Unemployment rate remained at 4.9% in the three months to the end of June, ONS figures show Wage growth in the UK slowed in June, official figures show, as workers come under pressure from a renewed cost of living squeeze amid the economic impact from the Iran war. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show average growth in total earnings, including bonuses, fell to 4.1% in the three months to June, down from 4.3% in the three months to May. City economists had forecast a larger fall to 4%.