Where did work grow or shrink?

See how many more or fewer people worked in each group than one year before. A fall is not a count of layoffs.

The change in people in work over one year

Time covered: Jan 1977 — Sep 2026

Showing: Jan 1977 — Sep 2026

Public-sector staff

-118.7Last point · Change from a year earlier, thousands of people

Private-sector staff

163Last point · Change from a year earlier, thousands of people

Self-employed people

50.5Last point · Change from a year earlier, thousands of people

Public-sector staff -118.7
Private-sector staff 163
Self-employed people 50.5

Jan 1977Sep 2026

Change from a year earlier, thousands of people

Three lines show the net change from the same month one year before. Above zero means more people in work. Below zero means fewer.

Checked: Oct 14, 2026

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The change in people in work over one year · Change from a year earlier, thousands of people
Time	Public-sector staff	Private-sector staff	Self-employed people
Jan 1977	60.6	148.6	23.4
Feb 1977	51.8	124	38.7
Mar 1977	49.4	73.9	38.2
Apr 1977	60.4	65	29
May 1977	74	85.1	26.9
Jun 1977	36.6	94.4	27.5
Jul 1977	108.4	44.1	-0.6
Aug 1977	106	42.8	7.5
Sep 1977	52.9	64	24.8
Oct 1977	29	117.2	33.4
Nov 1977	22.2	97.2	27.9
Dec 1977	32.4	82.4	24.9
Jan 1978	58	67.4	18.3
Feb 1978	63.6	102.9	26.8
Mar 1978	41.8	168.2	24.7
Apr 1978	12.8	205.1	18.3
May 1978	-13	206.9	40.7
Jun 1978	3.7	246.1	50.9
Jul 1978	14	250.4	79.2
Aug 1978	12.7	255.7	82.4
Sep 1978	33.4	270.8	64.4
Oct 1978	35	290.6	81.2
Nov 1978	55.9	287.5	67.5
Dec 1978	39.9	307.3	78.8
Jan 1979	9.3	370.9	89.9
Feb 1979	-10.8	359.9	73.5
Mar 1979	-21.2	377.1	79.7
Apr 1979	-12.9	365.5	79.6
May 1979	-1.1	397.5	68.3
Jun 1979	9.7	376.6	51.4
Jul 1979	-10.1	425.9	31.4
Aug 1979	-6.5	418.6	42.5
Sep 1979	4.4	395.9	50.7
Oct 1979	1.9	396.3	41.8
Nov 1979	-5.7	397.6	62.1
Dec 1979	-5	361.9	74.8
Jan 1980	12.8	321.5	65.2
Feb 1980	41.5	316.5	54.8
Mar 1980	58.5	262.1	41.2
Apr 1980	76.8	245.5	55.1
May 1980	84.5	167.9	27.9
Jun 1980	62.5	198	31
Jul 1980	88.9	109.1	34.8
Aug 1980	96.7	96.4	35.1
Sep 1980	79.5	176.4	39.5
Oct 1980	90.6	157.8	25.7
Nov 1980	99.6	149	37.3
Dec 1980	89.6	167.3	23.1
Jan 1981	98.9	195.9	29.2
Feb 1981	94.2	238.7	47.6
Mar 1981	89.8	236.7	54.5
Apr 1981	71.5	260.5	45.5
May 1981	58.8	315.7	79.7
Jun 1981	81.2	288.5	69.2
Jul 1981	38.2	309.7	53.5
Aug 1981	20.1	301.6	61.7
Sep 1981	5	180.3	91.5
Oct 1981	4.3	123	89.9
Nov 1981	-21.4	119.9	65.9
Dec 1981	-15.7	54.5	57.2
Jan 1982	-28.9	-33.6	61.5
Feb 1982	-23.1	-143.5	50.1
Mar 1982	-22	-180.6	64.4
Apr 1982	-14.4	-291.7	66.7
May 1982	-29.1	-359.7	65
Jun 1982	-57.5	-443.2	65.6
Jul 1982	-47	-480	84.2
Aug 1982	-33	-540	55.5
Sep 1982	5.4	-559.6	32.2
Oct 1982	-1.5	-547.5	36
Nov 1982	24.7	-598.9	46.8
Dec 1982	27.8	-554.7	65
Jan 1983	26.6	-480.5	49.4
Feb 1983	-5.7	-395.9	52.9
Mar 1983	17	-341.6	58.9
Apr 1983	23	-229	62.2
May 1983	45.9	-163.5	48.1
Jun 1983	69.8	-60.3	71.3
Jul 1983	69	45.9	64.8
Aug 1983	65.1	156.1	69.2
Sep 1983	71.2	236.9	59.4
Oct 1983	65.6	249.7	60.8
Nov 1983	31.5	302.1	64.3
Dec 1983	22.9	343.4	47
Jan 1984	36.1	280.5	50.9
Feb 1984	50.2	278.4	57.1
Mar 1984	34.6	269.9	26.6
Apr 1984	-2.6	249.2	19.3
May 1984	20.6	260.6	11.9
Jun 1984	-6.1	292.9	6.3
Jul 1984	27.2	253.6	2.5
Aug 1984	18.3	197.7	6.7
Sep 1984	-45.3	230.3	14.6
Oct 1984	-34.1	216.8	41.7
Nov 1984	5.1	201.5	22.5
Dec 1984	13.8	166.2	62.9
Jan 1985	-5.5	223.1	95.5
Feb 1985	0.1	201.9	100.5
Mar 1985	-3.6	229.4	99.7
Apr 1985	29	247.7	96.3
May 1985	-4.5	263.8	108.8
Jun 1985	9.5	198.1	104.9
Jul 1985	-2.3	224.8	102.1
Aug 1985	12.5	234.6	115.7
Sep 1985	39.6	210	99.9
Oct 1985	29.1	269.4	67.9
Nov 1985	20.2	332	75.8
Dec 1985	4.1	371.6	54.6
Jan 1986	22.9	384.1	14.9
Feb 1986	12.8	409.9	-11.1
Mar 1986	8.4	384.5	1.9
Apr 1986	29.1	389.6	17.9
May 1986	45.9	322.8	-5.1
Jun 1986	73.2	329.9	-13.2
Jul 1986	57.8	298	-19.9
Aug 1986	56.1	293.9	-37.4
Sep 1986	88.4	257.3	-33.8
Oct 1986	74.9	226.7	3.9
Nov 1986	63.6	191.2	8.1
Dec 1986	47.8	183.4	-12
Jan 1987	50.7	158	-10.3
Feb 1987	59	122.1	32.3
Mar 1987	43.1	183.5	29.2
Apr 1987	24.5	185.6	11.2
May 1987	11.6	257.9	38.9
Jun 1987	-14.7	281.6	35.6
Jul 1987	1.2	286.5	40.6
Aug 1987	-6.1	295.5	62.1
Sep 1987	-13.9	312.2	88.5
Oct 1987	23.5	347.1	57.2
Nov 1987	27.4	346.3	63.7
Dec 1987	79.2	352.7	71.7
Jan 1988	76.7	335.4	87.8
Feb 1988	76.4	368.5	66.3
Mar 1988	108.7	292.8	79
Apr 1988	86.7	277.9	82.1
May 1988	85.3	226.8	81.9
Jun 1988	93.2	206.1	79.4
Jul 1988	76	193.4	97.1
Aug 1988	54.6	200.6	88.6
Sep 1988	12	236.5	62.3
Oct 1988	2.4	215.7	59.5
Nov 1988	2.1	225.3	49
Dec 1988	-11.2	224.5	52.7
Jan 1989	-18.8	268.3	70.6
Feb 1989	-24	253.7	64.5
Mar 1989	-16	284.8	51
Apr 1989	-14.4	242.2	55.9
May 1989	-2.1	254.6	30.1
Jun 1989	1.1	253	27.3
Jul 1989	3.5	266	-1.5
Aug 1989	47.9	269.9	-8.6
Sep 1989	98.6	182	16.1
Oct 1989	75.2	191.1	3.2
Nov 1989	73.2	181.8	8.9
Dec 1989	71.7	140.6	5.1
Jan 1990	65.4	136.2	-22.1
Feb 1990	59.1	149.5	-10.6
Mar 1990	49.7	107.7	-13.7
Apr 1990	78.1	125.2	-21.8
May 1990	69.9	52.9	16.8
Jun 1990	66.1	40.1	48.7
Jul 1990	69.2	-15.9	80.3
Aug 1990	37.7	-56.6	90
Sep 1990	8.2	-12.9	64.8
Oct 1990	33.8	-93.4	64.5
Nov 1990	22.7	-171.1	74.1
Dec 1990	17.1	-211.6	62.3
Jan 1991	23.7	-279.8	48.9
Feb 1991	27.6	-361.1	43.9
Mar 1991	10.3	-393.9	66.7
Apr 1991	-11.8	-390.1	111.3
May 1991	2.6	-310.4	85.8
Jun 1991	11.3	-317.2	57.8
Jul 1991	11.5	-300.3	47.6
Aug 1991	37.2	-288.9	27.7
Sep 1991	52.8	-314	27
Oct 1991	58.3	-291.8	55.2
Nov 1991	62.5	-290.1	65.4
Dec 1991	48.7	-248	75
Jan 1992	59.1	-242	78.9
Feb 1992	60.3	-210.5	76.3
Mar 1992	66.7	-197.4	66.4
Apr 1992	61	-196.4	15.5
May 1992	51.9	-197.7	2.5
Jun 1992	29.3	-226.3	28
Jul 1992	37.7	-201.7	24.2
Aug 1992	21.2	-237.5	33.8
Sep 1992	6.2	-184.8	23.3
Oct 1992	-7.3	-155.5	14.7
Nov 1992	8.3	-132.4	5.7
Dec 1992	9.2	-110.4	12.8
Jan 1993	18.7	-104.8	50.9
Feb 1993	25.6	-81.4	47.6
Mar 1993	12.6	-27	50.3
Apr 1993	20.6	-68.1	65.5
May 1993	-5.7	-88.9	113.9
Jun 1993	0.4	-28	90.3
Jul 1993	-17.3	-12.2	86.6
Aug 1993	-22.8	33.3	103.7
Sep 1993	-7.8	28.9	119.3
Oct 1993	-12.6	16.5	108.5
Nov 1993	-25.4	104.1	90.4
Dec 1993	-35.1	92.1	69.5
Jan 1994	-57.4	135.2	23.5
Feb 1994	-60.3	135.9	50.8
Mar 1994	-48.6	170.5	25.9
Apr 1994	-48.2	200.7	39.4
May 1994	-17.5	263.6	10.3
Jun 1994	-20.7	289.1	-6.8
Jul 1994	0	300.8	8.1
Aug 1994	24.2	283.8	-0.8
Sep 1994	8.7	304.8	23
Oct 1994	-8.5	344.8	7.1
Nov 1994	8.1	375.2	2
Dec 1994	16.5	362.1	18.8
Jan 1995	3.8	355.5	53.8
Feb 1995	8.8	340.8	23.2
Mar 1995	6.9	300.6	54.4
Apr 1995	-11.3	310.5	29
May 1995	-51.2	275.3	29.5
Jun 1995	-41.7	222.7	55.7
Jul 1995	-70.7	201.6	51.3
Aug 1995	-90.4	223.5	49.5
Sep 1995	-72.7	197.6	29.3
Oct 1995	-71.3	194.8	54.6
Nov 1995	-78.5	28.3	106
Dec 1995	-60.4	45.8	125.6
Jan 1996	-49.5	57.9	96.7
Feb 1996	-56.2	82	111.2
Mar 1996	-55.9	65.1	77.5
Apr 1996	-45.9	89.4	91.7
May 1996	-6.5	80.1	86.2
Jun 1996	-40.6	77	98.2
Jul 1996	-27.9	87	100.6
Aug 1996	-41.6	106.8	93.6
Sep 1996	-80.8	66.9	97.1
Oct 1996	-74.9	44.4	96.4
Nov 1996	-78.4	118.9	86.1
Dec 1996	-92.9	138	63.8
Jan 1997	-79.6	130.7	110.2
Feb 1997	-72.1	119.8	91
Mar 1997	-76.8	122.4	147
Apr 1997	-67.6	78.5	156.2
May 1997	-77	105	183.5
Jun 1997	-65.2	141.6	200.7
Jul 1997	-48.1	130.1	209
Aug 1997	-29.6	151.8	220.1
Sep 1997	-23.8	214.9	210.5
Oct 1997	-5.9	220.4	205.7
Nov 1997	3.4	265.7	148.8
Dec 1997	2.9	257.9	148.3
Jan 1998	-16.2	215.5	129.6
Feb 1998	-25.8	274.9	127.3
Mar 1998	-24.1	317	86.8
Apr 1998	-24.1	344.7	85.9
May 1998	-19.6	311.6	64.1
Jun 1998	33.5	251.6	30.7
Jul 1998	-1.5	308.3	25.6
Aug 1998	0.7	263.7	38.4
Sep 1998	44.1	223.6	57.1
Oct 1998	26	240.5	59.9
Nov 1998	7.4	249.5	82.6
Dec 1998	0.1	264	61.2
Jan 1999	14.6	331.6	62.3
Feb 1999	19.8	257.4	71.7
Mar 1999	43	224	62.2
Apr 1999	60.6	211.2	67
May 1999	69.6	210.9	78.8
Jun 1999	40.1	265.6	61.4
Jul 1999	65.9	281.7	19.4
Aug 1999	44.9	313.9	-8.7
Sep 1999	37	337.9	-41.2
Oct 1999	57.6	338	-40.3
Nov 1999	86.7	293.8	-30.1
Dec 1999	108.4	282.3	20.6
Jan 2000	103.6	243.2	32.6
Feb 2000	98.7	270.8	39.4
Mar 2000	110.8	298.6	9.4
Apr 2000	91.7	406.1	-91.7
May 2000	62.8	410.4	-89.4
Jun 2000	80.8	379.6	-86.5
Jul 2000	87.9	309.7	-78
Aug 2000	97.7	305	-84.2
Sep 2000	113.1	299.7	-75.1
Oct 2000	109.1	295.6	-84.1
Nov 2000	87.3	333.2	-98.5
Dec 2000	87.8	343.4	-122.6
Jan 2001	74.5	354.6	-187.4
Feb 2001	89.7	316.7	-194.7
Mar 2001	49.2	293.8	-151.7
Apr 2001	54.2	212.1	-66.7
May 2001	80.6	230.4	-101.1
Jun 2001	40	231.2	-95.5
Jul 2001	41.3	233.1	-78.6
Aug 2001	45.2	200.9	-67.9
Sep 2001	20.6	207.6	-67.6
Oct 2001	9	191.2	-58.6
Nov 2001	10.6	148.7	-40.3
Dec 2001	20.2	113.5	-88.1
Jan 2002	47.4	112.4	-34.8
Feb 2002	23.1	168.7	-33.4
Mar 2002	44.3	217.8	-30.4
Apr 2002	41	215.4	-10.8
May 2002	43.9	200.4	31.6
Jun 2002	54	253.5	54.3
Jul 2002	61.2	250.5	66.2
Aug 2002	89.6	319.3	49.5
Sep 2002	77.1	281.6	73.8
Oct 2002	61.7	272.1	108.4
Nov 2002	65.9	322.7	88.1
Dec 2002	48.2	355.1	155.8
Jan 2003	53.3	346.9	124.6
Feb 2003	71.8	354.2	133.3
Mar 2003	62	296	131.2
Apr 2003	54.7	279.7	91
May 2003	23.9	277.4	51.3
Jun 2003	36.4	241.3	65.2
Jul 2003	17.5	243.1	63.7
Aug 2003	-24.6	143.4	113.2
Sep 2003	21.1	163.2	85.1
Oct 2003	56.7	185.5	68.3
Nov 2003	75.4	154.4	81.7
Dec 2003	82	169.8	44.6
Jan 2004	50.8	174.8	49.9
Feb 2004	61.2	138.4	25.7
Mar 2004	59.7	136.9	30
Apr 2004	84	146.6	59
May 2004	128.7	111.1	86.4
Jun 2004	164	83	49.7
Jul 2004	132.7	92.8	63.7
Aug 2004	122.7	147.9	35.9
Sep 2004	104.8	165.4	34
Oct 2004	87	153.8	19.1
Nov 2004	83.4	104.5	41.8
Dec 2004	89.1	77.6	35
Jan 2005	89.3	87.9	37.1
Feb 2005	97.7	45.2	77.3
Mar 2005	103.3	34.3	72.6
Apr 2005	116.9	10.8	61.9
May 2005	57.7	66.2	51.8
Jun 2005	21.1	86.4	70.4
Jul 2005	66.7	100.4	37.5
Aug 2005	102.1	95.7	43.4
Sep 2005	69.1	46.8	77.4
Oct 2005	63.3	70.3	88.6
Nov 2005	52.5	123	57.4
Dec 2005	53.8	86.5	69.2
Jan 2006	62	57.4	107.7
Feb 2006	8	159.8	77.3
Mar 2006	11.5	226.6	62.6
Apr 2006	-26	276	61.2
May 2006	47.2	321.5	5
Jun 2006	27.5	335.4	-32.2
Jul 2006	40.2	292.3	-34.3
Aug 2006	28.2	257.6	-36.8
Sep 2006	28.2	314	-46.4
Oct 2006	33.6	320.6	-78.4
Nov 2006	21.9	290.9	-66.5
Dec 2006	-1.5	356.4	-37.6
Jan 2007	14.6	382.9	-43.6
Feb 2007	45.1	325.8	-26.6
Mar 2007	58.1	264	-4.6
Apr 2007	69.5	207.8	-2.3
May 2007	19.8	127	85
Jun 2007	55.6	128	112.1
Jul 2007	29.9	204.7	121.2
Aug 2007	62.3	208	111.6
Sep 2007	103.8	194.1	70.3
Oct 2007	118.6	167.4	110.2
Nov 2007	133	177.1	107.3
Dec 2007	145.7	138.5	73.2
Jan 2008	125.9	137.5	53.9
Feb 2008	139.1	153.1	38.8
Mar 2008	127	159.4	21
Apr 2008	112	153.6	47.7
May 2008	128.4	164.1	12
Jun 2008	103.5	153.9	10.7
Jul 2008	107.8	70.1	6.8
Aug 2008	53.7	102.3	29.9
Sep 2008	27.5	80.4	81.4
Oct 2008	59	75.6	52.3
Nov 2008	17.8	18.4	41.6
Dec 2008	27.5	-25.7	63.5
Jan 2009	27.2	-182.9	48.1
Feb 2009	0.3	-247.7	62.3
Mar 2009	12.4	-281.7	53.6
Apr 2009	44.3	-318.5	33.1
May 2009	64.9	-357.1	46.3
Jun 2009	52.6	-411.3	75.2
Jul 2009	62.4	-430.4	89.9
Aug 2009	65.3	-417.2	51.2
Sep 2009	97.6	-409.8	30.4
Oct 2009	39.2	-416.5	60
Nov 2009	96.8	-300.8	46
Dec 2009	80.5	-288.3	32.9
Jan 2010	82.5	-93.4	11.2
Feb 2010	92.7	-43.6	-13.5
Mar 2010	83.3	29.3	-7.2
Apr 2010	64.7	155.7	-22.7
May 2010	25.1	212.8	-31.9
Jun 2010	51.2	296.4	-35.8
Jul 2010	33.1	308.6	-8
Aug 2010	71.3	300.3	-12.3
Sep 2010	41.5	320.8	-47.6
Oct 2010	22	360.2	-91.2
Nov 2010	7.1	295.1	-37.5
Dec 2010	1.1	373	-54.2
Jan 2011	37.4	316.3	8.5
Feb 2011	49.7	283.4	23.7
Mar 2011	20.9	257	33.9
Apr 2011	26.9	229.5	37.3
May 2011	8.5	229.9	2.2
Jun 2011	10	218.2	-33.9
Jul 2011	1	271	-52.2
Aug 2011	-20.2	256.5	-29
Sep 2011	-33.3	244.5	2.4
Oct 2011	3.8	168.2	41.7
Nov 2011	-3.4	168.2	-12.8
Dec 2011	-2	102.5	40.4
Jan 2012	-30	114.6	-1.7
Feb 2012	-88.9	187.6	-28.5
Mar 2012	-48.6	215.9	-2.3
Apr 2012	-46.9	244.6	-3.7
May 2012	-8.8	187.3	46.3
Jun 2012	-12.3	153.6	54.5
Jul 2012	21.4	150.9	11.2
Aug 2012	34	166.2	16.5
Sep 2012	45.2	161	56.3
Oct 2012	64.5	195.8	24.9
Nov 2012	57.8	232.6	31.9
Dec 2012	65.3	303.5	-17.4
Jan 2013	50.6	266.3	13.6
Feb 2013	115.7	251.5	63.9
Mar 2013	89.3	131.6	50.9
Apr 2013	89.8	78.7	56.6
May 2013	79.1	149.2	51.9
Jun 2013	60.4	175.7	31.3
Jul 2013	7.9	155	47.4
Aug 2013	-7.7	150.5	49.1
Sep 2013	13.5	122.3	-10.8
Oct 2013	-16.1	144.5	-7.2
Nov 2013	-3	129.7	1
Dec 2013	-6.4	78.2	-12.5
Jan 2014	0.1	111.5	-45.7
Feb 2014	-26.1	67.6	-54.9
Mar 2014	-7.3	167.1	-70.8
Apr 2014	-29.6	147.4	-67.9
May 2014	-23.8	106.5	-87.4
Jun 2014	-23.9	113.5	-51.1
Jul 2014	35.2	141.6	-55
Aug 2014	30.2	76.1	-60.5
Sep 2014	37.5	124.2	-65.2
Oct 2014	30.5	118	-30.7
Nov 2014	35.7	63.7	-6.3
Dec 2014	48.3	58.6	45.9
Jan 2015	50.3	43.3	53
Feb 2015	74	66.2	24.3
Mar 2015	81.4	49.5	23.8
Apr 2015	77.5	22.3	28.3
May 2015	63.9	65.3	26.8
Jun 2015	87	41.6	-12.5
Jul 2015	71.9	10.2	9.3
Aug 2015	77.6	68.1	19.6
Sep 2015	25	48.7	60.5
Oct 2015	56.9	38.3	21.7
Nov 2015	9.3	74.2	4.6
Dec 2015	15	26	4.8
Jan 2016	21.9	45.6	-9
Feb 2016	2.5	45.4	13.9
Mar 2016	-31.9	59.1	11.6
Apr 2016	-11	117.5	-6
May 2016	18.3	73.7	11.7
Jun 2016	-22.3	79.2	60.9
Jul 2016	-45	82.2	42.7
Aug 2016	-17	118.2	4
Sep 2016	0.2	131.8	10.3
Oct 2016	1.2	137.3	13.7
Nov 2016	50.8	158.5	-5.8
Dec 2016	31.2	240.6	-35.3
Jan 2017	23.7	273.3	3.9
Feb 2017	15.4	305.1	7.1
Mar 2017	30.2	312.5	5.8
Apr 2017	64.1	258.8	28.9
May 2017	56.4	282.3	26.8
Jun 2017	100.4	294.5	22
Jul 2017	114	309	50.8
Aug 2017	71	261.9	109.3
Sep 2017	108.7	223.3	78
Oct 2017	70.9	253	99.8
Nov 2017	63.3	273.3	137.8
Dec 2017	77.2	294.9	143.6
Jan 2018	73.5	196.6	134.1
Feb 2018	100.4	142.7	110.6
Mar 2018	102.9	161.4	124.4
Apr 2018	41.4	170.2	129.8
May 2018	47.2	167.4	94.2
Jun 2018	47.3	171.3	87.6
Jul 2018	115.9	155.8	75.3
Aug 2018	104.6	139.1	24.6
Sep 2018	66.7	238.6	49.7
Oct 2018	66.4	239	34.6
Nov 2018	67.9	229.1	21.9
Dec 2018	62.6	157.2	53.3
Jan 2019	74.8	286.4	-17.3
Feb 2019	66.4	330.6	-1.6
Mar 2019	59.9	245.2	-2.3
Apr 2019	115.9	340.4	-15.5
May 2019	78.2	368.6	-1.2
Jun 2019	65.8	331.6	3.6
Jul 2019	32.1	277	-0.7
Aug 2019	76.8	322.4	30
Sep 2019	74.8	234.6	35.9
Oct 2019	102	192.6	21.4
Nov 2019	80.6	131.3	15.5
Dec 2019	66.8	246.3	-19.4
Jan 2020	75.8	155.3	53
Feb 2020	76.3	160.1	0.8
Mar 2020	-84.4	-759.2	-31.2
Apr 2020	-177.1	-2,713.6	-77.3
May 2020	-125.2	-2,438.5	-92.9
Jun 2020	-67.5	-1,452.9	-88.8
Jul 2020	-70.9	-1,041.7	-64.3
Aug 2020	-49.4	-854.1	-101.1
Sep 2020	62.8	-502.2	-147.4
Oct 2020	98.1	-494	-118.7
Nov 2020	115.1	-423	-138.8
Dec 2020	149.4	-586.9	-157.3
Jan 2021	152.6	-822	-143.1
Feb 2021	176.7	-609.5	-138.2
Mar 2021	389.2	526.7	-101.1
Apr 2021	411.2	2,245	-68.3
May 2021	399.7	1,840.9	-27.7
Jun 2021	383.8	1,110.1	-68.9
Jul 2021	347.8	848.7	-75.5
Aug 2021	313.9	723.1	-84.6
Sep 2021	309.5	466.9	-81.3
Oct 2021	228.6	540.5	-97.3
Nov 2021	264	584	-60.8
Dec 2021	260.3	702.4	-45.6
Jan 2022	221.6	754.3	-62.7
Feb 2022	201.1	805.1	-9.1
Mar 2022	160.8	659.3	-45.3
Apr 2022	205.8	882.1	-52
May 2022	237.3	930.2	-27.7
Jun 2022	200.3	675.5	-19.4
Jul 2022	180.6	624.7	-34.3
Aug 2022	179.9	525.9	-6.3
Sep 2022	118.2	428.9	-2.1
Oct 2022	169.8	419.1	5.7
Nov 2022	123.2	348.5	14.8
Dec 2022	77.2	371	41.4
Jan 2023	106.3	667.7	18.1
Feb 2023	91.1	428.8	-5.6
Mar 2023	100	448	19.1
Apr 2023	98.5	379.5	54.6
May 2023	50	449.9	-9.4
Jun 2023	56.2	517.6	0.6
Jul 2023	89.8	492.9	-13.3
Aug 2023	109.8	495.2	37.5
Sep 2023	107.7	510	59.3
Oct 2023	105.7	454.2	59.1
Nov 2023	101.5	484.1	12.8
Dec 2023	135.8	418.9	-22.5
Jan 2024	167.9	301.8	-15.1
Feb 2024	188.1	244.1	18.3
Mar 2024	181.1	211.2	13.7
Apr 2024	170	260.2	2.5
May 2024	177.8	231.8	43.7
Jun 2024	158.8	185.6	38.5
Jul 2024	192.5	137.5	38.3
Aug 2024	169.9	174.2	-7.5
Sep 2024	109.5	200.5	13
Oct 2024	83.8	192.5	26.9
Nov 2024	139.2	134.7	45.9
Dec 2024	161.1	170.6	72.4
Jan 2025	110.2	224.3	100.3
Feb 2025	101.5	226.1	64
Mar 2025	90.5	168.4	84.5
Apr 2025	110.2	102.8	78.8
May 2025	81.7	148.4	37.1
Jun 2025	108.8	167.8	55.9
Jul 2025	64.1	171.3	57.7
Aug 2025	45.4	130.9	20
Sep 2025	102.3	109.3	2.3
Oct 2025	115.3	180.9	-17.7
Nov 2025	84.7	238.3	-29.2
Dec 2025	52.4	194.2	-35.3
Jan 2026	74.1	103.2	-42.9
Feb 2026	49.9	22.9	-21
Mar 2026	55.2	76.8	-44.8
Apr 2026	30.6	90.9	-54.6
May 2026	66.6	96.5	-16
Jun 2026	13.8	94.2	-9
Jul 2026	-17	171.6	42
Aug 2026	-19.1	155.5	80.2
Sep 2026	-118.7	163	50.5

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A headline can hide a split between groups. Check who gained work and who lost ground. Do not turn every rise into a win or every fall into proof of failure.

What we want to change

Track work, pay and job security together. Remove proven blocks to hiring and new firms. Keep good public services in the test.

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Sources

Statistics Canada · 14-10-0288-01 ↗
Source released: Oct 9, 2026
Statistics Canada · Guide to the Labour Force Survey, 2025 ↗
Source released: Apr 4, 2025

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