Unemployment Rate Across Scotland Rises To 4%
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17/08/2023Unemployment Rate Across Scotland Rises To 4%
Scotland’s unemployment rate rose to 4% in the three months to June, according to the latest figures.
Data from the Office For National Statistics (ONS) reveals the figure is up 0.9% in the previous three months.
However, the Scottish figure is still below the rate for the UK as a whole, which stands at 4.2%
Meanwhile, wages grew at a record annual pace of 7.8% between April and June – the highest annual growth rate since comparable records began in 2001.
The latest ONS report also shows the percentage of Scots over 16 years old and in work fell by 1.1% to 74.2%.
The data showed that 109,000 people aged 16 and over were out of work over the period April to June – up by 24,000 in the first three months of the year.
There were 2,652,000 Scots in work, down by 31,000 on the January to March figures.
Scotland’s employment rate now stands at 74.2% – lower than the corresponding rate of 75.7% for the UK as a whole.
