# Economy and work in Telford and Wrekin The north west of the West Midlands. 199,378 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 290 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for Telford and Wrekin, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands) ## Median full-time pay Telford and Wrekin: **£36,044** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS earnings survey. Published 23 October 2025. Full-time workers living in Telford and Wrekin earned a median of £36,044 in 2025. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay#place=E06000020) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/west-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits Telford and Wrekin: **4,885** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Telford and Wrekin, 4,885 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants#place=E06000020) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate Telford and Wrekin: **4.0%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Telford and Wrekin, 4.0% 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 West Midlands: 25% lower (5.3%) - Against the UK: 3% higher (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate#place=E06000020) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/west-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate Telford and Wrekin: **77.7%** (March 2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS population survey. Published 21 July 2026. 77.7% of people aged 16 to 64 in Telford and Wrekin were in work in the year to March 2026. Telford and Wrekin is joint 146th highest of 348 for employment rate. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment#place=E06000020) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/west-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/deprivation) (8) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/planning) (3) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E06000020/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin/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/telford-and-wrekin/economy