Employment rate: every council in West Midlands
East Staffordshire had the highest employment rate of West Midlands’s 30 councils in March 2026, at 85.2%.
Sandwell had the lowest, at 64.6%. The middle council, Telford and Wrekin, had 77.7%.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Staffordshire | 85.2% |
| 2 | Wychavon | 84.2% |
| 3 | Warwick | 83.4% |
| 4 | Cannock Chase use-with-caution | 82.3% |
| 5 | Herefordshire | 82.1% |
| 6 | Stafford | 80.9% |
| 7 | Bromsgrove use-with-caution | 80.5% |
| 8 | South Staffordshire use-with-caution | 80.3% |
| 9 | Lichfield | 80.1% |
| 10 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 79.5% |
| 11 | Shropshire | 79.3% |
| 12 | Tamworth use-with-caution | 79.2% |
| 13 | Rugby | 78.8% |
| 14 | Stratford-on-Avon | 78.2% |
| 15 | Telford and Wrekin | 77.7% |
| 16 | Malvern Hills use-with-caution | 75.9% |
| 17 | Redditch use-with-caution | 75.7% |
| =18 | Dudley | 75.6% |
| =18 | Solihull | 75.6% |
| =18 | Worcester use-with-caution | 75.6% |
| 21 | Stoke-on-Trent | 74.5% |
| 22 | Wyre Forest use-with-caution | 72.6% |
| 23 | Coventry | 71.7% |
| 24 | Staffordshire Moorlands use-with-caution | 70.9% |
| 25 | Wolverhampton | 69.8% |
| 26 | North Warwickshire use-with-caution | 69.1% |
| 27 | Newcastle-under-Lyme use-with-caution | 69.0% |
| 28 | Walsall | 68.1% |
| 29 | Birmingham | 66.8% |
| 30 | Sandwell | 64.6% |