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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		Q4 20	Q3 21	Q4 21	Q1 22	Q2 22	Q3 22	Q4 22
Males
1	Managers, directors and senior officials	129.3	136.3	136.8	145.6	143.4	142.4	154.2
2	Professionals	236.2	257.8	259.8	254.6	254.2	253.6	256.6
3	Associate professional and technical	162.4	180.0	182.9	180.1	180.3	187.1	184.9
4	Administrative and secretarial	58.0	56.6	61.6	66.0	59.2	64.0	59.7
5	Skilled trades	262.8	267.5	273.2	278.1	291.6	300.0	301.9
6	Caring, leisure and other services	35.9	39.7	41.2	44.1	46.5	44.5	42.5
7	Sales and customer service	74.7	77.7	76.5	68.6	69.0	72.9	67.6
8	Process, plant and machine operatives	144.3	149.5	155.6	157.0	168.7	161.5	154.9
9	Elementary	126.0	144.8	135.2	131.6	140.0	134.5	131.2
	Other/Not stated	*	[6.9]	*	*	[7.3]	11.3	15.0
Total males		1,232.3	1,316.7	1,328.1	1,331.0	1,360.2	1,371.8	1,368.5

Females
1	Managers, directors and senior officials	69.6	84.3	81.9	83.3	82.5	81.3	84.0
2	Professionals	259.9	279.7	308.5	300.4	303.2	304.3	298.2
3	Associate professional and technical	125.3	137.5	144.7	144.4	142.6	141.3	158.8
4	Administrative and secretarial	194.2	204.0	205.3	209.4	203.3	191.4	193.8
5	Skilled trades	28.2	31.8	31.8	33.2	31.7	28.2	32.2
6	Caring, leisure and other services	151.1	154.6	151.5	153.7	165.6	164.8	166.5
7	Sales and customer service	108.9	110.9	105.8	106.6	116.0	115.5	117.7
8	Process, plant and machine operatives	25.7	34.9	37.4	33.0	31.6	35.3	32.1
9	Elementary	79.0	113.2	106.5	106.7	111.7	109.2	116.3
	Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	[6.4]	11.2	[6.4]
Total females		1,044.5	1,154.5	1,177.9	1,174.7	1,194.4	1,182.5	1,206.0

All persons
1	Managers, directors and senior officials	199.0	220.6	218.6	228.8	225.8	223.7	238.2
2	Professionals	496.1	537.5	568.3	555.1	557.3	557.9	554.8
3	Associate professional and technical	287.7	317.6	327.7	324.5	322.9	328.5	343.7
4	Administrative and secretarial	252.2	260.5	266.9	275.4	262.5	255.4	253.6
5	Skilled trades	291.0	299.3	305.0	311.3	323.3	328.1	334.1
6	Caring, leisure and other services	187.0	194.3	192.7	197.8	212.1	209.3	209.0
7	Sales and customer service	183.6	188.6	182.2	175.2	185.0	188.4	185.4
8	Process, plant and machine operatives	169.9	184.4	193.0	190.0	200.3	196.8	187.0
9	Elementary	205.1	258.0	241.7	238.3	251.7	243.7	247.5
	Other/Not stated	*	[10.4]	[9.8]	[9.4]	13.7	22.5	21.3
Total persons		2,276.8	2,471.2	2,506.0	2,505.8	2,554.6	2,554.3	2,574.5
¹Parentheses [ ] indicate 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.
²An asterisk (*) indicates that estimates for numbers of persons or averages where there are less than 30 persons in a cell are not produced as estimates are too small to be considered reliable.

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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)
		Q3 21	Q3 22	Annual change		Q3 21	Q3 22	Annual change		Q3 21	Q3 22	Annual change
				Q3 22pp ²				Q3 22pp ²				Q3 22pp ²
EU27		69.2	70.2	1.0		6.7	6.0	-0.7		57.6	57.9	0.3
Eurozone ³		68.9	69.9	1.0		7.4	6.6	-0.8		57.5	57.8	0.3

Belgium		66.4	66.9	0.5		6.5	5.7	-0.8		55.4	55.3	-0.1
Bulgaria		69.5	71.9	2.4		4.6	3.7	-0.9		55.9	57.5	1.6
Czech Republic		75.0	75.8	0.8		2.7	2.2	-0.5		60.2	60.0	-0.2
Denmark		76.1	77.2	1.1		4.8	4.7	-0.1		62.9	63.8	0.9
Germany ⁵		76.5	77.3	2.5		3.4	3.1	-0.3		61.1	61.6	0.5
Estonia		74.7	76.5	1.8		5.7	5.6	-0.1		64.2	66.0	1.8
Ireland		72.2	73.2	1.0		5.7	4.5	-1.2		65.1	64.8	-0.3
Greece		60.1	61.9	1.8		13.0	11.7	-1.3		52.2	52.7	0.5
Spain ⁴		63.6	64.8	1.2		14.6	12.7	-1.9		58.4	58.1	-0.3
France ⁴		67.9	68.6	0.7		7.9	7.3	-0.6		56.4	56.5	0.1
Croatia		64.6	65.1	0.5		6.3	6.7	0.4		51.8	52.2	0.4
Italy		59.2	60.3	1.1		8.8	7.7	-1.1		48.9	49.0	0.1
Cyprus		72.3	73.2	0.9		6.7	6.8	0.1		64.6	65.4	0.8
Latvia		71.0	72.0	1.0		7.2	6.9	-0.3		60.9	61.8	0.9
Lithuania		73.2	75.2	2.0		6.7	5.9	-0.8		62.9	63.9	1.0
Luxembourg		70.2	70.0	-0.2		5.5	5.2	-0.3		62.7	61.8	-0.9
Hungary		73.6	74.6	1.0		3.9	3.6	-0.3		59.9	60.6	0.7
Malta		75.7	77.5	1.8		3.3	2.9	-0.4		63.3	64.7	1.4
Netherlands		80.7	81.9	1.2		4.0	3.7	-0.3		67.2	68.1	0.9
Austria		74.0	74.7	0.7		5.3	4.7	-0.6		61.9	62.1	0.2
Poland		71.0	71.2	0.2		3.1	2.9	-0.2		57.6	57.3	-0.3
Portugal		71.0	72.1	1.1		6.2	5.9	-0.3		58.3	58.7	0.4
Romania		62.3	63.4	1.1		5.3	5.4	0.1		51.3	51.9	0.6
Slovenia		73.4	73.9	0.5		4.5	4.0	-0.5		60.0	59.5	-0.5
Slovakia		70.3	71.6	1.3		6.8	6.0	-0.8		61.3	61.8	0.5
Finland		73.6	74.8	1.2		6.9	6.7	-0.2		60.5	61.5	1.0
Sweden		76.9	78.6	1.7		8.2	6.5	-1.7		67.5	67.5	0.0
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 : Not available

Open in Excel: Labour Force Survey Quarter 4 2022 Table 8.11 (XLS 15KB)

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		Q4 20	Q3 21	Q4 21	Q1 22	Q2 22	Q3 22	Q4 22
Males
	At work	1,157.8	1,220.3	1,238.6	1,245.0	1,278.5	1,289.9	1,287.5
	Unemployed	128.6	101.4	93.7	84.7	77.9	80.6	76.4
	Student	229.6	215.0	221.8	224.9	210.9	209.7	219.7
	Home duties	21.7	18.3	15.7	11.7	13.2	9.9	11.7
	Retired	290.4	298.2	296.8	305.9	306.4	311.7	314.8
	Others	131.7	125.0	119.8	121.7	118.5	119.0	124.7
	Total males	1,959.8	1,978.0	1,986.4	1,993.9	2,005.5	2,020.8	2,034.9

Females
	At work	968.1	1,060.2	1,059.9	1,071.9	1,094.2	1,102.5	1,109.1
	Unemployed	121.0	84.3	72.2	77.5	75.8	77.6	70.7
	Student	232.4	216.3	237.7	232.7	218.2	213.3	234.7
	Home duties	268.3	214.1	212.9	194.5	208.5	207.9	198.9
	Retired	299.2	319.1	327.6	336.4	337.1	348.5	349.2
	Others	142.8	155.9	148.5	156.6	160.0	157.8	162.3
	Total females	2,031.9	2,050.0	2,058.7	2,069.5	2,093.7	2,107.7	2,124.9

All persons
	At work	2,125.9	2,280.5	2,298.5	2,316.8	2,372.7	2,392.4	2,396.6
	Unemployed	249.6	185.7	165.9	162.3	153.7	158.2	147.1
	Student	462.1	431.3	459.5	457.5	429.2	423.0	454.4
	Home duties	290.0	232.4	228.5	206.2	221.7	217.8	210.6
	Retired	589.6	617.3	624.5	642.4	643.5	660.2	664.1
	Others	274.5	280.9	268.3	278.3	278.5	276.9	287.0
	Total persons	3,991.6	4,028.1	4,045.1	4,063.5	4,099.3	4,128.5	4,159.9
¹The Principal Economic Status (PES) classification is based on a respondent's own subjective assessment - see Background Notes.

Table 8.12A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by Citizenship and ILO Economic Status^{1, 2,3}
'000
Citizenship		ILO Economic Status				Total
Citizenship		In employment	Unemployed	In labour force	Not in labour force	Total
Q4 22
Irish Citizens		2,083.9	86.0	2,169.9	1,314.7	3,484.6
Non-Irish Citizens		490.6	26.0	516.6	158.6	675.2
of which:
	United Kingdom	59.1	*	62.7	49.2	111.9
	EU14 excl. Irl	73.8	*	76.7	17.7	94.3
	EU15 to EU27	183.9	[9.7]	193.6	40.8	234.4
	Other	173.8	[9.8]	183.7	50.9	234.6
Total persons		2,574.5	112.0	2,686.5	1,473.3	4,159.9

Q4 21
Irish Citizens		2,076.7	98.1	2,174.8	1,275.4	3,450.2
Non-Irish Citizens		429.2	29.2	458.5	136.4	594.9
of which:
	United Kingdom	64.0	*	68.0	42.9	111.0
	EU14 excl. Irl	67.0	*	70.7	12.8	83.5
	EU15 to EU27	175.3	[9.5]	184.8	43.1	228.0
	Other	122.9	[12.0]	135.0	37.5	172.5
Total persons		2,506.0	127.4	2,633.3	1,411.8	4,045.1

Year on year changes
Irish Citizens		7.2	-12.1	-4.9	39.4	34.4
Non-Irish Citizens		61.4	-3.3	58.1	22.2	80.3
of which:
	United Kingdom	-4.9	*	-5.4	6.3	0.9
	EU14 excl. Irl	6.8	*	6.0	4.9	10.9
	EU15 to EU27	8.6	[0.2]	8.8	-2.3	6.4
	Other	50.9	[-2.2]	48.7	13.4	62.1
Total persons		68.6	-15.4	53.2	61.6	114.8
¹Persons whose Citizenship is not stated are included with Irish Citizens
²Parentheses [ ] indicate 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.
³An asterisk (*) indicates that estimates for numbers of persons or averages where there are less than 30 persons in a cell are not produced as estimates are too small to be considered reliable.

Table 8.13 A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector
'000
	Q4 19	Q4 20	Q4 21	Q3 22¹	Q4 22²
Civil Service	44.4	45.2	44.8	44.8	:
Defence	9.1	9.0	8.9	9.1	:
Garda Siochána	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.3	:
Education	115.3	112	113.3	108.4	:
Regional bodies	34.9	34.9	35.3	35.7	:
Health	137.5	142.2	152.3	155.7	:
Total Public Sector excluding Semi-State bodies	355.7	357.8	369.2	367.9	:

Semi-State bodies	56.2	57.2	57.0	60.4	:

Total Public Sector including Semi-State bodies	412.0	415.0	426.2	428.3	:

Total Private Sector	1519.2	1463.1	1633.2	1675.5	:
¹ Preliminary 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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