# Economy and work in Bridgend

South Wales. 146,986 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 251 square kilometres.

4 layers about economy and work for Bridgend, 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

Bridgend: **£37,002** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS earnings survey. Published 23 October 2025.

Full-time workers living in Bridgend earned a median of £37,002 in 2025.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay?place=W06000013) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/wales) · https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/economy#l-median-pay-full-time

## People claiming out-of-work benefits

Bridgend: **2,680** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026.

In Bridgend, 2,680 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants?place=W06000013) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/economy#l-claimant-count

## Claimant rate

Bridgend: **3.0%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026.

In Bridgend, 3.0% 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: 12% lower (3.4%)
- Against the UK: 23% lower (3.9%)

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate?place=W06000013) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/wales) · https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/economy#l-claimant-rate

## Employment rate

Bridgend: **69.0%** (March 2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS population survey. Published 21 July 2026.

69.0% of people aged 16 to 64 in Bridgend were in work in the year to March 2026.
Bridgend is joint 30th lowest of 348 for employment rate.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment?place=W06000013) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/wales) · https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/economy#l-employment-rate

## More on this place

- [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend)
- [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/housing) (17)
- [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/crime) (13)
- [People](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/people) (24)
- [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/deprivation) (2)
- [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/health) (4)
- [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/education) (2)
- [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/environment) (6)
- [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/transport) (4)
- [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/connectivity) (5)
- [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/council-tax) (11)
- [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/elections) (8)
- [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/services) (3)
- [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/sources) (26)

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W06000013/data?family=economy

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/economy