Unemployment fell by 34,000 over the quarter to reach 2.47m but was up 92,000 on the year. The unemployment rate for the three months to May was 7.8%, down 0.1% on the quarter but up 0.3 points on the year. The number of long-term unemployed increased by 61,000 to reach 787,000. The inactivity rate was down 0.2 or 62,000 on the quarter to 21.3% leaving 8.10 million working age people inactive. The claimant count fell by 20,800 on the month and 100,100 on the year to 1.46m or 4.5%.
The employment rate to May 2010 was up 0.3 to 72.3% or 28.98m employed people, an increase of 160,000. It was 0.6 down on last year. The public sector employed 6.09m and the private sector 22.78m.
Vacancies increased by 10,000 to 486,000 over the quarter. The sector with the largest increase in vacancies was wholesale, retail and motor vehicle repairs with an increase of 11,000 on the quarter.
The earnings annual growth rate for total pay for the quarter to May was 2.7%. Average total pay was £453 per week. Regular pay was £428 per week on average. The growth rate for regular pay was 1.8%. The average total in the private sector was £453 and average regular £418 per week. In the public sector the average total pay was £453 and average regular pay was £461 per week.
There were 30.77m workforce jobs in March 2010 with administration and support services increasing by 90,000. Total hours worked in the three months to May 2010 amounted to 911.4m giving an average of 31.5 hours a week. Output per worker decreased by 1.4% in Q4 2009. Unit wage costs increased by 2.4% over the same period. Nine stoppages in May 2010 cost 13,000 working days and 722,00 working days were lost in 97 stoppages over the year.
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