Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Yorkshire and the Humber Employment Rate
Employment, unemployment and population indicators for reading Yorkshire and the Humber property prices and rents in wider labour-market context.
Employment rate
72.7%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
5.8%
Economically active
Economic inactivity
22.7%
Aged 16-64
Resident population
5,672,962
ONS 2024
Feb 2026-Apr 2026 / ASHE 2025
Yorkshire and the Humber labour-market context
Employment data does not predict house prices by itself, but it helps frame affordability and local economic context.
Resident population
5,672,962
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£37,003
Yorkshire and the Humber
Median resident weekly pay
£712
Full-time employees
Employment rate
72.7%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
5.8%
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.
Yorkshire and the Humber had a resident population of 5,672,962 in 2024. That population context matters because it gives scale to the region’s labour market and the number of households competing for homes, both for purchase and for rent.
The latest ONS and Nomis data show a resident median weekly pay of £711.60 in 2025.