Seasonally adjusted estimates for April 2021:
- Unemployment rate decreased to 5.5%.
- Participation rate decreased to 66.0%.
- Employment decreased to 13,040,400.
- Employment to population ratio decreased to 62.3%.
- Underemployment rate decreased to 7.8%.
- Monthly hours worked decreased by 13 million hours.
Unemployment
In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021:
- The unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 5.5%
- The unemployment rate was 0.9 pts lower than April 2020, and 0.2 pts higher than March 2020
- Unemployed people decreased by 33,600 to 756,200
- Unemployed people decreased by 89,100 from April 2020 and was 32,600 higher than March 2020
- The youth unemployment rate decreased 1.1 pts to 10.6%
- Youth unemployment was 3.4 pts lower than April 2020, and 1.0 pts lower than March 2020
Employment
In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021:
- Employment decreased by 30,600 people (0.2%) to 13,040,400 people
- Over the year to April 2021, employment increased by 637,900 people (5.1%)
- Employment was 45,900 people (0.4%) higher than March 2020
Full-time and part-time employment
In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021:
- Full-time employment increased by 33,800 to 8,889,500 people, and part-time employment decreased by 64,400 to 4,150,900 people
- Over the year to April 2021, full-time employment increased by 249,600 people and part-time employment increased by 388,300 people
- Since March 2020, full-time employment increased by 24,600 people and part-time employment increased by 21,300 people
- The part-time share of employment was 31.8%, the same as March 2020, and 1.5 pts higher than April 2020
Employment-to-population ratio
In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021:
- Decreased by 0.2 pts to 62.3%
- Increased by 2.8 pts from April 2020, and is less than 0.1 pts below March 2020
The employment-to-population ratio provides a measure of employment relative to the size of the population.
Hours worked
In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021, monthly hours worked in all jobs :
- Decreased 13 million hours (0.7%) to 1,793 million hours from 1,806 million hours in March 2021
- Increased by 12.5% over the year, which was larger than the 5.1% increase in employed people
- Increased 31 million hours (1.8%) from March 2020
