UK Employment Rate
The share of working-age people who are currently in paid work.
75.3%
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Feb 1971 to Jun–Aug 2026
Source: ONS series LF24 (LMS) · aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted.
UK Employment Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In the UK, the employment rate rose by 0.2pp over the year to Jun–Aug 2026, from 75.1% in Jun–Aug 2025.
It is the highest reading since Mar–May 2023.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 74.4% in Feb–Apr 2024 to 75.5% in Feb–Apr 2023.
Its average since Jan–Mar 1971 is 71.8%, and the latest reading is above that.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- ONS
- Series
- LF24
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Jun–Aug 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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