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This table shows the percentage of the city's population who are in employment. Warrington came out top of the list at almost 80% employment rate. At the other end of the rate, the table shows that Dundee has the lowest employment rate, with just 61.9% in employment.
| CITY | EMPLOYMENT RATE |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 77.1% |
| Aldershot | 78% |
| Barnsley | 72.6% |
| Birkenhead | 67.7% |
| Birmingham | 64.2% |
| Blackburn | 62.6% |
| Blackpool | 69.5% |
| Bolton | 67.5% |
| Bournemouth | 73.3% |
| Bradford | 66.4% |
| Brighton | 75.5% |
| Bristol | 72.4% |
| Burnley | 62.1% |
| Cambridge | 78.9% |
| Cardiff | 68.8% |
| Chatham | 69.6% |
| Coventry | 63.6% |
| Crawley | 76.3% |
| Derby | 72.9% |
| Doncaster | 70.4% |
| Dundee | 61.9% |
| Edinburgh | 73.1% |
| Glasgow | 67.7% |
| Gloucester | 76.8% |
| Grimsby | 67.9% |
| Hastings | 69.4% |
| Huddersfield | 67.9% |
| Hull | 64.8% |
| Ipswich | 75.2% |
| Leeds | 68.5% |
| Leicester | 68.6% |
| Liverpool | 62.3% |
| London | 72.4% |
| Luton | 67.7% |
| Manchester | 68% |
| Mansfield | 68.6% |
| Middlesbrough | 67.3% |
| Milton Keynes | 73.6% |
| Newcastle | 67.3% |
| Newport | 70.1% |
| Northampton | 73.5% |
| Norwich | 71.8% |
| Nottingham | 67.3% |
| Oxford | 75% |
| Peterborough | 74.1% |
| Plymouth | 72% |
| Portsmouth | 72.9% |
| Preston | 73% |
| Reading | 77.2% |
| Rochdale | 62.8% |
| Sheffield | 69.5% |
| Southampton | 74.1% |
| Southend | 73.5% |
| Stoke | 67.5% |
| Sunderland | 66.5% |
| Swansea | 65.8% |
| Swindon | 78% |
| Telford | 72.9% |
| UK | 71.9% |
| Wakefield | 71.4% |
| Warrington | 79.8% |
| Wigan | 72.2% |
| Worthing | 70.1% |
| York | 74.4% |
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