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Payrolled employees, UK

Latest month is an early estimate

Employees paid through PAYE in the UK each month since July 2014, from HM Revenue and Customs' Real Time Information, seasonally adjusted.

Payrolled employees

30,280,860

Sep 2026 · early estimate

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:51 UTC
Payrolled employees
010m20m30m40mJul 14Aug 16Sep 18Oct 20Nov 22Dec 24Sep 2630.3m

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

147 periods, newest first

PeriodPayrolled employees
Sep 202630,280,860
Aug 202630,268,214
Jul 202630,267,502
Jun 202630,283,676
May 202630,306,077
Apr 202630,306,307
Mar 202630,317,898
Feb 202630,323,315
Jan 202630,328,888
Dec 202530,323,825
Nov 202530,317,412
Oct 202530,341,984
Sep 202530,346,651
Aug 202530,379,474
Jul 202530,359,307
Jun 202530,355,373
May 202530,367,849
Apr 202530,387,320
Mar 202530,390,430
Feb 202530,404,625
Jan 202530,419,230
Dec 202430,422,833
Nov 202430,443,127
Oct 202430,461,918
Sep 202430,429,258
Aug 202430,433,278
Jul 202430,452,292
Jun 202430,446,295
May 202430,437,367
Apr 202430,414,580
Mar 202430,389,906
Feb 202430,379,830
Jan 202430,371,992
Dec 202330,359,476
Nov 202330,312,410
Oct 202330,278,477
Sep 202330,238,930
Aug 202330,203,903
Jul 202330,180,709
Jun 202330,177,916
May 202330,129,511
Apr 202330,107,890
Mar 202330,077,646
Feb 202330,019,052
Jan 202329,963,216
Dec 202229,935,014
Nov 202229,890,560
Oct 202229,819,963
Sep 202229,769,702
Aug 202229,699,411
Jul 202229,643,596
Jun 202229,574,052
May 202229,547,639
Apr 202229,525,439
Mar 202229,512,050
Feb 202229,428,128
Jan 202229,310,968
Dec 202129,260,742
Nov 202129,176,263
Oct 202129,072,737
Sep 202129,041,192
Aug 202128,937,024
Jul 202128,789,467
Jun 202128,676,470
May 202128,505,178
Apr 202128,331,979
Mar 202128,202,623
Feb 202128,168,379
Jan 202128,170,121
Dec 202028,132,361
Nov 202028,092,594
Oct 202028,163,846
Sep 202028,184,570
Aug 202028,247,869
Jul 202028,314,462
Jun 202028,347,549
May 202028,397,102
Apr 202028,567,186
Mar 202029,018,586
Feb 202029,049,494
Jan 202029,059,032
Dec 201929,001,454
Nov 201928,978,981
Oct 201928,969,521
Sep 201928,956,244
Aug 201928,925,607
Jul 201928,892,555
Jun 201928,899,675
May 201928,895,422
Apr 201928,895,351
Mar 201928,885,919
Feb 201928,833,586
Jan 201928,802,529
Dec 201828,762,901
Nov 201828,758,293
Oct 201828,702,705
Sep 201828,666,415
Aug 201828,656,157
Jul 201828,618,383
Jun 201828,578,934
May 201828,560,524
Apr 201828,556,006
Mar 201828,490,382
Feb 201828,500,034
Jan 201828,489,536
Dec 201728,464,552
Nov 201728,435,568
Oct 201728,404,091
Sep 201728,371,788
Aug 201728,333,578
Jul 201728,297,914
Jun 201728,277,594
May 201728,244,649
Apr 201728,207,640
Mar 201728,176,679
Feb 201728,135,697
Jan 201728,095,380
Dec 201628,077,548
Nov 201628,048,850
Oct 201628,014,976
Sep 201627,987,828
Aug 201627,953,992
Jul 201627,949,030
Jun 201627,911,088
May 201627,873,478
Apr 201627,835,479
Mar 201627,810,989
Feb 201627,800,365
Jan 201627,766,195
Dec 201527,675,574
Nov 201527,715,150
Oct 201527,670,878
Sep 201527,613,803
Aug 201527,560,111
Jul 201527,517,605
Jun 201527,461,320
May 201527,399,165
Apr 201527,349,769
Mar 201527,292,147
Feb 201527,216,298
Jan 201527,161,134
Dec 201426,987,488
Nov 201426,999,323
Oct 201426,905,314
Sep 201426,893,246
Aug 201426,838,743
Jul 201426,760,664

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Source and licence

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Check it yourself
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/realtimeinformationstatisticsreferencetableseasonallyadjusted
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
28 October 2026, 12:39 UTC
Raw files fetched

Verification

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:51 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 12:51 UTC; 147 of 147 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedOffice for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T12:39:04Z; 3 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2563 of 3 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures147 of 147 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers147 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure147 of 147 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassONS edition is currentthe current edition counts at 2026-09-30, 28 days before retrieval (limit 120)
PassNations and regions add up to the UK147 of 147 figures are within 12 of the sum of the 12 nations and regions on sheet 7, each rounded separately (59 exactly)
PassSource page answershttps://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/realtimeinformationstatisticsreferencetableseasonallyadjusted – HTTP 200

Notes

  • Counts people on payrolls, so someone with two jobs counts once; the self-employed are not included. The latest month is an early estimate from incomplete returns, which the ONS revises a month later.