The Tees Valley Combined Authority has the smallest population of the nine English Combined Authorities at 678,200 (ONS, 2022). It brings together five local authorities: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockon-on-Tees.

It has a lower employment rate (71%) and a higher unemployment rate (4.3%) than the English average (3.7%) [ONS, 2023]. Economic inactivity is higher in the Tees Valley Combined Authority (25.4%) than the rest of England (21.4%) [ONS, 2023]. Workers in the region earn a weekly wage of £546, which is £75 below the English average wage (Centre for Cities, 2023).

Nearly one in four (24%) workers in the Tees Valley Combined Authority are in severely insecure work, compared to the national average of 19.8%. It has the highest level of severely insecure work out of all the City Regions and has a higher incidence of low paid work relative to England.

Across the Tees Valley Combined Authority, there is significant variation amongst the five local authorities. Middlesborough is the hotspot for severely insecure work, with 29.8% of its workers in severely insecure work. Redcar and Cleveland has the lowest proportion of severely insecure workers at 19.2%, which falls slightly below the national average.

Analysis shows that women, workers from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled workers, and workers between the ages of 16 and 24 are most likely to be in severely insecure work in the Tees Valley Combined Authority.

Source: Work Foundation calculations of the Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey; 2021- 2022.

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