Quarterly PAYstats Pay and Labour Market Statistics, April 2019

Latest pay and labour market statistics April 2019:

• The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate was 1.9% in March 2019, unchanged from February 2019.
• The UK employment rate was estimated at 76.1%, higher than for a year earlier (75.4%) and the joint highest figure on record.
• The UK unemployment rate was estimated at 3.9%; it has not been lower since November 1974 to January 1975.
• The UK economic inactivity rate was estimated at 20.7%, lower than for a year earlier (21.2%) and the joint lowest figure on record.
• Excluding bonuses, average weekly earnings for employees in Great Britain were estimated to have increased by 3.4%, before adjusting for inflation, and by 1.5%, after adjusting for inflation, compared with a year earlier.
• Including bonuses, average weekly earnings for employees in Great Britain were estimated to have increased by 3.5%, before adjusting for inflation, and by 1.6%, after adjusting for inflation, compared with a year earlier.