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Monthly Unemployment January 2025

The Monthly Unemployment rate for January 2025 was 4.0%, down from 4.5% in December 2024

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CSO statistical publication, 06 February 2025, 11am

Key Findings

In January 2025, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.0%, which was down from a revised rate of 4.5% in December 2024. On an annual basis, the unemployment rate of 4.0% is down from 4.5% in January 2024.
Breaking down the results by sex, the Monthly Unemployment rate in January 2025 was 4.0% for males, down from a revised rate of 4.9% in December 2024, and down from 4.3% in January 2024.
The Monthly Unemployment rate in January 2025 was 4.1% for females, up from a revised rate of 4.0% in December 2024, and down from a rate of 4.7% in January 2024.
In terms of age, the Monthly Unemployment rate for people aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate) decreased to 11.9% from a revised rate of 12.7% in December 2024.
The Monthly Unemployment rate for people aged 25-74 years was 2.9%, which was down from the revised rate of 3.3% in December 2024.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (06 February 2025) published Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for January 2025.

Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said: “The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January 2025 (for all people aged 15-74 years) was 4.0%, down from 4.5% recorded in both December 2024 and January 2024. In January 2025, the unemployment rate for males was 4.0% and for females was 4.1%.

The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 116,200 in January 2025, compared with 128,600 in December 2024. There was a fall of 10,200 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in January 2025 when compared with January 2024.

The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed males fell to 60,700 in January 2025, compared with 73,900 in December 2024. The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed females in January 2025 rose to 55,500 from 54,700 in December 2024.”

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 January 2025 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q4 2024 for the monthly estimates up to December 2024. The estimates for January 2025 have been forecasted. Forecasted figures are subject to revision.

Headline Table and Graph

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
January 2024	126,400	4.5
December 2024	128,600	4.5
January 2025	116,200	4.0
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	-12,400	-0.5
Change in year	-10,200	-0.5

Open in Excel: Monthly Unemployment January 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	January	65,400	53,700	119,000	4.5	4.1	4.3
	February	65,000	50,500	115,500	4.4	3.9	4.2
	March	63,800	49,600	113,400	4.3	3.8	4.1
	April	61,700	51,500	113,200	4.2	3.9	4.1
	May	61,600	52,700	114,400	4.2	4.0	4.1
	June	64,700	54,800	119,500	4.4	4.1	4.3
	July	66,300	54,600	120,900	4.5	4.1	4.3
	August	67,700	55,200	122,900	4.6	4.2	4.4
	September	68,200	59,700	127,900	4.6	4.5	4.6
	October	65,300	61,600	126,800	4.4	4.6	4.5
	November	62,900	62,000	124,800	4.2	4.7	4.4
	December	63,400	62,000	125,400	4.3	4.6	4.4

2024	January	64,100	62,300	126,400	4.3	4.7	4.5
	February	59,500	57,100	116,600	4.0	4.3	4.1
	March	61,900	57,800	119,800	4.2	4.3	4.2
	April	65,300	59,300	124,600	4.4	4.4	4.4
	May	64,900	59,500	124,500	4.3	4.4	4.4
	June	64,700	60,000	124,700	4.3	4.4	4.3
	July	65,900	64,600	130,500	4.4	4.7	4.5
	August	60,800	58,500	119,400	4.0	4.3	4.1
	September	62,400	57,400	119,800	4.1	4.2	4.2
	October	65,500	55,800	121,300	4.3	4.1	4.2
	November	67,800	54,000	121,800	4.5	4.0	4.2
	December	73,900	54,700	128,600	4.9	4.0	4.5

2025	January	60,700	55,500	116,200	4.0	4.1	4.0

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	January	19,800	16,900	36,600	10.9	9.8	10.4
	February	19,800	16,500	36,300	10.8	9.5	10.2
	March	19,100	16,500	35,600	10.4	9.5	9.9
	April	18,100	17,000	35,100	10.0	9.6	9.8
	May	18,100	17,200	35,300	10.1	9.7	9.9
	June	19,100	18,400	37,400	10.6	10.4	10.5
	July	19,900	18,600	38,500	11.1	10.6	10.9
	August	20,800	19,100	39,900	11.5	11.1	11.3
	September	21,500	21,700	43,200	11.7	12.2	11.9
	October	20,200	21,400	41,600	10.8	11.9	11.3
	November	19,200	21,400	40,600	10.2	11.7	11.0
	December	19,700	20,900	40,600	10.4	11.5	10.9

2024	January	20,400	20,700	41,100	10.8	11.4	11.1
	February	18,800	17,600	36,400	10.1	9.9	10.0
	March	19,400	17,100	36,400	10.4	9.7	10.0
	April	20,100	16,600	36,700	10.6	9.6	10.1
	May	19,900	16,300	36,200	10.5	9.4	10.0
	June	19,700	16,600	36,300	10.4	9.5	9.9
	July	21,800	19,300	41,200	11.3	10.6	11.0
	August	19,900	18,000	37,800	10.4	10.0	10.2
	September	20,500	18,900	39,400	10.7	10.5	10.6
	October	21,100	18,700	39,900	11.1	10.9	11.0
	November	22,300	18,800	41,200	11.7	11.1	11.4
	December	25,900	19,900	45,900	13.4	11.8	12.7

2025	January	22,000	20,700	42,700	11.7	12.3	11.9

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	January	45,600	36,800	82,400	3.6	3.3	3.4
	February	45,200	34,000	79,200	3.5	3.0	3.3
	March	44,700	33,100	77,800	3.5	2.9	3.2
	April	43,600	34,600	78,100	3.4	3.0	3.2
	May	43,500	35,500	79,100	3.4	3.1	3.3
	June	45,600	36,400	82,100	3.6	3.2	3.4
	July	46,400	36,000	82,400	3.6	3.1	3.4
	August	47,000	36,100	83,000	3.6	3.2	3.4
	September	46,600	38,100	84,700	3.6	3.3	3.5
	October	45,100	40,100	85,300	3.5	3.5	3.5
	November	43,700	40,600	84,300	3.4	3.5	3.4
	December	43,700	41,100	84,700	3.4	3.6	3.5

2024	January	43,700	41,500	85,200	3.4	3.6	3.5
	February	40,700	39,500	80,300	3.1	3.4	3.3
	March	42,500	40,800	83,300	3.3	3.5	3.4
	April	45,200	42,700	87,900	3.5	3.6	3.5
	May	45,000	43,300	88,300	3.4	3.7	3.5
	June	45,000	43,400	88,400	3.4	3.7	3.5
	July	44,100	45,300	89,300	3.3	3.8	3.6
	August	41,000	40,600	81,600	3.1	3.4	3.3
	September	41,900	38,600	80,500	3.2	3.3	3.2
	October	44,400	37,000	81,400	3.3	3.1	3.2
	November	45,400	35,200	80,600	3.4	3.0	3.2
	December	48,000	34,800	82,800	3.6	2.9	3.3

2025	January	38,800	34,800	73,500	2.9	2.9	2.9

Monthly Unemployment January 2025