Economic Estimates: Employment and APS earnings in DCMS sectors, January 2023 to December 2023
Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by employment and employee earnings.
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Revision Note:
December 2024: We have made some small revisions to the Economic Estimates: Employment in the DCMS sectors, January 2011 to December 2023 data table, due to the identification of an error.
About
The employment estimates provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS sectors to the UK economy, measured by number of filled jobs. These estimates are calculated based on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Population Survey (APS). They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and are accredited official statistics.
The APS earnings estimates are used to provide detailed demographic information about earnings in the DCMS sectors. These estimates are official statistics that have not yet been reviewed and accredited by the OSR but are produced in line with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. For headline estimates of earnings, DCMS also publishes estimates using the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which are more robust and DCMS’s preferred source for headline earnings estimates.
Notice on Accreditation:
Since the publication of these statistics, the ONS has carried out analysis to assess the impact of falling sample sizes on the quality of Annual Population Survey (APS) estimates. Due to the ongoing challenges with response rates, response levels and weighting, the accreditation of ONS statistics based on Annual Population Survey (APS) was temporarily suspended on 9 October 2024. Because of the increased volatility of both Labour Force Survey (LFS) and APS estimates, the ONS advises that estimates produced using these datasets should be treated with additional caution.
ONS statistics based on both the APS and LFS will be considered official statistics in development until further review. We are reviewing the quality of our estimates and will update users about the accreditation of DCMS Employment Economic Estimates if this changes.
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DCMS Sectors
These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;
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Civil Society
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Creative Industries
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Cultural Sector
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Gambling
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Sport
Tourism is not included as the data for this time period is not yet available. The release also includes estimates for the Audio Visual sector and Computer Games subsector.
Users should note that there is overlap between DCMS sector definitions. In particular, several cultural sector industries are simultaneously creative industries.
A definition for each sector is available in the tables published alongside this release. Further information on all these sectors is available in the associated technical report along with details of methods and data limitations.
Headline findings:
As of the 2023 calendar year, there were a total of 4.0 million filled jobs in the included DCMS sectors, representing 11.8% of total filled jobs. This is an increase of 403,000 filled jobs compared to 2019 (up 11.2%), and 81,000 filled jobs compared to 2022 (up 2.1%). For context, in the UK economy as a whole, filled jobs have increased by 1.4% since 2019 and 0.8% since 2022.
As of 2023, in percentage terms, the gap in median hourly pay between men and women was larger than the UK workforce overall. The median hourly pay for women was 19.5% lower than for men in included DCMS sectors overall, compared to a difference of 15.5% for the UK economy as a whole. However, the median hourly pay for disabled people was 12.4% lower than for non-disabled people in included DCMS sectors overall, compared to a difference of 13.4% for the UK economy as a whole.
Released
First published on 13 June 2024.
Pre-release access
A document is provided that contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.
The UK Statistics Authority
This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.
The responsible analyst for this release is Nicholas Hamilton Wu.
For further details about the estimates, or to be added to a distribution list for future updates, please email us at evidence@dcms.gov.uk.
Updates to this page
Published 13 June 2024Last updated 20 December 2024 + show all updates
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Updated tables added, with updates to the text of the revision note.
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Employment data tables have been removed, replacement tables with modified contents have been added.
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Notice on the accreditation of the data underlying DMCS Economic Estimate of employment added.
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Technical and Quality report added and text added on the Accredited Official Statistics designation.
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First published.