| Main Results |
Quarter 3 2013
|
Annual Change
|
| Employed |
1,899,300
|
+58,000
|
| Unemployed |
282,900
|
-41,700
|
| In labour force |
2,182,100
|
+16,300
|
| Not in labour force |
1,410,700
|
-19,000
|
There was an annual increase in employment of 3.2% or 58,000 in the year to the third quarter of 2013, bringing total employment to 1,899,300.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, employment increased by 22,500 (+1.2%) in the quarter. This follows on from a seasonally adjusted increase in employment of 13,500 (+0.7%) in Q2 2013.
Unemployment decreased by 41,700 (-12.8%) in the year to Q3 2013 bringing the total number of persons unemployed to 282,900.
The long-term unemployment rate decreased from 8.9% to 7.6% over the year to Q3 2013. Long-term unemployment accounted for 58.4% of total unemployment in Q3 2013 compared with 59.5% a year earlier and 58.4% in the third quarter of 2011.
The total number of persons in the labour force in the third quarter of 2013 was 2,182,100, representing an increase of 16,300 (+0.8%) over the year. The number of persons not in the labour force in Q3 2013 was 1,410,700, a decrease of 19,000 (-1.3%) over the year.
Editor’s note: Quarterly National Household Survey Quarter 3, 2013 is available on the CSO web.
For further information contact
Brian Ring on 021 453 5747, or Martina O'Callaghan at 021 453 5491
Fax 021 453 5492
E-mail labour@cso.ie
Central Statistics Office 26 November 2013
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