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Monthly Unemployment April 2025

The Monthly Unemployment rate for April 2025 was 4.1%, down from 4.4% in March 2025

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CSO statistical release, 30 April 2025, 11am

Key Findings

In April 2025, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.1%, which was down from a revised rate of 4.4% in March 2025. On an annual basis, the unemployment rate of 4.1% was down from a rate of 4.4% in April 2024.
Breaking down the results by sex, the monthly unemployment rate in April 2025 was 4.0% for males, a decline from a revised rate of 4.2% in March 2025, and down from the rate of 4.4% recorded in April 2024.
The monthly unemployment rate in April 2025 was 4.2% for females, a decrease from a revised rate of 4.5% in March 2025, and from a rate of 4.4% in April 2024.
In terms of age, the monthly unemployment rate for people aged 15-24 years (Youth Unemployment Rate) was 11.4%, up from a revised rate of 10.5% in March 2025.
The monthly unemployment rate for people aged 25-74 years was 3.0%, down from a revised rate of 3.5% in March 2025.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (30 April 2025) published Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for April 2025.

Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said: “The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2025 (for all people aged 15-74 years) was 4.1%, a decrease from 4.4% in both March 2025 and April 2024. In April 2025, the unemployment rate for males was 4.0% and for females was 4.2%.

The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 119,500 in April 2025, compared with 127,900 in March 2025. There was a fall of 5,700 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in April 2025 when compared with April 2024.

The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed males fell to 61,500 in April 2025, compared with 65,000 in March 2025. The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed females in April 2025 was 57,900, down from 62,800 in March 2025.”

Editor's Note

The methodology for the Monthly Unemployment Estimates involves forecasting the number of persons who are unemployed using the trend in the recipient Live Register series. The Department of Social Protection is providing Working Age Income supports to people arriving in Ireland from Ukraine under the Temporary Protection Directive. The Live Register series includes recipients of these supports who have met the relevant criteria. This has impacted on the numbers of unemployed, primarily females, in these monthly estimates.

From 9 September 2024 beneficiaries of EU’s Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) living in Designated Accommodation Centres no longer qualify for Jobseeker’s Allowance and thus are no longer enumerated on the Live Register – see Background Notes.

Data in this release are subject to revision based on updates to the seasonally adjusted series whenever new monthly data are added. In addition, it should be noted that larger revisions can occur when the most recent Labour Force Survey (LFS) data are included in the calculation process.

The Monthly Unemployment Estimates published today for April 2025 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q1 2025 for the monthly estimates up to March 2025. The estimates for April 2025 have been forecasted. Forecasted figures are subject to revision.

Key Figures

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
April 2024	125,200	4.4
March 2025	127,900	4.4
April 2025	119,500	4.1
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	-8,400	-0.3
Change in year	-5,700	-0.3

Open in Excel: Monthly Unemployment April 2025 Headline Table (XLS 10KB)

Tables

Table 1a Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 15-74 years

Table 1b Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 15-24 years

Table 1c Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 25-74 years

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Table 1a Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 15-74 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2023	April	62,000	51,600	113,600	4.2	3.9	4.1
	May	62,500	53,000	115,500	4.3	4.0	4.1
	June	66,000	55,000	121,100	4.5	4.2	4.3
	July	67,300	54,600	122,000	4.6	4.1	4.4
	August	67,900	55,200	123,000	4.6	4.2	4.4
	September	68,400	59,800	128,200	4.6	4.5	4.6
	October	65,800	61,900	127,700	4.4	4.7	4.5
	November	62,700	62,200	124,900	4.2	4.7	4.4
	December	62,400	62,100	124,500	4.2	4.7	4.4

2024	January	61,900	61,900	123,800	4.2	4.6	4.4
	February	58,700	56,000	114,700	4.0	4.2	4.1
	March	61,200	57,700	118,800	4.1	4.3	4.2
	April	65,800	59,300	125,200	4.4	4.4	4.4
	May	66,200	60,100	126,300	4.4	4.4	4.4
	June	66,800	60,600	127,300	4.4	4.4	4.4
	July	67,100	65,100	132,100	4.4	4.7	4.6
	August	60,900	58,500	119,400	4.0	4.3	4.1
	September	62,500	57,000	119,500	4.1	4.2	4.1
	October	66,400	54,800	121,100	4.4	4.0	4.2
	November	67,700	53,700	121,400	4.5	3.9	4.2
	December	71,800	56,700	128,500	4.7	4.1	4.4

2025	January	68,900	61,500	130,400	4.5	4.4	4.5
	February	66,500	61,200	127,700	4.3	4.4	4.4
	March	65,000	62,800	127,900	4.2	4.5	4.4
	April	61,500	57,900	119,500	4.0	4.2	4.1

Table 1b Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 15-24 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2023	April	18,300	17,100	35,400	10.1	9.7	9.9
	May	18,200	17,200	35,500	10.1	9.7	9.9
	June	19,200	18,300	37,500	10.7	10.3	10.5
	July	20,100	18,500	38,500	11.2	10.5	10.9
	August	20,800	19,000	39,800	11.5	11.0	11.3
	September	21,400	21,700	43,000	11.6	12.2	11.9
	October	19,800	21,500	41,400	10.6	11.9	11.3
	November	19,000	21,500	40,400	10.1	11.8	10.9
	December	19,100	20,900	40,000	10.1	11.4	10.8

2024	January	19,700	20,700	40,400	10.5	11.4	10.9
	February	19,400	17,600	37,000	10.4	9.9	10.2
	March	19,900	17,300	37,200	10.6	9.9	10.3
	April	20,400	16,700	37,100	10.8	9.7	10.2
	May	20,000	16,300	36,300	10.5	9.4	10.0
	June	19,800	16,500	36,300	10.4	9.4	9.9
	July	21,800	19,200	41,100	11.3	10.5	10.9
	August	19,800	17,800	37,700	10.4	9.9	10.1
	September	20,500	18,800	39,300	10.7	10.5	10.6
	October	21,500	18,500	40,000	11.3	10.8	11.0
	November	22,300	18,800	41,100	11.7	11.1	11.4
	December	23,800	20,400	44,200	12.4	11.9	12.2

2025	January	21,800	22,700	44,500	11.5	12.9	12.2
	February	20,600	21,900	42,500	10.8	12.4	11.6
	March	16,900	21,100	38,000	9.0	12.0	10.5
	April	20,800	21,000	41,700	10.9	12.0	11.4

Table 1c Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 25-74 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2023	April	43,700	34,600	78,300	3.4	3.0	3.2
	May	44,200	35,800	80,100	3.5	3.1	3.3
	June	46,800	36,800	83,600	3.7	3.2	3.4
	July	47,300	36,200	83,500	3.7	3.2	3.4
	August	47,100	36,100	83,200	3.7	3.2	3.4
	September	47,000	38,200	85,200	3.6	3.3	3.5
	October	46,000	40,400	86,400	3.6	3.5	3.5
	November	43,800	40,700	84,500	3.4	3.5	3.5
	December	43,200	41,300	84,500	3.3	3.6	3.5

2024	January	42,200	41,200	83,500	3.3	3.6	3.4
	February	39,300	38,400	77,700	3.0	3.3	3.2
	March	41,200	40,400	81,600	3.2	3.5	3.3
	April	45,500	42,600	88,100	3.5	3.6	3.5
	May	46,200	43,800	90,000	3.5	3.7	3.6
	June	47,000	44,100	91,000	3.6	3.7	3.6
	July	45,200	45,900	91,100	3.4	3.9	3.6
	August	41,100	40,700	81,800	3.1	3.4	3.3
	September	42,000	38,200	80,200	3.2	3.2	3.2
	October	44,900	36,300	81,200	3.4	3.1	3.2
	November	45,400	34,900	80,300	3.4	2.9	3.2
	December	47,900	36,300	84,300	3.6	3.0	3.3

2025	January	47,100	38,800	85,900	3.5	3.2	3.4
	February	45,900	39,300	85,200	3.4	3.2	3.3
	March	48,200	41,700	89,900	3.6	3.4	3.5
	April	40,800	37,000	77,700	3.0	3.0	3.0

Monthly Unemployment April 2025