UK employment rate estimated at 75.6% in quarter to June, up 0.2 percentage point quarter-over-quarter, 0.9 percentage point lower than pre-pandemic level; economic inactivity rate estimated at 21.3%, 0.1 percentage points lower than previous quarter: ONS

LONDON , June 14, 2022 (press release) –

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

Main points

• February to April 2022 estimates show an increase in the employment rate and decreases in the unemployment and economic inactivity rates compared with the previous three-month period (November 2021 to January 2022).
• Total hours worked increased compared with the previous three-month period but are still just below pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic levels.
• The UK employment rate was estimated at 75.6%, 0.2 percentage points higher than the previous three-month period but 0.9 percentage points lower than before the coronavirus pandemic (December 2019 to February 2020).
• The UK unemployment rate was estimated at 3.8%, 0.2 percentage points lower than the previous three-month period, and 0.1 percentage points below pre-coronavirus pandemic levels.
• The UK economic inactivity rate was estimated at 21.3%, 0.1 percentage points lower than the previous three-month period, but 1.1 percentage points higher than before the coronavirus pandemic.

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