# Employment rate: highest and lowest councils in Wales (March 2026)

Monmouthshire had the highest employment rate of Wales’s 22 councils in March 2026, at 78.0%.

Blaenau Gwent had the lowest, at 63.0%. The middle council, Cardiff, had 73.7%.

| Rank | Area | Employment rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | 78.0% |
| 2 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | 77.5% |
| 3 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | 77.3% |
| 4 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | 76.6% |
| 5 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | 76.3% |
| 6 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | 75.5% |
| 7 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | 74.9% |
| 8 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | 74.7% |
| 9 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | 74.5% |
| 10 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | 74.0% |
| 11 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | 73.7% |
| 12 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | 73.2% |
| 13 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | 71.8% |
| 14 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | 71.3% |
| 15 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | 71.1% |
| 16 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | 70.9% |
| 17 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | 70.0% |
| 18 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | 69.0% |
| 19 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | 68.8% |
| 20 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | 65.6% |
| 21 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | 65.3% |
| 22 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | 63.0% |

Source: Annual Population Survey, ONS population survey. Covers Great Britain. Period: March 2026. Period: March 2026.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [Great Britain](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/england)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/scotland)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment)

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