vacancies dataset: October 2011
- Labour Market Statistics dataset: October 2011
- Reference tables (65)
The Labour Market Statistical Bulletin contains the latest estimates of labour market statistics (including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) for the United Kingdom. It is accompanied by articles, data tables and a video podcast .
There is a separate release for Regional Labour Market Statistics .
These National Statistics are produced to high professional standards and released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
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