# Economy and work in Vale of Glamorgan South Wales. 135,362 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 331 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for Vale of Glamorgan, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales) ## Median full-time pay Vale of Glamorgan: **£38,656** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS earnings survey. Published 23 October 2025. Full-time workers living in Vale of Glamorgan earned a median of £38,656 in 2025. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay#place=W06000014) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/wales) · https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits Vale of Glamorgan: **2,690** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Vale of Glamorgan, 2,690 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants#place=W06000014) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate Vale of Glamorgan: **3.3%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Vale of Glamorgan, 3.3% 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 Wales: 3% lower (3.4%) - Against the UK: 15% lower (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate#place=W06000014) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/wales) · https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate Vale of Glamorgan: **74.5%** (March 2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS population survey. Published 21 July 2026. 74.5% of people aged 16 to 64 in Vale of Glamorgan were in work in the year to March 2026. Vale of Glamorgan is joint 129th lowest of 348 for employment rate. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment#place=W06000014) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/wales) · https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/deprivation) (3) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/environment) (6) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/connectivity) (5) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/council-tax) (11) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/elections) (8) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/sources) (26) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W06000014/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/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/vale-of-glamorgan/economy