UK employment rate estimated at 75.4% in quarter to July, down 0.2 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, 1.1 percentage points lower than pre-pandemic level; economic inactivity rate estimated at 21.7%, up 0.4 percentage points quarter-over-quarter: ONS

LONDON , September 13, 2022 (press release) –

Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.

Main points

• May to July 2022 estimates show a decrease in the unemployment rate compared with the previous three-month period (February to April 2022), and a decrease in the employment rate, while the economic inactivity rate increased.
• Total hours worked decreased compared with the previous three-month period, and are still just below pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic levels.
• The UK employment rate was estimated at 75.4%, 0.2 percentage points lower than the previous three-month period and 1.1 percentage points lower than before the coronavirus pandemic (December 2019 to February 2020).
• The UK unemployment rate was estimated at 3.6%, 0.2 percentage points lower than the previous three-month period, and 0.4 percentage points below pre-coronavirus pandemic levels.
• The UK economic inactivity rate was estimated at 21.7%, 0.4 percentage points higher than the previous three-month period, and 1.5 percentage points higher than before the coronavirus pandemic.

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