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Labour Market Trends: April 2025

Trends in Labour Market indicators from HMRC PAYE RTI, Claimant count, and ONS Labour Force Survey data covering Scotland and the UK.

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As a result of issues affecting the Labour Force Survey (LFS), labour market estimates by sex are not included at this time. Further information on the quality of the LFS can be found in our recent Scottish Government’s Quality Assessment of the Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey data for Scotland report (see Annex 1 of the paper for more details on LFS estimates by sex).

For enquiries about this publication please contact:

Labour Market Statistics,
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
Telephone: 0131 244 6773,
E-mail: LMStats@gov.scot

For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics please contact:

Office of the Chief Statistician
E-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot

First published: 15 April 2025
Last updated: 17 April 2025 - show all updates
All updates: 17 April 2025
A correction notice was added to the key points page. Corrected claimant count rate estimates for Scotland and the United Kingdom were added to the publication.

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