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The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.8%, up 0.3 percentage points from April to June 2013 and up 0.6 from a year earlier. There were 29.95 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 177,000 from April to June 2013 and up 378,000 from a year earlier.
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The unemployment rate was 7.6% of the economically active population, down 0.2 percentage points from April to June 2013 and from a year earlier. There were 2.47 million unemployed people aged 16 and over, down 48,000 from April to June 2013 and from a year earlier.
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The inactivity rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 22.2%, down 0.2 percentage points from April to June 2013 and down 0.4 percentage points from a year earlier. There were 8.92 million economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64, down 69,000 from April to June 2013 and down 149,000 from a year earlier.
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Total pay rose by 0.7% compared with July to September 2012. Regular pay rose by 0.8% over the same period.