 | Bedford | Mid Beds | South Beds | Bedfordshire | Luton | EAST | ENGLAND AND WALES |
| All people aged 16 - 74 in employment | 70513 | 63773 | 57259 | 191545 | 82362 | 2579378 | 23627754 |
| Number of people working as: |
| Managers and senior officials | 11276 | 12458 | 10333 | 34067 | 10169 | 419224 | 3570069 |
| Professional occupations | 9121 | 7469 | 5734 | 22324 | 6957 | 279192 | 2639365 |
| Associate professional and technical occupations | 9527 | 9348 | 7286 | 26161 | 9719 | 349412 | 3256877 |
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | 9332 | 8113 | 7975 | 25420 | 11608 | 353228 | 3148893 |
| Skilled trades occupations | 7678 | 7879 | 7050 | 22607 | 10382 | 310986 | 2751249 |
| Personal service occupations | 4571 | 3838 | 3424 | 11833 | 5767 | 173225 | 1633592 |
| Sales and customer service occupations | 5555 | 3611 | 4072 | 13238 | 6746 | 188032 | 1812500 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 5545 | 4937 | 5154 | 15636 | 10083 | 209340 | 2010090 |
| Elementary occupations | 7908 | 6120 | 6231 | 20259 | 10931 | 296739 | 2805119 |
| Bedford | Mid Beds | South Beds | Bedfordshire | Luton | EAST | ENGLAND AND WALES |
| All males aged 16 - 74 in employment | 38654 | 35587 | 31495 | 105736 | 46226 | 1421967 | 12791618 |
| Number of males working as: |
| Managers and senior officials | 7758 | 8641 | 7042 | 23441 | 6773 | 287042 | 2364611 |
| Professional occupations | 5358 | 4498 | 3514 | 13370 | 4351 | 168285 | 1555072 |
| Associate professional and technical occupations | 5003 | 5225 | 3912 | 14140 | 5161 | 193273 | 1721591 |
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | 2055 | 1363 | 1476 | 4894 | 2489 | 73721 | 690893 |
| Skilled trades occupations | 7079 | 7206 | 6481 | 20766 | 9637 | 284230 | 2491494 |
| Personal service occupations | 695 | 422 | 378 | 1495 | 871 | 24863 | 258862 |
| Sales and customer service occupations | 1730 | 1048 | 1134 | 3912 | 2124 | 52550 | 519265 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 4587 | 4094 | 4269 | 12950 | 8392 | 176480 | 1671868 |
| Elementary occupations | 4389 | 3090 | 3289 | 10768 | 6428 | 161523 | 1517962 |
| Bedford | Mid Beds | South Beds | Beds | Luton | EAST | ENGLAND AND WALES |
| All females aged 16 - 74 in employment | 31859 | 28186 | 25764 | 85809 | 36136 | 1157411 | 10836136 |
| Number of females working as: |
| Managers and senior officials | 3518 | 3817 | 3291 | 10626 | 3396 | 132182 | 1205458 |
| Professional occupations | 3763 | 2971 | 2220 | 8954 | 2606 | 110907 | 1084293 |
| Associate professional and technical occupations | 4524 | 4123 | 3374 | 12021 | 4558 | 156139 | 1535286 |
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | 7277 | 6750 | 6499 | 20526 | 9119 | 279507 | 2458000 |
| Skilled trades occupations | 599 | 673 | 569 | 1841 | 745 | 26756 | 259755 |
| Personal service occupations | 3876 | 3416 | 3046 | 10338 | 4896 | 148362 | 1374730 |
| Sales and customer service occupations | 3825 | 2563 | 2938 | 9326 | 4622 | 135482 | 1293235 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 958 | 843 | 885 | 2686 | 1691 | 32860 | 338222 |
| Elementary occupations | 3519 | 3030 | 2942 | 9491 | 4503 | 135216 | 1287157 |
