UK full-time workers 2024

There were over 24.9 million full-time workers in the United Kingdom as of July 2024. Compared with May 1992, there has been a net increase of over five million full-time workers in the UK, despite significant falls in full-time employment between May 2008 and April 2010.

Number of full-time workers in the United Kingdom from May 1992 to July 2024 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of workers in thousands
Jul 24	24,909
Jun 24	24,803
May 24	24,791
Apr 24	24,704
Mar 24	24,850
Feb 24	24,759
Jan 24	24,849
Dec 23	24,813
Nov 23	24,743
Oct 23	24,687
Sep 23	24,607
Aug 23	24,487
Jul 23	24,500
Jun 23	24,518
May 23	24,705
Apr 23	24,730
Mar 23	24,617
Feb 23	24,678
Jan 23	24,622
Dec 22	24,641
Nov 22	24,712
Oct 22	24,676
Sep 22	24,668
Aug 22	24,609
Jul 22	24,578
Jun 22	24,612
May 22	24,686
Apr 22	24,562
Mar 22	24,517
Feb 22	24,511
Jan 22	24,430
Dec 21	24,497
Nov 21	24,461
Oct 21	24,495
Sep 21	24,549
Aug 21	24,519
Jul 21	24,569
Jun 21	24,494
May 21	24,483
Apr 21	24,471
Mar 21	24,433
Feb 21	24,376
Jan 21	24,287
Dec 20	24,254
Nov 20	24,360
Oct 20	24,324
Sep 20	24,278
Aug 20	24,306
Jul 20	24,309
Jun 20	24,305
May 20	24,261
Apr 20	24,213
Mar 20	24,319
Feb 20	24,455
Jan 20	24,463
Dec 19	24,416
Nov 19	24,357
Oct 19	24,238
Sep 19	24,213
Aug 19	24,160
Jul 19	24,172
Jun 19	24,107
May 19	24,088
Apr 19	24,149
Mar 19	24,110
Feb 19	24,146
Jan 19	24,118
Dec 18	24,035
Nov 18	24,008
Oct 18	23,966
Sep 18	23,927
Aug 18	23,898
Jul 18	23,867
Jun 18	23,845
May 18	23,841
Apr 18	23,747
Mar 18	23,739
Feb 18	23,673
Jan 18	23,694
Dec 17	23,609
Nov 17	23,641
Oct 17	23,535
Sep 17	23,495
Aug 17	23,543
Jul 17	23,579
Jun 17	23,555
May 17	23,514
Apr 17	23,499
Mar 17	23,486
Feb 17	23,407
Jan 17	23,332
Dec 16	23,300
Nov 16	23,262
Oct 16	23,235
Sep 16	23,254
Aug 16	23,234
Jul 16	23,255
Jun 16	23,183
May 16	23,173
Apr 16	23,091
Mar 16	23,094
Feb 16	23,076
Jan 16	23,035
Dec 15	23,081
Nov 15	23,053
Oct 15	22,990
Sep 15	22,894
Aug 15	22,855
Jul 15	22,801
Jun 15	22,793
May 15	22,756
Apr 15	22,783
Mar 15	22,769
Feb 15	22,745
Jan 15	22,691
Dec 14	22,632
Nov 14	22,565
Oct 14	22,588
Sep 14	22,566
Aug 14	22,507
Jul 14	22,395
Jun 14	22,400
May 14	22,451
Apr 14	22,376
Mar 14	22,277
Feb 14	22,243
Jan 14	22,165
Dec 13	22,140
Nov 13	22,111
Oct 13	21,997
Sep 13	21,944
Aug 13	21,893
Jul 13	21,867
Jun 13	21,769
May 13	21,725
Apr 13	21,723
Mar 13	21,734
Feb 13	21,699
Jan 13	21,753
Dec 12	21,736
Nov 12	21,665
Oct 12	21,560
Sep 12	21,568
Aug 12	21,566
Jul 12	21,542
Jun 12	21,513
May 12	21,475
Apr 12	21,410
Mar 12	21,372
Feb 12	21,345
Jan 12	21,364
Dec 11	21,365
Nov 11	21,381
Oct 11	21,401
Sep 11	21,408
Aug 11	21,441
Jul 11	21,452
Jun 11	21,476
May 11	21,451
Apr 11	21,414
Mar 11	21,437
Feb 11	21,433
Jan 11	21,387
Dec 10	21,326
Nov 10	21,282
Oct 10	21,289
Sep 10	21,341
Aug 10	21,314
Jul 10	21,335
Jun 10	21,301
May 10	21,265
Apr 10	21,221
Mar 10	21,234
Feb 10	21,281
Jan 10	21,291
Dec 09	21,349
Nov 09	21,344
Oct 09	21,349
Sep 09	21,388
Aug 09	21,446
Jul 09	21,412
Jun 09	21,479
May 09	21,585
Apr 09	21,715
Mar 09	21,768
Feb 09	21,843
Jan 09	21,952
Dec 08	21,951
Nov 08	21,959
Oct 08	22,010
Sep 08	22,061
Aug 08	22,081
Jul 08	22,170
Jun 08	22,189
May 08	22,227
Apr 08	22,160
Mar 08	22,134
Feb 08	22,130
Jan 08	22,083
Dec 07	22,075
Nov 07	22,054
Oct 07	22,038
Sep 07	21,989
Aug 07	21,947
Jul 07	21,921
Jun 07	21,902
May 07	21,896
Apr 07	21,797
Mar 07	21,756
Feb 07	21,748
Jan 07	21,753
Dec 06	21,749
Nov 06	21,745
Oct 06	21,709
Sep 06	21,763
Aug 06	21,821
Jul 06	21,769
Jun 06	21,745
May 06	21,745
Apr 06	21,757
Mar 06	21,704
Feb 06	21,678
Jan 06	21,660
Dec 05	21,623
Nov 05	21,604
Oct 05	21,625
Sep 05	21,625
Aug 05	21,595
Jul 05	21,520
Jun 05	21,469
May 05	21,452
Apr 05	21,472
Mar 05	21,509
Feb 05	21,510
Jan 05	21,430
Dec 04	21,376
Nov 04	21,328
Oct 04	21,232
Sep 04	21,176
Aug 04	21,125
Jul 04	21,107
Jun 04	21,111
May 04	21,081
Apr 04	21,059
Mar 04	21,047
Feb 04	21,049
Jan 04	21,038
Dec 03	20,987
Nov 03	21,001
Oct 03	20,985
Sep 03	20,976
Aug 03	20,954
Jul 03	20,979
Jun 03	20,957
May 03	20,919
Apr 03	20,879
Mar 03	20,876
Feb 03	20,877
Jan 03	20,932
Dec 02	20,951
Nov 02	20,879
Oct 02	20,812
Sep 02	20,778
Aug 02	20,792
Jul 02	20,796
Jun 02	20,803
May 02	20,828
Apr 02	20,818
Mar 02	20,787
Feb 02	20,762
Jan 02	20,742
Dec 01	20,782
Nov 01	20,789
Oct 01	20,779
Sep 01	20,772
Aug 01	20,785
Jul 01	20,718
Jun 01	20,724
May 01	20,720
Apr 01	20,693
Mar 01	20,619
Feb 01	20,611
Jan 01	20,616
Dec 00	20,565
Nov 00	20,522
Oct 00	20,542
Sep 00	20,529
Aug 00	20,559
Jul 00	20,550
Jun 00	20,523
May 00	20,520
Apr 00	20,487
Mar 00	20,450
Feb 00	20,413
Jan 00	20,463
Dec 99	20,457
Nov 99	20,446
Oct 99	20,381
Sep 99	20,397
Aug 99	20,342
Jul 99	20,298
Jun 99	20,286
May 99	20,250
Apr 99	20,239
Mar 99	20,232
Feb 99	20,217
Jan 99	20,169
Dec 98	20,168
Nov 98	20,154
Oct 98	20,141
Sep 98	20,140
Aug 98	20,130
Jul 98	20,070
Jun 98	19,989
May 98	19,991
Apr 98	20,009
Mar 98	20,000
Feb 98	19,998
Jan 98	19,989
Dec 97	19,985
Nov 97	19,934
Oct 97	19,884
Sep 97	19,862
Aug 97	19,829
Jul 97	19,817
Jun 97	19,827
May 97	19,783
Apr 97	19,779
Mar 97	19,752
Feb 97	19,689
Jan 97	19,634
Dec 96	19,584
Nov 96	19,596
Oct 96	19,546
Sep 96	19,509
Aug 96	19,491
Jul 96	19,458
Jun 96	19,495
May 96	19,479
Apr 96	19,449
Mar 96	19,416
Feb 96	19,469
Jan 96	19,474
Dec 95	19,493
Nov 95	19,458
Oct 95	19,477
Sep 95	19,486
Aug 95	19,468
Jul 95	19,454
Jun 95	19,445
May 95	19,448
Apr 95	19,437
Mar 95	19,415
Feb 95	19,369
Jan 95	19,351
Dec 94	19,356
Nov 94	19,347
Oct 94	19,291
Sep 94	19,285
Aug 94	19,257
Jul 94	19,272
Jun 94	19,219
May 94	19,219
Apr 94	19,226
Mar 94	19,200
Feb 94	19,195
Jan 94	19,136
Dec 93	19,157
Nov 93	19,144
Oct 93	19,176
Sep 93	19,188
Aug 93	19,175
Jul 93	19,216
Jun 93	19,222
May 93	19,213
Apr 93	19,205
Mar 93	19,239
Feb 93	19,262
Jan 93	19,306
Dec 92	19,328
Nov 92	19,389
Oct 92	19,437
Sep 92	19,492
Aug 92	19,520
Jul 92	19,529
Jun 92	19,583
May 92	19,632

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Release date

September 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

May 1992 to July 2024

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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