# Economy and work in Middlesbrough The south east of the North East. 152,795 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 54 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for Middlesbrough, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east) ## Median full-time pay Middlesbrough: **£35,177** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS earnings survey. Published 23 October 2025. Full-time workers living in Middlesbrough earned a median of £35,177 in 2025. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay?place=E06000002) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/north-east) · https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits Middlesbrough: **5,150** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Middlesbrough, 5,150 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants?place=E06000002) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate Middlesbrough: **5.2%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Middlesbrough, 5.2% 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 North East: 41% higher (3.7%) - Against the UK: 33% higher (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate?place=E06000002) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/north-east) · https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate Middlesbrough: **66.0%** (March 2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS population survey. Published 21 July 2026. 66.0% of people aged 16 to 64 in Middlesbrough were in work in the year to March 2026. Middlesbrough is 15th lowest of 348 for employment rate. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment?place=E06000002) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/north-east) · https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/deprivation) (8) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/planning) (3) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E06000002/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/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, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508848. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough/economy