Headline indicators for the UK labour market for August to October 2021 show that

▪️ employment was 75.5%
▪️ unemployment was 4.2%
▪️ economic inactivity was 21.2%

➡️ow.ly/MgXF50Ha53b Graphic text: Headline indicators for the UK labour market
Commenting on today’s labour market data, ONS director of economic statistics Darren Morgan said⬇️

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Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics (ONS) continued⬇️

(2/4) Graphic text: “The number on payroll is now above pre-pand
Darren Morgan also said⬇️

(3/4) Graphic text: “Separately, survey findings show much of th
Darren Morgan added⬇️

(4/4) Graphic text: “While job vacancies continue at record leve
The number of employees on payroll continued to grow strongly in November 2021, with all regions now above pre-pandemic levels ow.ly/ln6N50Ha59J Line chart text: The number of employees declined between Fe
Weekly hours worked increased 17,600 on the previous quarter, to 1.024 billion hours in August to October 2021.

However, this is a smaller increase than in previous periods and is still below pre-pandemic levels ow.ly/zCuy50Ha5cy Chart text: Total actual weekly hours worked increased on th
After inflation, average pay saw annual growth of 1.7% including bonuses in August to October 2021, while excluding bonuses it was up 1.0%.

Temporary factors seen earlier in the year have now largely worked their way out of the data ow.ly/TrLt50Ha5gx
There were an average of 1.219 million job vacancies across September to November 2021, up from 1.035 million the previous three months ow.ly/941t50Ha5h5 Chart title: Vacancies rose to a new record 1,219,000 in Sep
There were 5.70 million public sector employees for September 2021, up 22,000 on June 2021 and up 137,000 on September 2020.

The increase from a year ago is largely due to the response of the NHS and the Civil Service to the pandemic ow.ly/2fet50Ha5lb

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