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Labour Market Profile
Worcestershire

The profile brings together data from several sources. Details about these and related terminology are given in the definitions section.

All figures are the most recent available.

  Resident population
  Employment and unemployment
  Economic inactivity
  Employment by occupation
  Qualifications
  Earnings by residence
  Working-age benefits
  Jobs (total jobs / employee jobs)
  Jobcentre plus vacancies
  VAT registered businesses
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RESIDENT POPULATION

Total population (2007)
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  Worcestershire
(numbers)		 West Midlands
(numbers) 		Great Britain
(numbers)
All people 555,400 5,381,800 59,216,200
Males 273,600 2,648,100 29,054,100
Females 281,800 2,733,800 30,162,100
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Working age population (2007)
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  Worcestershire
(numbers)		 Worcestershire
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people - working age 335,600 60.4 61.0 62.2
Males - working age 177,300 64.8 65.1 66.2
Females - working age 158,300 56.2 57.1 58.3
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Notes: % is a proportion of total population
Working age includes males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59

LABOUR SUPPLY

Employment and unemployment (Oct 2007-Sep 2008)
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  Worcestershire
(numbers)		 Worcestershire
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically active† 285,300 80.9 76.9 78.8
In employment† 274,200 77.7 72.0 74.5
Employees† 233,400 66.5 63.3 64.8
Self employed† 40,000 11.0 8.4 9.3
Unemployed§ 11,000 3.9 6.2 5.3
Males
Economically active† 153,500 85.0 82.1 83.3
In employment† 147,700 81.7 76.5 78.6
Employees† 118,300 65.9 63.7 65.1
Self employed† 29,400 15.9 12.5 13.1
Unemployed§ 5,800 3.8 6.6 5.6
Females
Economically active† 131,700 76.4 71.2 73.9
In employment† 126,500 73.2 67.0 70.1
Employees† 115,100 67.1 62.8 64.4
Self employed† 10,500 5.5 3.9 5.2
Unemployed§ 5,200 4.0 5.6 5.0
Source: ONS annual population survey

†numbers are for those aged 16 and over, % are for those of working age (16-59/64)
§numbers and % are for those aged 16 and over. % is a proportion of economically active

Economic inactivity (Oct 2007-Sep 2008)
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  Worcestershire
(numbers)		 Worcestershire
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically inactive 63,500 19.1 23.1 21.2
Wanting a job 15,000 4.5 5.3 5.6
Not wanting a job 48,500 14.6 17.8 15.6
Males
Economically inactive 26,200 15.0 17.9 16.7
Wanting a job 8,100 4.6 4.3 4.6
Not wanting a job 18,100 10.3 13.6 12.0
Females
Economically inactive 37,200 23.6 28.8 26.1
Wanting a job 6,900 4.4 6.4 6.6
Not wanting a job 30,400 19.3 22.4 19.4
Source: ONS annual population survey

Notes: Numbers and % are for those of working age
% is a proportion of resident working age population of area and gender

Employment by occupation (Oct 2007-Sep 2008)
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  Worcestershire
(numbers)		 Worcestershire
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Soc 2000 major group 1-3 115,700 42.4 39.3 43.2
1 Managers and senior officials 43,500 15.9 14.5 15.5
2 Professional occupations 34,100 12.4 11.8 13.0
3 Associate professional & technical 38,100 13.9 12.9 14.6
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 67,400 24.7 23.5 22.4
4 Administrative & secretarial 30,900 11.3 11.6 11.4
5 Skilled trades occupations 36,500 13.3 11.8 10.9
Soc 2000 major group 6-7 39,500 14.5 15.7 15.7
6 Personal service occupations 22,300 8.1 8.0 8.1
7 Sales and customer service occs 17,300 6.3 7.6 7.5
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 50,300 18.4 21.5 18.7
8 Process plant & machine operatives 20,700 7.5 8.6 7.1
9 Elementary occupations 29,600 10.8 12.8 11.5
Source: ONS annual population survey

Notes: Numbers and % are for those of 16+
% is a proportion of all persons in employment

Qualifications (Jan 2007-Dec 2007)
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  Worcestershire
(numbers)		 Worcestershire
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
NVQ4 and above 93,100 28.0 24.6 28.6
NVQ3 and above 159,200 47.8 42.0 46.4
NVQ2 and above 225,300 67.7 61.1 64.5
NVQ1 and above 271,400 81.5 75.4 78.1
Other qualifications 23,500 7.1 7.7 8.8
No qualifications 38,000 11.4 17.0 13.1
Source: ONS annual population survey

Notes: For an explanation of the qualification levels see the definitions section.
Numbers and % are for those of working age
% is a proportion of resident working age population of area

Earnings by residence (2008)
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  Worcestershire
(pounds)		 West Midlands
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 454.0 450.0 479.3
Male full-time workers 494.1 488.3 525.0
Female full-time workers 390.7 380.3 412.7
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 11.11 11.11 12.01
Male full-time workers 11.84 11.86 12.72
Female full-time workers 10.00 10.08 10.96
Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings - resident analysis

Note: Median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area.

WORKING-AGE BENEFITS

The Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is payable to people under pensionable age who are available for, and actively seeking, work of at least 40 hours a week.
Total JSA claimants (May 2009)
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  Worcestershire
(numbers)		 Worcestershire
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people 13,472 4.0 5.4 4.1
Males 9,886 5.6 7.7 5.8
Females 3,586 2.3 2.8 2.2
Source: ONS claimant count with rates and proportions

Note: % is a proportion of resident working age population of area and gender

JSA claimants by age and duration (May 2009)
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  Worcestershire
(numbers)		 Worcestershire
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
By age of claimant
Aged 18-24 3,685 27.4 28.7 28.9
Aged 25-49 6,940 51.5 54.6 54.8
Aged 50 and over 2,795 20.8 16.3 15.7
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months 10,460 77.7 70.4 73.1
Over 6 up to 12 months 2,285 17.0 19.5 18.7
Over 12 months 725 5.4 10.1 8.2
Source: ONS claimant count - age and duration

Note: % is a proportion of all JSA claimants

Working-age client group - key benefit claimants (August 2008)
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  Worcestershire
(numbers)		 Worcestershire
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total claimants 38,000 11.3 15.8 14.2
Job seekers 6,150 1.8 3.2 2.4
Incapacity benefits 18,150 5.4 7.2 7.0
Lone parents 4,660 1.4 2.2 2.0
Carers 3,350 1.0 1.3 1.1
Others on income related benefits 1,480 0.4 0.5 0.5
Disabled 3,310 1.0 1.1 1.0
Bereaved 910 0.3 0.3 0.3
Key out-of-work benefits† 30,440 9.1 13.1 11.9
Source: DWP benefit claimants - working age client group

†Key out-of-work benefits consists of the groups: job seekers, incapacity benefits, lone parents and others on income related benefits
Note: % is a proportion of resident working age population of area

LABOUR DEMAND


Jobs density (2006)
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  Worcestershire
(jobs)		 Worcestershire
(density)		 West Midlands
(density)		 Great Britain
(density)
Jobs density 275,000 0.82 0.87 0.88
Source: ONS jobs density

Notes: The density figures represent the ratio of total jobs to working-age population.
Total jobs includes employees, self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces

Employee jobs (2007)
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  Worcestershire
(employee jobs)		 Worcestershire
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total employee jobs 233,200 - - -
Full-time 154,500 66.2 69.0 69.0
Part-time 78,700 33.8 31.0 31.0
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing 37,900 16.2 14.0 10.6
Construction 9,600 4.1 5.1 4.9
Services 184,000 78.9 79.4 83.0
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 57,600 24.7 23.3 23.3
Transport & communications 9,300 4.0 5.6 5.9
Finance, IT, other business activities 44,200 19.0 19.0 21.6
Public admin, education & health 60,200 25.8 26.5 26.9
Other services 12,600 5.4 5.0 5.2
Tourism-related† 20,000 8.6 7.7 8.2
Source: ONS annual business inquiry employee analysis

-Data unavailable
†Tourism consists of industries that are also part of the services industry (see the definitions section)
Notes: % is a proportion of total employee jobs
Employee jobs excludes self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces

Earnings by workplace (2008)
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  Worcestershire
(pounds)		 West Midlands
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 419.9 448.9 479.1
Male full-time workers 455.2 488.7 523.5
Female full-time workers 359.5 379.4 412.4
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 10.32 11.09 12.00
Male full-time workers 10.92 11.83 12.69
Female full-time workers 9.36 10.04 10.95
Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis

Note: Median earnings in pounds for employees working in the area.

Jobcentre plus vacancies (May 2009)
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  Worcestershire West Midlands Great Britain
Unfilled jobcentre vacancies (numbers) 1,544 17,807 217,700
Unfilled jobcentre vacancies
   per 10,000 working age population		 46 54 59
JSA claimants per unfilled jobcentre vacancy 8.7 10.0 7.0
Source: Jobcentre Plus vacancies - summary analysis

BUSINESSES