# Economy and work in Bolsover The north of the East Midlands. 84,397 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 160 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for Bolsover, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands) ## Median full-time pay Bolsover: **£32,897** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS earnings survey. Published 23 October 2025. Full-time workers living in Bolsover earned a median of £32,897 in 2025. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay?place=E07000033) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/east-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits Bolsover: **1,520** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Bolsover, 1,520 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants?place=E07000033) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate Bolsover: **2.9%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Bolsover, 2.9% 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 East Midlands: 17% lower (3.5%) - Against the UK: 26% lower (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate?place=E07000033) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/east-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate Bolsover: **70.2%** (March 2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS population survey. Published 21 July 2026. 70.2% of people aged 16 to 64 in Bolsover were in work in the year to March 2026. Bolsover is joint 48th lowest of 348 for employment rate. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment?place=E07000033) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/east-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/deprivation) (8) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/planning) (3) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E07000033/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/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 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover/economy