# Economy and work in Blaenau Gwent South east Wales. 67,593 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 109 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for Blaenau Gwent, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales) ## Median full-time pay Blaenau Gwent: **£34,797** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS earnings survey. Published 23 October 2025. Full-time workers living in Blaenau Gwent earned a median of £34,797 in 2025. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay?place=W06000019) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/wales) · https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits Blaenau Gwent: **1,615** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Blaenau Gwent, 1,615 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants?place=W06000019) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate Blaenau Gwent: **3.9%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Blaenau Gwent, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. For the UK as a whole, the figure was 3.9%. - Against Wales: 15% higher (3.4%) - Against the UK: About the same (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate?place=W06000019) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/wales) · https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate Blaenau Gwent: **63.0%** (March 2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS population survey. Published 21 July 2026. 63.0% of people aged 16 to 64 in Blaenau Gwent were in work in the year to March 2026. Blaenau Gwent is 3rd lowest of 348 for employment rate. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment?place=W06000019) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/wales) · https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/deprivation) (2) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/environment) (6) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/connectivity) (5) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/elections) (8) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/sources) (26) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W06000019/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/economy#l-median-pay-full-time. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/economy