A new study has revealed that the retail trade is the industry with the highest percentage of the workforce working in. The study, conducted by income protection experts Eleos, analysed data from the Office for National Statistics 2021 Census to reveal how much of the population is in work, and which are the most common industries to work in. Ranking as the industry with largest proportion of the population’s workforce is ‘Retail trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles.’ 2.8 million people are working in retail, making this 10.2% of the working population, following closely in second is the education sector with 2,722,418 people within it. In third is human health activities, with 2,476,180. Click here for more.
