# Economy and work in East Riding of Yorkshire East Yorkshire and The Humber. 360,334 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 2,405 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for East Riding of Yorkshire, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber) ## Median full-time pay East Riding of Yorkshire: **£37,595** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS earnings survey. Published 23 October 2025. Full-time workers living in East Riding of Yorkshire earned a median of £37,595 in 2025. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay#place=E06000011) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/yorkshire-and-the-humber) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits East Riding of Yorkshire: **4,645** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In East Riding of Yorkshire, 4,645 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants#place=E06000011) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate East Riding of Yorkshire: **2.3%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In East Riding of Yorkshire, 2.3% 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 Yorkshire and The Humber: 44% lower (4.1%) - Against the UK: 41% lower (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate#place=E06000011) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/yorkshire-and-the-humber) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate East Riding of Yorkshire: **76.5%** (March 2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS population survey. Published 21 July 2026. 76.5% of people aged 16 to 64 in East Riding of Yorkshire were in work in the year to March 2026. East Riding of Yorkshire is joint 171st highest of 348 for employment rate. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment#place=E06000011) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/yorkshire-and-the-humber) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/deprivation) (8) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/planning) (3) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E06000011/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/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 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire/economy