Economy and work in East Midlands
RegionNorth England. 5,085,641 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 15,643 square kilometres.
4 layers about economy and work for East Midlands, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.
Claimants by neighbourhood
Claimant count (Nomis) · August 2026
There is no people claiming out-of-work benefits figure for East Midlands’s neighbourhoods yet.
Median full-time pay
CouncilGreat Britain onlyPublished for councils, not as one figure for the whole of East Midlands. The map shows each one.
People claiming out-of-work benefits
RegionIn East Midlands, 109,750 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.
Claimant rate
RegionIn East Midlands, 3.5% 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 England
- 13% lower4.0%
- Against the UK
- 10% lower3.9%
Employment rate
CouncilGreat Britain onlyPublished for councils, not as one figure for the whole of East Midlands. The map shows each one.