{"id":2583,"date":"2018-07-17T11:11:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T10:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2018-07-31T11:52:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T10:52:56","slug":"labour-market-statistics-march-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2018\/07\/17\/labour-market-statistics-march-may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Market Statistics: March &#8211; May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills Jamie Hepburn has blogged on labour market statistics released by the ONS for March to May 2018.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/JHEP-LMS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2594 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/JHEP-LMS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/JHEP-LMS.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/JHEP-LMS-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/JHEP-LMS-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/JHEP-LMS-750x375.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/JHEP-LMS-802x401.jpg 802w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/512;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our employment rate has increased over the quarter and the year to 75.5% with 2,646,000 people now in work in Scotland \u2013 82,000 more than the pre-recession peak. Once more, we continue to outperform the UK on employment for young people and women. 56.3% of Scotland\u2019s young people are in employment compared with 53.6% in the UK and 72.1 % of women in Scotland are in employment compared with 71.3% in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2588 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"442\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet1.jpg 595w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet1-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet1-565x420.jpg 565w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 595px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 595\/442;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2584 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"471\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet2.jpg 591w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet2-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet2-527x420.jpg 527w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 591px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 591\/471;\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2585 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"440\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet3.jpg 593w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet3-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet3-566x420.jpg 566w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 593px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 593\/440;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are committed to growing Scotland\u2019s already strong economy with our investment per head on economic development dwarfing that of the UK Government while we are investing a record \u00a32.4 billion in enterprise and skills, \u00a34 billion in infrastructure and \u00a3600 million in broadband and delivering the most competitive package of rates relief in the UK, including the Small Business Bonus, which to date has saved Scottish firms almost \u00a31.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Brexit remains the biggest threat facing the Scottish economy with our analysis, confirmed by the UK Government\u2019s own research, showing that Brexit could cost Scotland\u2019s economy \u00a312.7 billion a year by 2030. We continue to urge the UK Government to commit to remaining in EU single market and customs union to protect jobs and investment in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2587 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"407\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet5.jpg 590w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet5-300x207.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 590px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 590\/407;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Scottish breakdown of labour market statistics is available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Statistics\/Browse\/Labour-Market\/LMTrends\">http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Statistics\/Browse\/Labour-Market\/LMTrends<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills Jamie Hepburn has blogged on labour market statistics released by the ONS for March to May 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":2588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-employment-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Labour Market Statistics: March - May 2018 - Scotland&#039;s Economy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2018\/07\/17\/labour-market-statistics-march-may-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Labour Market Statistics: March - May 2018 - Scotland&#039;s Economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills Jamie Hepburn has blogged on labour market statistics released by the ONS for March to May 2018.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2018\/07\/17\/labour-market-statistics-march-may-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Scotland&#039;s Economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-17T10:11:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-31T10:52:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/Tweet1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"595\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"442\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Hepburn MSP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Hepburn MSP\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2018\/07\/17\/labour-market-statistics-march-may-2018\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2018\/07\/17\/labour-market-statistics-march-may-2018\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jamie Hepburn MSP\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/#\/schema\/person\/0dc9c24b8b11a181f03980c9e50d10df\"},\"headline\":\"Labour Market Statistics: March &#8211; 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