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Gender Employment status Hull Y&H GB
N % % %
Population 2009 262,400
Working-age population 2009 179,200 68.3 65.3 65.0
Economically active 126,100 71.9 75.4 76.7
In employment 107,000 61.0 68.8 70.7
Persons
Employees
Self-employed
96,400
10,300
54.9
5.8
60.6
7.8
61.4
9.0
Unemployed (model-based) 18,100 14.5 8.6 7.7
Economically inactive 48,800 28.1 24.6 23.3
Wanting a job 10,000 5.8 6.0 5.5
Not wanting a job 38,800 22.3 18.6 17.7
Table 38 shows that the socio-economic grouping of those people in employment in Hull
is lower than the local region and Great Britain for the period January to December
2009, and the percentages in the lowest skills groups have increased since the period
July 2008 to June 2009. The earnings are also lower in Hull compared to the regional
average and GB average. For 2009, full-time male workers in Hull had a median 11
weekly gross earnings of £437 compared to £491 for Yorkshire and the Humber region
and £534 for GB, whereas full-time female workers in Hull had median weekly gross
earnings of £372 compared to £395 and £427 for the region and GB respectively. This
equates to rates of £10.48, £11.98 and £13.167 hourly earnings for men for Hull, the
region and GB respectively, and £9.67, £10.60 and £11.45 for females respectively.
Between 2008 and 2009, there were relatively small increases in hourly earnings for
men of 2.5%, 3.2% and 3.5% for Hull, the region and GB respectively, but larger
increases for females of 10.8%, 7.9% and 4.5% respectively.
Table 38: Occupational grouping, January 2009 to December 2009
Occupational group Hull Y&H GB
N % % %
Soc 2000 major group 1-3 31,100 29.1 40.3 44.1
1. Managers and senior officials 8,200 7.7 14.7 15.7
2. Professional occupations 9,800 9.1 11.7 13.6
3. Associate professional & technical 13,100 12.2 13.7 14.7
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 26,700 25.0 21.5 21.7
4. Administrative & secretarial 11,600 10.9 10.9 11.2
5. Skilled trade occupations 15,100 14.1 10.5 10.4
Soc 2000 major group 6-7 20,500 19.1 17.3 16.1
6. Personal service occupations 10,700 10.0 9.2 8.6
7. Sales & customer service occupations 9,800 9.1 8.0 7.4
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 28,700 26.8 20.9 18.1
8. Process plant & machine operatives 9,800 9.2 8.2 6.7
9. Elementary occupations 18,800 17.6 12.7 11.3
11 See section 12.8 for explanation of median.
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