Manufacturing industry: employees in UK 2009-2018| ��ƽ��

Total number of employees in the manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2018

Characteristic	Number of employees
2018	2,549,101
2017	2,526,036
2016b	2,554,404
2015	2,462,663
2014	2,456,394
2013	2,440,974
2012	2,445,641
2011	2,465,676
2010	2,457,436
2009	2,495,042

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March 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2009 to 2018

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: 'Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work'
Data coverage corresponds to code C of CE Rev 2.

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The number of employees in the manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom saw no significant changes in 2018 in comparison to the previous year 2017 and remained at around 2549101 employees.
Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.

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