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Monthly Unemployment December 2022

The Monthly Unemployment rate for December 2022 was 4.3%

Online ISSN: 2009-8456

CSO statistical publication, 11 January 2023, 11am

Key Findings

In December 2022 the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was:

Down to 4.1% for males from 4.3% in November 2022, and down from a revised rate of 5.1% in December 2021.
Down to 4.5% for females from 4.6% in November 2022, and down from 5.1% in December 2021.
Down to 11.5% for persons aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate) down from a revised rate of 11.9% in November 2022.
Unchanged at 3.3% for persons aged 25-74 years from November 2022.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (11 January 2023) issued Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for December 2022.

Commenting on today’s release, John Mullane, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said:

“The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2022 (for all persons aged 15-74 years) was down to 4.3% from 4.4% in November 2022, and down from a revised rate of 5.1% in December 2021. The rate of 4.3% in December 2022 was lower than the pre-pandemic level of 4.8% recorded in December 2019. In December 2022 the unemployment rate for males was 4.1% and for females was 4.5%.

The seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed was 114,500 in December 2022, compared with 117,000 in November 2022. There was a decrease of 18,600 in the seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed in December 2022 when compared with a year earlier.

The seasonally adjusted number of males unemployed was 59,100 in December 2022, compared with 60,700 in November 2022. In December 2022 the seasonally adjusted number of females unemployed was 55,400, compared with 56,300 in November 2022.”

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.

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 December 2022 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q3 2022 for the monthly estimates up to September 2022 while the estimates for October, November and December 2022 have been forecasted.

Headline Table and Graph

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
December 2021	133,100	5.1
November 2022	117,000	4.4
December 2022	114,500	4.3
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	-2,500	-0.1
Change in year	-18,600	-0.8

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Tables

Table 1a Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - all 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 - All persons aged 15-74 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2020	December	81,600	66,600	148,200	6.3	6.1	6.2

2021	January	86,900	76,200	163,100	6.8	6.9	6.8
	February	92,300	83,400	175,700	7.2	7.5	7.3
	March	97,300	88,200	185,500	7.5	7.8	7.6
	April	101,500	86,100	187,600	7.6	7.5	7.6
	May	97,400	79,100	176,500	7.2	6.8	7.0
	June	90,400	72,700	163,100	6.6	6.2	6.4
	July	82,200	68,500	150,700	6.0	5.7	5.9
	August	75,600	66,500	142,100	5.5	5.5	5.5
	September	73,600	63,100	136,700	5.3	5.2	5.3
	October	73,100	64,100	137,200	5.3	5.2	5.2
	November	72,700	64,300	137,000	5.2	5.2	5.2
	December	70,500	62,600	133,100	5.1	5.1	5.1

2022	January	67,700	62,200	129,900	4.9	5.0	4.9
	February	63,500	59,200	122,700	4.6	4.8	4.7
	March	68,800	62,700	131,500	4.9	5.0	5.0
	April	64,600	56,400	121,000	4.6	4.5	4.6
	May	60,300	50,900	111,200	4.3	4.1	4.2
	June	58,600	53,000	111,600	4.2	4.3	4.2
	July	58,300	54,100	112,400	4.1	4.4	4.3
	August	58,100	57,900	116,000	4.1	4.7	4.4
	September	58,900	56,200	115,200	4.2	4.6	4.4
	October	60,100	56,700	116,900	4.2	4.6	4.4
	November	60,700	56,300	117,000	4.3	4.6	4.4
	December	59,100	55,400	114,500	4.1	4.5	4.3

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
2020	December	17,000	21,600	38,600	12.7	17.2	14.8

2021	January	17,000	24,700	41,700	12.7	19.1	15.9
	February	21,200	26,700	48,000	15.3	20.1	17.6
	March	26,400	28,500	54,900	18.0	20.7	19.3
	April	31,900	29,600	61,400	20.5	20.8	20.6
	May	30,400	26,500	56,900	18.8	18.2	18.5
	June	27,300	23,100	50,400	16.2	15.1	15.7
	July	23,200	19,600	42,900	13.4	12.2	12.8
	August	20,100	18,100	38,200	11.4	10.9	11.1
	September	20,300	18,000	38,300	11.5	10.5	11.0
	October	21,200	19,700	40,900	12.1	11.3	11.7
	November	21,100	20,400	41,400	12.2	11.6	11.9
	December	18,400	18,900	37,400	10.6	10.8	10.7

2022	January	14,000	17,900	32,000	8.0	10.2	9.1
	February	13,000	15,500	28,500	7.4	8.9	8.1
	March	15,600	14,900	30,500	8.7	8.4	8.6
	April	18,800	14,400	33,300	10.3	8.1	9.2
	May	19,400	14,100	33,400	10.6	8.1	9.4
	June	19,900	16,200	36,100	11.0	9.5	10.3
	July	19,600	17,700	37,300	11.2	10.9	11.1
	August	19,100	19,700	38,900	11.1	12.5	11.8
	September	20,000	20,600	40,600	11.3	13.1	12.2
	October	18,700	20,900	39,600	10.8	13.2	12.0
	November	18,500	20,700	39,300	10.8	13.0	11.9
	December	18,100	20,400	38,500	10.4	12.7	11.5

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
2020	December	64,600	45,000	109,600	5.6	4.6	5.1

2021	January	69,900	51,500	121,400	6.1	5.3	5.7
	February	71,000	56,700	127,700	6.2	5.8	6.0
	March	70,900	59,800	130,700	6.1	6.0	6.1
	April	69,600	56,500	126,100	5.9	5.6	5.8
	May	67,000	52,600	119,700	5.6	5.2	5.4
	June	63,100	49,600	112,700	5.3	4.8	5.1
	July	59,000	48,800	107,800	4.9	4.7	4.8
	August	55,500	48,400	103,900	4.6	4.6	4.6
	September	53,300	45,100	98,400	4.4	4.3	4.4
	October	51,900	44,400	96,300	4.3	4.2	4.3
	November	51,700	43,900	95,600	4.2	4.2	4.2
	December	52,000	43,700	95,700	4.3	4.1	4.2

2022	January	53,700	44,200	97,900	4.4	4.1	4.3
	February	50,400	43,800	94,200	4.1	4.1	4.1
	March	53,200	47,800	101,000	4.3	4.4	4.4
	April	45,800	42,000	87,800	3.7	3.9	3.8
	May	41,000	36,800	77,800	3.3	3.4	3.4
	June	38,800	36,800	75,600	3.2	3.4	3.3
	July	38,600	36,400	75,100	3.1	3.4	3.3
	August	38,900	38,200	77,100	3.1	3.6	3.3
	September	38,900	35,600	74,500	3.1	3.3	3.2
	October	41,400	35,900	77,300	3.3	3.3	3.3
	November	42,200	35,500	77,700	3.4	3.3	3.3
	December	41,000	35,100	76,000	3.3	3.2	3.3

Monthly Unemployment December 2022