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Monthly Unemployment June 2023

The Monthly Unemployment rate for June 2023 was unchanged at 3.8%

Online ISSN: 2009-8456

CSO statistical publication, 05 July 2023, 11am

Key Findings

In June 2023 the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was:

Up to 4.2% for males from a rate of 4.1% in May 2023 and June 2022.
Unchanged at 3.4% for females from the May 2023 rate, and down from a rate of 4.4% in June 2022.
Up to 7.4% for persons aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate), from a rate of 6.9% in May 2023.
Unchanged at 3.3% for persons aged 25-74 years, from the May 2023 rate.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (05 July 2023) issued Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for June 2023.

Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said: “The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June 2023 (for all persons aged 15-74 years) was unchanged at 3.8% from the May 2023 rate, and down from a rate of 4.2% in June 2022. In June 2023 the unemployment rate for males was 4.2% and for females was 3.4%.

The seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed was 105,400 in June 2023, compared with 102,800 in May 2023. There was a decrease of 6,000 in the seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed in June 2023 when compared with a year earlier.
The seasonally adjusted number of males unemployed was up to 61,800 in June 2023, compared with 59,800 in May 2023. In June 2023 the seasonally adjusted number of females unemployed increased to 43,600 from the 43,000 observed in May 2023.”

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 Employment Estimates published today for June 2023 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q1 2023 for the monthly estimates up to March 2023. The estimates for April, May and June 2023 have been forecasted. These forecasted figures are subject to revision.

Headline Table and Graph

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
June 2022	111,400	4.2
May 2023	102,800	3.8
June 2023	105,400	3.8
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	2,600	0.0
Change in year	-6,000	-0.4

Open in Excel: Monthly Unemployment June 2023 Headline Table (XLS 10KB)

Tables

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

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

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
2021	June	88,500	74,000	162,500	6.5	6.3	6.4
	July	80,800	69,300	150,100	5.9	5.8	5.8
	August	74,800	65,900	140,700	5.5	5.4	5.4
	September	73,600	63,100	136,700	5.3	5.2	5.2
	October	73,700	63,900	137,600	5.3	5.2	5.3
	November	74,100	64,300	138,400	5.3	5.2	5.3
	December	71,600	61,500	133,100	5.1	5.0	5.1

2022	January	68,200	61,400	129,500	4.9	5.0	4.9
	February	64,600	58,700	123,400	4.7	4.7	4.7
	March	70,300	62,300	132,600	5.0	5.0	5.0
	April	64,500	56,900	121,400	4.6	4.6	4.6
	May	59,000	52,100	111,100	4.2	4.2	4.2
	June	57,300	54,100	111,400	4.1	4.4	4.2
	July	57,400	54,100	111,500	4.1	4.4	4.2
	August	57,300	56,500	113,800	4.1	4.6	4.3
	September	58,300	56,500	114,800	4.1	4.6	4.3
	October	60,200	59,000	119,200	4.3	4.7	4.5
	November	62,100	59,600	121,700	4.4	4.7	4.5
	December	62,500	56,500	119,000	4.4	4.5	4.4

2023	January	63,000	54,200	117,300	4.4	4.2	4.3
	February	62,500	51,000	113,500	4.3	4.0	4.2
	March	61,600	47,500	109,100	4.3	3.7	4.0
	April	61,300	45,000	106,300	4.2	3.5	3.9
	May	59,800	43,000	102,800	4.1	3.4	3.8
	June	61,800	43,600	105,400	4.2	3.4	3.8

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
2021	June	27,400	23,500	50,900	16.4	15.3	15.9
	July	22,900	19,400	42,300	13.1	11.8	12.5
	August	19,400	17,400	36,700	11.0	10.3	10.6
	September	19,700	17,600	37,200	11.1	10.1	10.6
	October	21,500	19,700	41,300	12.2	11.3	11.7
	November	22,500	20,900	43,400	12.8	11.8	12.3
	December	19,400	18,900	38,300	11.1	10.9	11.0

2022	January	14,300	17,300	31,600	8.2	10.1	9.1
	February	12,600	15,500	28,100	7.2	9.0	8.1
	March	15,200	14,900	30,100	8.6	8.6	8.6
	April	18,700	14,800	33,500	10.4	8.5	9.4
	May	19,500	14,500	34,000	10.8	8.4	9.6
	June	20,500	16,800	37,300	11.4	9.8	10.6
	July	19,700	17,900	37,600	11.1	10.8	10.9
	August	18,400	18,700	37,100	10.5	11.7	11.1
	September	18,500	18,800	37,300	10.6	11.7	11.1
	October	18,300	17,700	36,000	10.4	10.8	10.6
	November	19,000	17,300	36,300	10.7	10.3	10.5
	December	18,800	16,500	35,200	10.5	9.7	10.1

2023	January	19,100	18,000	37,100	10.6	10.4	10.5
	February	18,400	17,300	35,600	10.2	9.9	10.1
	March	16,500	14,600	31,100	9.3	8.5	8.9
	April	14,100	12,600	26,800	8.0	7.4	7.7
	May	12,200	11,200	23,500	7.0	6.7	6.9
	June	13,500	11,700	25,100	7.7	7.1	7.4

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
2021	June	61,100	50,500	111,600	5.1	4.9	5.0
	July	57,900	49,900	107,900	4.9	4.8	4.8
	August	55,400	48,500	104,000	4.6	4.6	4.6
	September	53,900	45,500	99,400	4.5	4.3	4.4
	October	52,200	44,100	96,300	4.3	4.2	4.2
	November	51,600	43,400	95,000	4.2	4.1	4.2
	December	52,200	42,600	94,800	4.3	4.0	4.2

2022	January	53,900	44,000	98,000	4.4	4.1	4.3
	February	52,000	43,300	95,300	4.3	4.1	4.2
	March	55,100	47,300	102,400	4.5	4.4	4.5
	April	45,800	42,100	87,900	3.7	3.9	3.8
	May	39,500	37,600	77,100	3.2	3.5	3.4
	June	36,800	37,300	74,100	3.0	3.5	3.2
	July	37,700	36,200	73,900	3.1	3.4	3.2
	August	38,900	37,800	76,700	3.2	3.5	3.3
	September	39,800	37,700	77,500	3.2	3.5	3.4
	October	41,900	41,300	83,200	3.4	3.8	3.6
	November	43,100	42,300	85,400	3.5	3.9	3.7
	December	43,800	40,000	83,800	3.5	3.6	3.6

2023	January	44,000	36,200	80,200	3.5	3.3	3.4
	February	44,100	33,800	77,900	3.5	3.0	3.3
	March	45,100	32,800	78,000	3.6	3.0	3.3
	April	47,200	32,400	79,500	3.7	2.9	3.3
	May	47,600	31,800	79,400	3.7	2.9	3.3
	June	48,300	32,000	80,200	3.7	2.9	3.3

Monthly Unemployment June 2023