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For May to July 2019, 76.1% of people aged 16 to 64 were in paid work, a joint-record high ow.ly/9PBc50w3QCF

72.1% of women aged 16 to 64 were in paid work, the joint-highest female employment rate on record ow.ly/2sqv30pvz09

Earnings for employees (including bonuses) increased by 4.0% on the year in cash terms, and, after taking inflation into account, were up by 2.1% ow.ly/Gs0k30pvz2w

Employees’ earnings are still lower than before the 2008 to 2009 downturn, after taking inflation into account ow.ly/W2DE30pvz3a

For May to July 2019, the overall unemployment rate was 3.8% ow.ly/ffdy30pvz4t

The proportion of women aged 16 to 64 who were neither working or looking for work (the economic inactivity rate) was 25.2% for May to July 2019 ow.ly/Y3CE30pvz85

There were 812,000 job vacancies in June to August 2019 – 33,000 fewer than a year earlier, and 23,000 fewer than in the 3 months to May 2019 ow.ly/NLRe30pvz9q

Our employment and unemployment figures follow standard definitions specified by the International Labour Organisation ow.ly/nnt430pvzaM

Commenting on today’s figures, our head of Labour Market statistics David Freeman said:

"The employment rate has remained fairly constant at a joint record high for some months now, while the unemployment rate was last lower at the end of 1974."

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Our Head of Labour Market David Freeman continues:

"Vacancies continue to fall back from recent record highs, with much of this decline coming from small businesses."

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5.42 million people were employed in the public sector in June 2019 – 29,000 more than for March 2019.

This represents 16.5% of all people in paid work ow.ly/ONEr30pvzCT