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Monthly Unemployment September 2023

The Monthly Unemployment rate for September 2023 was 4.2%

Online ISSN: 2009-8456

CSO statistical publication, 04 October 2023, 11am

Key Findings

In September 2023 the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was:

Up to 4.4% for males from 4.3% in August 2023, and up from 4.2% in September 2022.
Up to 4.0% from 3.9% in August 2023 for females, and down from a rate of 4.6% in September 2022.
Up to 11.9% for persons aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate), from a revised rate of 11.4% in August 2023.
Unchanged at 3.1% for persons aged 25-74 years from the August 2023 rate.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (04 October 2023) issued Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for September 2023.

Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said: “The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September 2023 (for all persons aged 15-74 years) was 4.2%, up from 4.1% recorded in August 2023 and down from 4.4% in September 2022. In September 2023 the unemployment rate for males was 4.4% and for females was 4.0%.

The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 115,700 in September 2023, compared with 113,000 in August 2023. There was a decrease of 300 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in September 2023 when compared with a year earlier.

The seasonally adjusted number of males unemployed was up to 63,100 in September 2023, compared with 62,100 in August 2023. The seasonally adjusted number of females unemployed increased by 1,600 over the month to September 2023 from 50,900 to 52,500.”

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 September 2023 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q2 2023 for the monthly estimates up to June 2023. The estimates for July, August and September 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 (%)
September 2022	116,000	4.4
August 2023	113,000	4.1
September 2023	115,700	4.2
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	2,700	0.1
Change in year	-300	-0.2

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

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
2021	September	74,300	63,000	137,300	5.4	5.1	5.3
	October	74,500	64,200	138,600	5.4	5.2	5.3
	November	73,600	64,300	137,900	5.3	5.2	5.2
	December	71,100	62,500	133,500	5.1	5.1	5.1

2022	January	67,400	62,000	129,500	4.9	5.0	4.9
	February	63,600	59,100	122,700	4.6	4.8	4.7
	March	68,700	62,600	131,200	4.9	5.0	5.0
	April	63,000	56,200	119,200	4.5	4.5	4.5
	May	58,700	51,200	109,800	4.2	4.1	4.2
	June	58,200	52,900	111,100	4.1	4.3	4.2
	July	59,000	54,400	113,400	4.2	4.4	4.3
	August	58,900	58,100	117,000	4.2	4.7	4.4
	September	59,100	56,900	116,000	4.2	4.6	4.4
	October	61,000	59,500	120,500	4.3	4.8	4.5
	November	61,600	59,300	120,900	4.3	4.7	4.5
	December	61,600	56,400	117,900	4.3	4.5	4.4

2023	January	61,600	53,000	114,600	4.3	4.2	4.2
	February	61,400	50,700	112,200	4.3	4.0	4.1
	March	61,700	50,100	111,800	4.3	3.9	4.1
	April	62,300	50,700	113,000	4.3	3.9	4.1
	May	62,200	50,500	112,700	4.3	3.9	4.1
	June	65,000	52,000	116,900	4.5	4.0	4.3
	July	62,400	51,300	113,700	4.4	3.9	4.2
	August	62,100	50,900	113,000	4.3	3.9	4.1
	September	63,100	52,500	115,700	4.4	4.0	4.2

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	September	19,900	17,700	37,600	11.2	10.1	10.6
	October	21,400	20,200	41,600	12.1	11.5	11.8
	November	22,000	21,100	43,100	12.5	12.0	12.2
	December	19,600	20,000	39,600	11.2	11.4	11.3

2022	January	15,100	18,000	33,100	8.7	10.4	9.5
	February	13,300	15,600	28,900	7.6	9.1	8.3
	March	15,400	14,700	30,100	8.7	8.5	8.6
	April	17,900	14,300	32,100	10.0	8.2	9.1
	May	18,600	13,900	32,500	10.4	8.1	9.2
	June	19,700	16,100	35,800	11.0	9.5	10.2
	July	19,800	18,100	37,900	11.2	10.9	11.1
	August	19,000	19,500	38,400	10.8	12.2	11.4
	September	19,000	19,200	38,200	10.8	11.8	11.3
	October	18,500	18,400	36,900	10.5	11.1	10.8
	November	18,600	17,300	35,900	10.5	10.3	10.4
	December	18,400	16,600	35,000	10.3	9.8	10.1

2023	January	18,500	17,000	35,500	10.3	9.9	10.1
	February	18,900	16,900	35,800	10.5	9.8	10.1
	March	19,100	16,500	35,700	10.6	9.5	10.0
	April	19,100	16,700	35,900	10.6	9.5	10.1
	May	18,700	16,500	35,200	10.3	9.4	9.9
	June	20,400	17,400	37,700	11.3	9.9	10.6
	July	20,700	17,200	37,900	11.6	10.1	10.9
	August	21,500	17,500	39,000	12.0	10.7	11.4
	September	22,500	19,000	41,500	12.5	11.3	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
2021	September	54,400	45,300	99,700	4.5	4.3	4.4
	October	53,100	44,000	97,000	4.4	4.2	4.3
	November	51,600	43,200	94,800	4.2	4.1	4.2
	December	51,500	42,500	93,900	4.2	4.0	4.1

2022	January	52,300	44,100	96,400	4.3	4.1	4.2
	February	50,300	43,500	93,800	4.2	4.1	4.1
	March	53,300	47,900	101,200	4.4	4.5	4.4
	April	45,100	41,900	87,100	3.7	3.9	3.8
	May	40,000	37,200	77,300	3.3	3.5	3.4
	June	38,500	36,800	75,300	3.1	3.4	3.3
	July	39,200	36,300	75,500	3.2	3.4	3.3
	August	40,000	38,600	78,600	3.2	3.6	3.4
	September	40,100	37,700	77,800	3.2	3.5	3.4
	October	42,500	41,100	83,600	3.4	3.8	3.6
	November	43,000	42,000	85,000	3.5	3.9	3.6
	December	43,200	39,700	82,900	3.5	3.6	3.5

2023	January	43,000	36,100	79,100	3.4	3.3	3.4
	February	42,500	33,900	76,400	3.4	3.1	3.2
	March	42,600	33,600	76,200	3.4	3.0	3.2
	April	43,200	34,000	77,100	3.4	3.0	3.2
	May	43,500	34,000	77,500	3.5	3.0	3.3
	June	44,600	34,600	79,200	3.6	3.1	3.3
	July	41,700	34,100	75,800	3.3	3.0	3.2
	August	40,600	33,400	74,000	3.2	3.0	3.1
	September	40,700	33,500	74,200	3.2	2.9	3.1

Monthly Unemployment September 2023