# Economy and work in East Lothian East Scotland. 116,460 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 679 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for East Lothian, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/scotland) ## Median full-time pay East Lothian: **£38,714** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS earnings survey. Published 23 October 2025. Full-time workers living in East Lothian earned a median of £38,714 in 2025. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay?place=S12000010) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/scotland) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits East Lothian: **1,755** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In East Lothian, 1,755 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants?place=S12000010) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate East Lothian: **2.5%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In East Lothian, 2.5% 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 Scotland: 22% lower (3.2%) - Against the UK: 36% lower (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate?place=S12000010) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/scotland) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate East Lothian: **78.6%** (March 2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS population survey. Published 21 July 2026. 78.6% of people aged 16 to 64 in East Lothian were in work in the year to March 2026. East Lothian is joint 120th highest of 348 for employment rate. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment?place=S12000010) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/scotland) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/housing) (8) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/crime) (6) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/people) (15) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/deprivation) (2) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/environment) (5) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/connectivity) (5) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/council-tax) (2) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/services) (1) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/sources) (22) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/S12000010/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/east-lothian/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/east-lothian/economy