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LFS estimates were updated on 22nd Feb 2024 to incorporate updated population estimates for the period 2016 Q3 to 2023 Q3, based on the results of Census 2022. LFS results are updated in this way following each Census of Population. For further information see Background Notes.
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CSO statistical publication, 24 August 2023, 11am

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Table 8.1 Persons aged 15 – 89 years in employment (ILO) classified by sex and occupation (SOC10)

Table 8.1 Persons aged 15-89 years in employment (ILO) classified by sex and occupation (SOC2010)
'000
Broad occupational group		Q2 21	Q1 22	Q2 22	Q3 22	Q4 22	Q1 23	Q2 23
Males
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	125.0	145.6	143.4	142.4	154.2	156.7	149.1
2.	Professionals	246.7	254.6	254.2	253.6	256.6	265.4	254.7
3.	Associate professional and technical	180.0	180.1	180.3	187.1	184.9	192.9	200.3
4.	Administrative and secretarial	62.4	66.0	59.2	64.0	59.7	60.1	60.3
5.	Skilled trades	261.5	278.1	291.6	300.0	301.9	289.4	299.5
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	36.9	44.1	46.5	44.5	42.5	43.1	41.3
7.	Sales and customer service	76.9	68.6	69.0	72.9	67.6	70.5	70.3
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	137.3	157.0	168.7	161.5	154.9	162.1	161.4
9.	Elementary	132.6	131.6	140.0	134.5	131.2	136.1	142.3
	Other/Not stated	*	*	[7.3]	11.3	15.0	[8.5]	[6.8]
Total males		1,263.2	1,331.0	1,360.2	1,371.8	1,368.5	1,384.7	1,386.1

Females
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	71.6	83.3	82.5	81.3	84.0	82.8	86.7
2.	Professionals	281.7	300.4	303.2	304.3	298.2	316.7	335.4
3.	Associate professional and technical	136.8	144.4	142.6	141.3	158.8	148.0	147.6
4.	Administrative and secretarial	199.5	209.4	203.3	191.4	193.8	196.5	204.7
5.	Skilled trades	21.7	33.2	31.7	28.2	32.2	33.4	39.5
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	150.0	153.7	165.6	164.8	166.5	173.2	167.9
7.	Sales and customer service	107.1	106.6	116.0	115.5	117.7	117.3	118.8
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	28.4	33.0	31.6	35.3	32.1	33.2	33.9
9.	Elementary	84.8	106.7	111.7	109.2	116.3	118.4	118.6
	Other/Not stated	*	*	[6.4]	11.2	[6.4]	*	*
Total females		1,085.9	1,174.7	1,194.4	1,182.5	1,206.0	1,223.7	1,256.9

All persons
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	196.6	228.8	225.8	223.7	238.2	239.5	235.8
2.	Professionals	528.4	555.1	557.3	557.9	554.8	582.1	590.1
3.	Associate professional and technical	316.7	324.5	322.9	328.5	343.7	340.9	347.9
4.	Administrative and secretarial	261.9	275.4	262.5	255.4	253.6	256.5	265.0
5.	Skilled trades	283.2	311.3	323.3	328.1	334.1	322.8	339.0
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	187.0	197.8	212.1	209.3	209.0	216.3	209.2
7.	Sales and customer service	184.0	175.2	185.0	188.4	185.4	187.9	189.0
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	165.7	190.0	200.3	196.8	187.0	195.3	195.3
9.	Elementary	217.4	238.3	251.7	243.7	247.5	254.5	260.9
	Other/Not stated	[8.2]	[9.4]	13.7	22.5	21.3	12.7	10.7
Total persons		2,349.1	2,505.8	2,554.6	2,554.3	2,574.5	2,608.5	2,643.0
¹ Estimates for number of persons, where there are less than 30 persons in a cell, are too small to be considered reliable. These estimates are presented with an asterisk (*) in the relevant tables. Where there are 30-49 persons in a cell, estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution. These cells are presented with parentheses [].

Open in Excel: Labour Force Survey Quarter 2 2023 Table 8.1 (XLS 41KB)

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Table 8.2 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by Principal Economic Status (PES)

Table 8.11 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states

Table 8.11 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states ¹
%
	Employment rate % (15-64 years)				Unemployment rate % (15-74 years)			Participation rate % (15 years and over)
	Q1 22	Q1 23	Annual change	Q1 22	Q1 23	Annual change	Q1 22	Q1 23	Annual change
			Q1 23pp ²			Q1 23pp ²			Q1 23pp ²
EU27	69.1	69.9	0.8	6.5	6.3	-0.2	57.2	57.8	0.6
Eurozone ³	68.7	69.5	0.8	7.1	6.8	-0.3	57.1	57.7	0.6

Belgium	66.4	66.6	0.2	5.3	5.6	0.3	55.0	55.3	0.3
Bulgaria ⁵	68.4	70.4	2.0	4.9	4.4	-0.5	55.4	55.6	0.2
Czech Republic	75.1	75.6	0.5	2.3	2.6	0.3	59.6	60.4	0.8
Denmark	76.0	76.6	0.6	4.6	5.0	0.4	62.7	63.6	0.9
Germany	76.4	77.2	0.8	3.3	3.0	-0.3	60.6	61.9	1.3
Estonia	76.3	76.4	0.1	5.5	5.3	-0.2	65.2	66.0	0.8
Ireland	72.8	73.6	0.8	4.8	4.1	-0.7	64.8	64.9	0.1
Greece	59.2	60.3	0.8	13.8	11.9	-1.9	51.8	51.4	-0.4
Spain ⁴	63.6	64.1	0.5	13.7	13.3	-0.4	57.7	57.8	0.1
France ⁴	67.5	68.2	0.7	7.5	7.2	-0.3	55.9	56.1	0.2
Croatia ⁵	64.2	64.6	0.4	7.2	7.3	0.1	51.9	52.1	0.2
Italy	59.1	60.6	1.5	8.8	8.3	-0.5	48.6	49.5	0.9
Cyprus	72.0	73.6	1.6	6.6	6.8	0.2	64.3	65.6	1.3
Latvia	70.5	70.8	0.3	7.3	6.4	-0.9	60.6	60.7	0.1
Lithuania	72.6	71.5	-1.1	6.4	7.8	1.4	62.1	62.2	0.1
Luxembourg	70.6	70.6	0.0	4.1	4.9	0.8	61.4	62.0	0.6
Hungary	74.0	74.3	0.3	3.7	4.1	0.4	60.1	60.6	0.5
Malta	76.9	78.0	1.1	2.9	2.9	0.0	63.7	64.8	1.1
Netherlands	81.2	82.1	0.9	3.6	3.7	0.1	67.4	68.3	0.9
Austria	73.3	73.2	-0.1	5.2	5.5	0.3	61.3	61.3	0.0
Poland	71.0	72.0	1.0	3.1	2.9	-0.2	57.4	57.9	0.5
Portugal	71.5	71.5	0.0	6.0	7.2	1.2	58.5	59.3	0.8
Romania ⁶	62.4	:	0.0	6.0	:	0.0	51.6	:	0.0
Slovenia	72.5	71.5	-1.0	4.3	3.8	-0.5	58.8	57.8	-1.0
Slovakia	70.6	71.3	0.7	6.4	6.2	-0.2	61.0	61.1	0.1
Finland	72.7	73.1	0.4	7.0	7.1	0.1	60.0	60.2	0.2
Sweden	75.4	76.4	1.0	8.1	7.8	-0.3	66.2	66.8	0.6
Source: Eurostat
¹ Trends in some member states may be affected by changes in methodology
² pp refers to percentage point change
³ Eurozone consists of EU14 states (with the exceptions of Denmark and Sweden), Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia.
⁴ Definition differs beginning from Q1 2021
⁵ Break in time series from Q1 2023
⁶ : Not available

Open in Excel: Labour Force Survey Quarter 2 2023 Table 8.11 (XLS 14KB)

Table 8.12 A1 was updated on 24 August 2023 due to an error in originally published results. 'In labour force' figures for 'Q2 2022' for 'EU14 excl. Irl', 'EU15 to EU27', 'Other' and 'Total Persons' were corrected.

Table 8.12 A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by citizenship and ILO Economic Status

Table 8.13 A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector

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Table 8.2 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by Principal Economic Status (PES)
'000
Principal Economic Status		Q2 21	Q1 22	Q2 22	Q3 22	Q4 22	Q1 23	Q2 23
Males
	At work	1,192.3	1,245.0	1,278.5	1,289.9	1,287.5	1,291.0	1,308.3
	Unemployed	118.9	84.7	77.9	80.6	76.4	80.5	83.5
	Student	221.6	224.9	210.9	209.7	219.7	227.1	217.9
	Home duties	14.4	11.7	13.2	9.9	11.7	12.2	11.6
	Retired	288.9	305.9	306.4	311.7	314.8	313.8	314.2
	Others	136.1	121.7	118.5	119.0	124.7	125.2	122.5
	Total males	1,972.1	1,993.9	2,005.5	2,020.8	2,034.9	2,049.8	2,058.0

Females
	At work	1,021.9	1,071.9	1,094.2	1,102.5	1,109.1	1,117.1	1,158.2
	Unemployed	99.9	77.5	75.8	77.6	70.7	76.9	81.0
	Student	233.9	232.7	218.2	213.3	234.7	238.5	222.3
	Home duties	215.4	194.5	208.5	207.9	198.9	198.3	183.2
	Retired	317.2	336.4	337.1	348.5	349.2	347.7	353.1
	Others	155.5	156.6	160.0	157.8	162.3	159.2	154.1
	Total females	2,043.8	2,069.5	2,093.7	2,107.7	2,124.9	2,137.6	2,152.0

All persons
	At work	2,214.2	2,316.8	2,372.7	2,392.4	2,396.6	2,408.1	2,466.5
	Unemployed	218.8	162.3	153.7	158.2	147.1	157.3	164.6
	Student	455.4	457.5	429.2	423.0	454.4	465.6	440.2
	Home duties	229.8	206.2	221.7	217.8	210.6	210.6	194.8
	Retired	606.1	642.4	643.5	660.2	664.1	661.5	667.3
	Others	291.6	278.3	278.5	276.9	287.0	284.4	276.6
	Total persons	4,015.9	4,063.5	4,099.3	4,128.5	4,159.9	4,187.4	4,210.1
Note: The Principal Economic Status (PES) classification is based on a respondent's own subjective assessment - see Background Notes.

Table 8.12 A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by Citizenship and ILO Economic Status¹
'000
Citizenship		ILO Economic Status				Total
Citizenship		In employment	Unemployed	In labour force	Not in labour force	Total
Q2 23
Irish Citizens		2,116.5	92.3	2,208.8	1,295.4	3,504.2
Non-Irish Citizens		526.5	28.9	555.4	150.5	705.9
of which:
	United Kingdom	61.7	*	64.9	46.7	111.7
	EU14 excl. Irl	83.5	*	87.2	11.6	98.8
	EU15 to EU27	188.1	[8.6]	196.7	37.7	234.4
	Other	193.4	[13.3]	206.7	54.4	261.0
Total persons		2,643.0	121.2	2,764.2	1,445.8	4,210.1

Q2 22
Irish Citizens		2,085.3	94.0	2,179.4	1,289.5	3,468.9
Non-Irish Citizens		469.3	25.8	495.1	135.3	630.4
of which:
	United Kingdom	66.9	*	71.7	40.1	111.8
	EU14 excl. Irl	72.4	*	74.0	14.5	88.5
	EU15 to EU27	179.8	[9.5]	189.3	41.2	230.5
	Other	150.3	[9.9]	160.1	39.4	199.5
Total persons		2,554.6	119.9	2,674.5	1,424.8	4,099.3

Year on year changes
Irish Citizens		31.2	-1.7	29.4	5.8	35.3
Non-Irish Citizens		57.3	3.0	60.3	15.2	75.5
of which:
	United Kingdom	-5.2	*	-6.8	6.6	-0.2
	EU14 excl. Irl	11.1	*	13.2	-2.9	10.3
	EU15 to EU27	8.3	[-0.9]	7.4	-3.6	3.8
	Other	43.1	[3.4]	46.5	15.0	61.5
Total persons		88.4	1.3	89.8	21.0	110.8
¹ Estimates for number of persons, where there are less than 30 persons in a cell, are too small to be considered reliable. These estimates are presented with an asterisk (*) in the relevant tables. Where there are 30-49 persons in a cell, estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution. These cells are presented with parentheses [].

Table 8.13 A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector
'000
	Q2 20	Q2 21	Q2 22	Q1 23¹	Q2 23²
Civil Service	44.6	45.1	44.5	45.4	:
Defence	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.4	:
Garda Siochána	14.7	14.5	14.4	14.3	:
Education	112.2	113.1	113.1	111.9	:
Regional bodies	35.0	35.1	35.4	35.7	:
Health	127.6	146.9	155.0	172.9	:
Total Public Sector excluding Semi-State bodies	342.9	363.6	371.4	389.5	:

Semi-State bodies	56.2	56.4	58.4	60.5	:

Total Public Sector including Semi-State bodies	399.1	420.0	429.7	450.0	:

Total Private Sector	1413.4	1505.8	1664.1	1701.2	:
¹Preliminary data
² : Employment data from the Earnings, Hours Worked and Employment Cost Survey (EHECS) data not available at time of release. Updated series will be issued with the next Earnings and Labour Costs quarterly release.

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