Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
East Midlands Employment Rate
Employment, unemployment and population indicators for reading East Midlands property prices and rents in wider labour-market context.
Employment rate
75.0%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
5.5%
Economically active
Economic inactivity
20.5%
Aged 16-64
Resident population
5,063,164
ONS 2024
Feb 2026-Apr 2026 / ASHE 2025
East Midlands labour-market context
Employment data does not predict house prices by itself, but it helps frame affordability and local economic context.
Resident population
5,063,164
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£37,482
East Midlands
Median resident weekly pay
£721
Full-time employees
Employment rate
75.0%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
5.5%
Economically active
Average monthly rent compared with estimated monthly earnings.
Labour market rates are from the ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis. Where the local APS unemployment value is suppressed, the ONS model-based unemployment estimate is used. Earnings are ONS ASHE resident-analysis median full-time employee earnings. Annual pay is annualised from weekly pay for display context.
East Midlands had a resident population of 5.06 million in 2024. That gives the labour market a large base of workers and households, which matters when thinking about local demand for homes and the affordability pressures people face.