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CSO statistical release, 25 June 2019, 11am

Labour Force Survey (LFS) Employment Series

Quarter 1 2013 - Quarter 1 2019

Indicator	Total Employment	Annual change
Q1 13	1,892,000	+28,700
Q1 14	1,950,700	+58,700
Q1 15	2,014,400	+63,700
Q1 16	2,080,800	+66,500
Q1 17	2,158,400	+77,500
Q1 18	2,220,700	+62,400
Q1 19	2,301,900	+81,200

Number of persons in employment at 2,301,900 in Q1 2019

Figure 1 Numbers in employment (ILO) in the first quarters 2013 to 2019

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In Q1 2019, there were 2,301,900 persons in employment. Of this, 1,828,900 or 79.5% were in full-time employment while 473,000 or 20.5% were in part-time employment. See Table 6.

In the six-year period to Q1 2019, the number of persons in employment has increased by 409,900 or 21.7%. The increase in full-time employment (+406,700) accounted for virtually all of this increase. See Table 6.

Employment Status – sectoral groups

There were 1,966,800 persons classified as employees in Q1 2019 while there were 323,900 self-employed persons. See Table 4.

Between Q1 2013 and Q1 2019, the number of employees increased by 400,900 or 25.6% while those classified as self-employed increased by 14,900 (+4.8%). See Table 4.

All economic sectors experienced an increase in the number of employees over this period. The most notable increases were in the Construction (+48,600 or +102.1%) and the Accommodation and food service activities (+47,300 or +42.1%) sectors. The number of self-employed persons, however, fell in seven economic sectors with the greater decreases occurring in the Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles sector (-4,800) and the Industry sector (-2,000). See Table 4.

Employment Status - occupational groups

The number of employees increased in all nine occupational groups between Q1 2013 and Q1 2019. See Table 5.

The Professional and Skilled trades occupational groups, rising by 85,100 and 60,900 respectively, showed the largest increase in the number of employees over the period. The largest increases in self employment were in the Skilled Trades and the Caring, leisure and other services groups at 11,600 and 5,000 respectively. See Table 5.

Broad Occupational Group	Self Employed	Employees
1	67500	115300
2	42300	432700
3	35400	233100
4	5000	221200
5	125600	193900
6	14100	177100
7	*	184600
8	21800	159100
9	7800	238400
10	*	11500

KEY
1-	Managers, directors and senior officials
2-	Professional
3-	Associate professional and technical
4-	Administrative and secretarial
5-	Skilled trades
6-	Caring, leisure and other services
7-	Sales and customer service
8-	Process, plant and machine operatives
9-	Elementary
10-	Other/Not stated

Full-time/Part-time Status- sectoral groups

In the six-year period to Q1 2019, full-time employment increased in all fourteen economic sectors while just six sectors showed an increase in part-time employment. See Table 6

The most notable increases in full-time employment were in the Construction sector, which more than doubled to 129,800 and the Industry sector which increased by 55,500 or 25.5% to 272,900. The Accommodation and food service activities sector showed the largest increase in part-time employment, rising by 14,500 or 25.4% to 71,500. On the other hand, the Industry sector recorded the largest reduction in part-time employment over the period, falling by 10,600 to 14,800 over the period. See Table 6.

Full-time/Part-time Status - occupational groups

In Q1 2019, the Elementary occupational group had the largest number of persons in part-time employment at 110,300 and this was followed by the Sales and customer service group with 77,400. Together these two groups accounted for 39.7% of part-time employment. See Table 7.

Part-time employment accounted for nearly one quarter (24.8%) of total employment in Q1 2013 and this fell to just over one fifth (20.5%) by Q1 2019. See Tables 6 and 7.

Average Usual Hours Worked per Week

The average usual hours worked per week in Q1 2019 was 36.4 hours compared to 35.0 hours six years earlier. Of the fourteen economic sectors, the Agriculture, forestry and fishing sector had the highest average at 49.5 hours per week in Q1 2019 while the lowest were in the Education and Other NACE sectors at 30.7 and 30.5 hours respectively. See Table 8.

When classified by occupational group, the average usual hours worked per week by Managers, directors and senior officials was the highest at 43.7 hours in Q1 2019. The Elementary group had the lowest average hours worked per week at 29.5 hours. In Q1 2013, the Sales and customer service occupational group had the lowest at 27.8 hours. See Table 9.

Self-employed persons usually worked an average of 45.1 hours per week in Q1 2019, while the corresponding number for employees was 35.2 hours. The average for persons in full-time and part-time employment was 40.7 and 18.6 hours per week respectively. See Tables 10 and 11.

Duration of Employment

There were 1,827,500 persons in their current employment for 1 year and over in Q1 2019. This accounted for 82.8% of total employment (excluding Not stated) and has declined from 86.5% in Q1 2013. The number of persons in their current employment for less than one year was 380,200 or 17.2% of total employment in Q1 2019 and this had increased from 13.5% in Q1 2013. See Table 12.

Local place of employment

Medium and large local places of employment (50 persons or more) employed 887,000 persons in Q1 2019 with smaller local places of employment (less than 50 persons) employing 959,200 persons in the same period. See Table 13.

Reasons for Part-time Employment

There were 473,000 persons in part-time employment in Q1 2019. The share of persons (excluding Not stated) who gave the reason for being in part-time employment as Person could not find a full-time job fell from 40.5% in Q1 2013 to 16.1% in Q1 2019. On the other hand, when taken together, the share of persons in part-time employment because of Undergoing school education or training and Looking after children or incapacitated adults increased from 29.4% to 40.7% over the period. See Table 14.

Permanency of Employment

This section refers to permanency of employment in relation to employees only.

Permanent employment increased by 388,500 (+27.9%) to 1,778,500 persons between Q1 2013 and Q1 2019, while temporary employment increased by 18,700 (+11.8%) to 177,200 persons. Nine out of every ten employees were in permanent employment in Q1 2019. See Table 15.

When classified by economic sector, the Industry (+49,900), Construction (+49,500), and Accommodation and food service activities (+35,800) sectors showed the largest increases in permanent employment between Q1 2013 and Q1 2019. These three sectors accounted for 34.8% of the overall increase in permanent employment over the period. See Table 15.

The largest increase in temporary employment was in the Accommodation and food service activities sector (+10,700). The change in this sector accounted for 57.2% of the overall increase in temporary employment over the period. See Table 15.

Reasons for being in temporary employment

In Q1 2019, 39.8% of persons in temporary employment (excluding not stated) indicated their reason for being in temporary employment was Person could not find a permanent job. This was down from 63.8% in Q1 2013. The share of persons who did not want a permanent job increased from 17.5% to 30.7% between Q1 2013 and Q1 2019. See Table 18.

Table 13 of this release was updated on 19 July 2019.

Show Table 1 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector

Table 1 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector
'000
Detailed NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	98.9	102.4	101.8	103.1	100.8	108.3	98.3
02 Forestry and logging	[3.7]	[3.5]	*	*	[3.9]	*	*
03 Fishing and aquaculture	[4.1]	[3.6]	[3.4]	*	*	*	*
05 Mining of coal and lignite	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
07 Mining of metal ores	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
08 Other mining and quarrying	5.7	[4.7]	5.1	[4.4]	[4.6]	[4.3]	[3.9]
09 Mining support service activities	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
10 Manufacture of food products	46.4	47.8	50.7	51.3	52.3	49.2	47.3
11 Manufacture of beverages	6.3	5.6	6.2	[5.2]	[5.4]	[5.9]	7.7
12 Manufacture of tobacco products	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
13 Manufacture of textiles	[2.6]	[2.9]	[3.4]	*	*	*	*
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	[2.9]	[3.2]	[3.7]	*	[3.6]	*	*
15 Manufacture of leather and related products	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	4.9	5.1	*	[3.6]	[5.2]	*	*
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	*	[2.7]	*	*	*	*	*
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	8.2	8.7	9.6	6.5	9.0	9.5	7.4
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	[3.4]	*	[3.9]	[4.7]	[4.5]	*	*
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	34.8	36.5	34.9	40.6	41.6	40.2	40.9
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	5.3	4.5	[3.5]	[6.4]	6.2	[7.2]	8.4
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	5.4	5.7	7.0	6.2	7.2	[6.8]	8.1
24 Manufacture of basic metals	[3.1]	[2.8]	[3.8]	[4.9]	6.3	[5.4]	[4.6]
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	12.3	12.0	13.2	14.8	13.8	13.1	14.8
26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	26.0	25.7	30.1	29.8	27.9	20.4	21.5
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	32.4	31.6	31.4	32.7	34.3	8.3	8.4
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	[2.7]	[4.0]	[3.0]	*	*	[5.4]	7.3
30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
31 Manufacture of furniture	[3.8]	[4.0]	6.4	5.9	6.4	9.0	9.5
32 Other manufacturing	6.9	5.8	7.0	7.2	7.8	42.3	45.0
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	4.8	4.6	5.8	6.9	8.0	[4.2]	[5.7]
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	8.9	10.5	9.4	12.3	13.7	12.7	14.0
36 Water collection, treatment and supply	*	*	[3.2]	*	*	*	[4.4]
37 Sewerage	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
38 Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	8.3	8.3	7.9	6.4	8.7	[6.2]	7.2
39 Remediation activities and other waste management services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
41 Construction of buildings	35.3	39.8	48.5	55.6	55.9	48.7	54.2
42 Civil engineering	[2.9]	5.4	5.6	5.8	6.8	10.7	15.3
43 Specialised construction activities	42.1	41.9	51.3	52.6	62.1	78.0	75.2
45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	33.2	34.6	42.5	36.9	36.4	30.6	40.0
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	59.0	58.5	50.5	46.1	54.9	53.1	44.5
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	188.4	188.2	193.7	208.2	206.6	211.4	220.2
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines	43.9	45.4	45.4	49.2	51.0	51.7	52.3
50 Water transport	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
51 Air transport	9.4	8.9	12.3	9.7	7.5	[6.6]	[6.9]
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation	12.7	13.0	12.6	16.1	16.9	18.6	27.5
53 Postal and courier activities	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.4	14.4	16.1	17.2
55 Accommodation	46.9	52.4	53.9	54.3	58.7	52.6	53.3
56 Food and beverage service activities	78.8	87.8	87.4	98.4	102.5	117.0	121.7
58 Publishing activities	5.9	7.0	[5.0]	[5.5]	[5.2]	[5.7]	[6.2]
59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	[4.2]	[5.3]	[3.7]	[5.1]	8.3	[6.5]	8.2
60 Programming and broadcasting activities	[4.7]	[5.1]	[5.8]	[3.9]	[4.2]	*	[5.2]
61 Telecommunications	20.3	18.6	20.3	16.8	17.3	17.5	16.4
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	49.5	52.9	59.1	64.8	70.7	75.9	74.4
63 Information service activities	7.0	7.4	6.2	8.6	8.7	[6.2]	[7.6]
64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	67.0	65.3	64.5	66.4	66.7	61.9	62.8
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	20.1	21.3	21.7	22.4	19.4	21.9	24.1
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	6.0	5.9	8.1	8.2	9.4	12.1	14.6
68 Real estate activities	8.9	8.5	12.3	10.6	11.0	9.6	9.5
69 Legal and accounting activities	29.3	32.7	30.8	29.8	33.3	43.8	47.6
70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	6.9	7.2	5.5	8.1	8.6	9.9	11.4
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	28.8	32.6	31.9	31.7	29.7	39.7	40.4
72 Scientific research and development	5.9	7.1	8.1	[7.1]	9.4	[6.3]	7.3
73 Advertising and market research	7.6	8.3	6.4	8.2	8.5	13.7	11.5
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities	29.6	34.3	34.9	33.7	36.6	16.9	18.0
75 Veterinary activities	[3.4]	[4.3]	*	[4.4]	[4.1]	[3.8]	*
77 Rental and leasing activities	6.1	7.1	6.7	[6.6]	8.1	9.5	12.5
78 Employment activities	8.0	7.7	8.5	8.8	14.0	8.3	8.9
79 Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	6.3	8.7	7.7	[5.9]	8.6	[7.4]	[7.0]
80 Security and investigation activities	13.0	14.4	14.0	15.3	17.0	15.6	16.7
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities	27.5	23.6	27.1	33.6	29.7	42.1	48.0
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	11.1	15.4	11.9	15.5	13.3	17.0	17.2
84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	86.0	88.6	90.8	91.6	93.7	103.5	110.8
85 Education	141.9	146.2	152.0	152.5	157.8	167.0	179.4
86 Human health activities	167.7	166.4	160.2	170.8	165.5	163.2	163.4
87 Residential care activities	26.8	25.5	29.9	26.2	32.6	35.2	41.7
88 Social work activities without accommodation	65.4	67.0	74.7	71.3	78.3	78.9	81.6
90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities	14.1	15.9	17.1	18.8	16.3	11.7	12.0
91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	[4.2]	[4.0]	5.9	[5.5]	[5.6]	[5.8]	[5.5]
92 Gambling and betting activities	6.3	[5.0]	[4.8]	[6.6]	7.3	8.9	8.3
93 Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	21.4	20.9	22.1	25.8	24.9	27.1	27.1
94 Activities of membership organisations	14.7	12.8	16.9	12.5	15.3	19.2	16.6
95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
96 Other personal service activities	32.5	33.7	32.4	34.3	35.6	36.8	38.6
97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel	7.9	7.5	7.4	8.7	7.7	9.5	7.1
99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	[3.8]	5.6	[3.2]	*	*	*	*
Not stated	*	*	*	[6.6]	7.8	[6.5]	[6.7]
Total persons	1,892.0	1,950.7	2,014.4	2,080.8	2,158.4	2,220.7	2,301.9
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 2 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed occupational group (UK SOC2010)
'000
Detailed occupational group	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
1 Managers, directors and senior officials	160.9	168.8	171.5	180.6	191.0	189.1	183.1
11 Corporate managers and directors	110.6	116.4	123.5	130.3	136.4	123.1	119.5
111 Chief Executives and senior officials	[3.5]	[3.3]	*	*	*	[4.4]	[5.3]
112 Production managers and directors	12.8	16.6	17.7	18.6	23.7	23.9	23.4
113 Functional managers and directors	62.2	66.3	65.9	67.8	70.0	50.6	42.1
115 Financial institution managers and directors	5.6	5.2	[5.3]	7.6	5.8	[6.1]	6.3
116 Managers and directors in transport and logistics	7.9	6.6	6.9	6.4	8.4	8.6	11.2
117 Senior officers in protective services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
118 Health and social services managers and directors	*	*	*	*	*	[5.2]	[4.7]
119 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale	15.4	15.9	20.5	22.4	20.6	23.0	25.6
12 Other managers and proprietors	50.3	52.4	48.0	50.3	54.7	66.0	63.6
121 Managers and proprietors in agriculture related services	*	*	*	*	*	[4.7]	[3.6]
122 Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services	19.9	22.2	19.2	23.1	22.7	22.9	21.1
124 Managers and proprietors in health and care services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
125 Managers and proprietors in other services	26.3	25.7	24.8	24.6	27.4	35.6	37.0
2 Professional	394.8	396.1	394.4	412.0	429.5	442.9	475.6
21 Science, research, engineering and technology professionals	86.8	89.3	87.4	95.6	103.7	107.0	110.5
211 Natural and social science professionals	11.5	12.2	11.1	11.3	15.3	13.6	15.4
212 Engineering professionals	19.9	21.5	21.6	21.3	26.1	32.7	34.0
213 Information technology and telecommunications professionals	53.0	53.2	51.1	58.8	58.9	57.4	57.3
214 Conservation and environment professionals	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
215 Research and development managers	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
22 Health professionals	104.6	98.6	100.7	95.3	102.9	103.4	118.0
221 Health professionals	30.1	32.5	34.3	31.2	33.0	32.1	37.6
222 Therapy professionals	9.4	8.9	11.3	8.7	12.7	13.5	12.0
223 Nursing and midwifery professionals	65.2	57.1	55.0	55.4	57.2	57.8	68.4
23 Teaching and educational professionals	101.0	101.7	103.9	104.4	112.2	118.6	120.6
231 Teaching and educational professionals	101.0	101.7	103.9	104.4	112.2	118.6	120.6
24 Business, media and public service professionals	102.4	106.5	102.5	116.7	110.7	113.8	126.4
241 Legal professionals	12.0	12.1	11.3	16.2	14.1	13.2	13.5
242 Business, research and administrative professionals	58.3	62.1	60.7	61.2	59.1	61.5	73.0
243 Architects, town planners and surveyors	10.4	10.1	9.6	11.0	11.7	14.4	13.7
244 Welfare professionals	7.3	8.9	7.2	11.4	9.0	7.8	7.9
245 Librarians and related professionals	[3.7]	*	*	*	*	*	*
246 Quality and regulatory professionals	5.0	[4.3]	[4.9]	[6.5]	[6.0]	7.6	8.2
247 Media professionals	5.8	6.5	5.4	7.6	7.6	[6.6]	7.3
3 Associate professional and technical	227.5	239.7	248.3	261.3	266.0	256.8	268.5
31 Science, engineering and technology associate professionals	35.0	37.8	40.3	42.2	49.3	50.3	50.4
311 Science, engineering and production technicians	20.3	19.7	21.0	23.3	26.7	23.5	25.8
312 Draughtspersons and related architectural technicians	*	[2.9]	*	[3.9]	*	*	*
313 Information technology technicians	12.2	15.2	16.6	14.9	19.5	24.0	21.9
32 Health and social care associate professionals	17.9	18.7	21.2	19.1	20.2	20.6	21.0
321 Health associate professionals	9.1	9.3	9.6	10.7	10.2	11.1	10.4
323 Welfare and housing associate professionals	8.8	9.4	11.6	8.4	10.0	9.5	10.6
33 Protective service occupations	24.4	23.2	22.3	21.7	22.7	24.6	21.4
331 Protective service occupations	24.4	23.2	22.3	21.7	22.7	24.6	21.4
34 Culture, media and sports occupations	32.3	33.8	36.5	35.9	36.8	39.1	38.7
341 Artistic, literary and media occupations	16.1	19.4	20.7	19.1	19.0	22.4	20.7
342 Design occupations	7.6	6.3	7.9	6.7	7.1	[7.5]	[6.8]
344 Sports and fitness occupations	8.7	8.2	7.9	10.1	10.7	9.2	11.2
35 Business and public service associate professionals	117.9	126.2	127.9	142.4	137.0	122.2	137.1
351 Transport associate professionals	[2.6]	*	*	*	*	*	*
352 Legal associate professionals	*	[3.2]	*	*	[4.0]	*	*
353 Business, finance and related associate professionals	30.8	32.1	35.4	40.5	39.6	42.0	46.0
354 Sales, marketing and related associate professionals	58.1	61.4	59.9	66.7	61.9	49.0	53.5
355 Conservation and environmental associate professionals	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
356 Public services and other associate professionals	24.1	26.9	26.4	29.6	29.3	26.4	30.6
4 Administrative and secreterial	189.9	198.7	199.4	200.8	207.4	216.5	228.5
41 Administrative occupations	151.5	159.2	160.6	159.8	167.3	173.9	182.5
411 Administrative occupations: Government and related organisations	32.0	32.4	30.1	29.1	32.4	42.9	48.4
412 Administrative occupations: Finance	47.5	47.4	48.8	46.2	45.7	52.4	49.6
413 Administrative occupations: Records	16.3	17.7	15.3	18.2	22.6	12.3	14.0
415 Other administrative occupations	49.9	54.4	57.8	57.6	57.3	58.8	60.2
416 Administrative occupations: Office managers and supervisors	5.8	7.3	8.6	8.6	9.2	7.5	10.2
42 Secretarial and related occupations	38.5	39.5	38.8	41.1	40.1	42.7	46.0
421 Secretarial and related occupations	38.5	39.5	38.8	41.1	40.1	42.7	46.0
5 Skilled trades	252.6	271.2	289.3	297.0	307.0	317.2	321.5
51 Skilled agricultural and related trades	90.5	90.6	93.6	95.3	91.7	91.8	89.2
511 Agricultural and related trades	90.5	90.6	93.6	95.3	91.7	91.8	89.2
52 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades	76.4	85.3	88.1	91.4	91.7	84.8	89.7
521 Metal forming, welding and related trades	6.8	8.4	9.4	11.6	11.7	12.3	13.2
522 Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades	22.5	24.8	27.4	26.6	25.9	17.4	16.6
523 Vehicle trades	16.5	19.5	20.4	15.6	18.7	18.2	23.1
524 Electrical and electronic trades	28.8	31.1	29.3	35.6	34.1	35.8	35.6
525 Skilled Metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
53 Skilled construction and building trades	41.6	46.8	55.3	55.5	64.4	73.2	78.6
531 Construction and building trades	31.6	34.8	41.4	40.9	48.7	51.9	55.5
532 Building finishing trades	7.6	9.3	11.1	11.5	11.6	18.7	19.7
533 Construction and building trades supervisors	[2.4]	[2.7]	[2.8]	[3.1]	[4.0]	*	*
54 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades	44.1	48.5	52.3	54.8	59.3	67.4	64.0
541 Textiles and garments trades	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
542 Printing trades	4.0	[3.1]	[2.9]	*	[2.9]	*	*
543 Food preparation and hospitality trades	33.8	38.6	40.8	43.5	48.7	53.2	51.4
544 Other skilled trades	5.1	4.8	6.2	6.5	6.7	7.8	8.6
6 Caring, leisure and other services	140.3	141.9	159.8	161.6	173.8	190.5	191.8
61 Caring personal service occupations	99.2	97.1	112.4	113.1	124.5	128.0	129.9
612 Childcare and related personal services	33.9	35.5	36.6	38.5	42.2	47.3	47.7
613 Animal care and control services	*	*	*	*	*	[5.0]	[4.6]
614 Caring personal services	63.3	60.2	73.4	72.0	79.0	75.7	77.6
62 Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations	41.1	44.9	47.4	48.4	49.2	62.5	61.9
621 Leisure and travel services	6.7	9.4	9.3	8.3	10.8	10.4	13.4
622 Hairdressers and related services	21.9	22.7	23.8	23.3	26.9	28.8	28.0
623 Housekeeping and related services	11.8	11.6	13.0	15.8	10.5	22.1	18.5
624 Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
7 Sales and customer service	159.7	155.9	166.0	167.3	171.6	182.0	188.7
71 Sales occupations	143.7	136.3	144.1	145.7	145.5	156.2	164.1
711 Sales assistants and retail cashiers	129.6	122.3	128.9	132.1	128.4	135.0	137.2
712 Sales related occupations	10.7	10.9	10.9	8.8	11.1	17.5	19.0
713 Sales supervisors	[3.3]	[3.1]	[4.4]	[4.8]	6.0	*	7.9
72 Customer service occupations	16.0	19.6	21.9	21.6	26.1	25.7	24.6
721 Customer service occupations	13.5	15.6	18.1	18.3	21.6	22.8	21.1
722 Customer service managers and supervisors	[2.5]	[4.0]	[3.8]	*	[4.6]	*	*
8 Process, plant and machine operatives	148.9	146.4	149.4	158.3	161.2	169.3	180.9
81 Process, plant and machine operatives	76.0	75.3	74.9	77.1	79.0	88.7	94.0
811 Process Operatives	24.3	23.5	24.6	23.1	21.8	37.4	35.2
812 Plant and machine operatives	7.0	9.0	7.7	8.3	9.3	9.2	11.7
813 Assemblers and routine operatives	35.3	32.3	32.5	30.8	35.2	31.9	35.9
814 Construction operatives	9.6	10.5	10.1	15.0	12.6	10.1	11.1
82 Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives	72.9	71.1	74.5	81.1	82.2	80.6	87.0
821 Road transport drivers	58.2	56.6	58.3	64.8	64.5	62.9	63.4
822 Mobile machine drivers and operatives	11.2	9.9	12.3	12.0	14.1	12.8	18.4
823 Other drivers and transport operatives	[3.5]	4.7	[3.9]	[4.3]	[3.6]	[5.0]	[5.2]
9 Elementary	214.5	227.8	230.7	231.1	240.5	243.1	250.9
91 Elementary trades and related occupations	55.5	57.6	65.1	59.4	61.7	50.3	46.8
911 Elementary agricultural occupations	16.9	18.8	13.4	13.5	11.6	16.8	13.3
912 Elementary construction occupations	27.4	29.7	37.7	35.0	40.3	20.8	22.4
913 Elementary process plant occupations	10.3	8.7	13.1	10.4	9.4	11.8	10.0
92 Elementary administration and service occupations	159.0	170.2	165.7	171.7	178.9	192.8	204.1
921 Elementary administration occupations	10.0	9.6	7.9	8.6	7.4	9.2	9.3
923 Elementary cleaning occupations	39.8	40.9	38.9	38.6	44.5	44.4	50.1
924 Elementary security occupations	14.8	16.3	16.3	16.6	15.5	19.1	16.7
925 Elementary sales occupations	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
926 Elementary storage occupations	19.3	21.7	20.7	20.0	19.2	21.8	22.3
927 Other elementary services occupations	73.6	80.4	80.5	87.1	91.3	97.2	103.9
Other/Not stated	2.7	4.1	5.6	10.8	10.3	13.3	12.3
Total persons	1,892.0	1,950.7	2,014.4	2,080.8	2,158.4	2,220.7	2,301.9
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 3 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector and occupational group (UK SOC2010)
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NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Occupational group			Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	[3.3]	[4.5]	[3.1]	*	[3.3]	[4.5]	[4.5]
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		4. Administrative and secreterial	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		5. Skilled trades	79.1	79.0	82.4	83.1	81.1	82.6	77.1
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	[4.5]	*	*
		9. Elementary	16.0	17.9	13.8	15.5	12.3	17.3	13.6
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	106.7	109.5	107.2	108.1	107.7	113.3	103.8
B-F	Total Industry	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	27.6	27.9	30.3	34.7	35.3	33.8	32.6
		2. Professional	30.2	32.2	33.3	33.1	40.8	44.8	49.7
		3. Associate professional and technical	36.4	38.9	41.8	45.5	45.7	38.7	41.2
		4. Administrative and secreterial	19.6	20.3	20.4	20.6	22.9	22.4	27.9
		5. Skilled trades	88.4	95.2	108.6	116.3	125.8	136.7	139.0
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	[3.5]	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	8.8	7.6	7.2	6.7	7.6	8.0	[6.1]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	76.3	72.5	75.8	78.3	81.1	93.9	100.6
		9. Elementary	34.7	37.0	45.4	41.4	44.8	33.9	33.1
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	323.2	332.8	365.0	381.1	406.9	416.7	432.3
B-E	Industry	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	21.2	21.6	22.1	26.0	28.0	25.2	25.2
		2. Professional	28.1	29.5	30.7	29.1	34.0	33.3	35.7
		3. Associate professional and technical	33.3	35.7	38.5	40.4	41.8	35.6	37.4
		4. Administrative and secreterial	16.4	16.6	16.5	16.8	18.9	17.2	21.1
		5. Skilled trades	44.1	45.6	50.5	55.3	55.2	54.7	55.1
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	8.3	6.7	6.6	5.8	6.9	7.8	[5.8]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	65.3	62.3	63.1	62.0	66.1	81.4	87.0
		9. Elementary	25.5	26.5	30.0	30.1	29.8	20.5	18.5
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	242.9	245.7	259.6	267.1	282.1	279.4	287.7
F	Construction	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	6.5	6.3	8.2	8.7	7.3	8.6	7.4
		2. Professional	*	[2.7]	*	[4.0]	6.8	11.5	14.0
		3. Associate professional and technical	[3.1]	[3.2]	[3.3]	[5.1]	[4.0]	*	*
		4. Administrative and secreterial	3.2	3.7	3.9	[3.8]	[4.1]	[5.2]	6.8
		5. Skilled trades	44.4	49.6	58.1	61.1	70.6	82.0	83.9
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	11.0	10.1	12.7	16.2	15.0	12.6	13.6
		9. Elementary	9.2	10.5	15.4	11.3	15.0	13.4	14.6
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	80.3	87.1	105.4	114.0	124.9	137.3	144.6
G-U	Total Services	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	129.7	136.4	137.6	143.7	152.1	150.8	145.8
		2. Professional	363.8	362.8	359.8	378.2	386.6	396.8	425.5
		3. Associate professional and technical	189.4	199.0	204.4	213.9	218.8	217.0	225.6
		4. Administrative and secreterial	168.4	176.6	176.6	178.2	182.2	190.9	199.1
		5. Skilled trades	85.0	96.8	97.9	97.5	100.2	97.9	105.4
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	138.5	140.4	157.2	157.1	170.2	187.4	189.5
		7. Sales and customer service	150.7	148.1	158.4	160.5	163.8	173.5	182.2
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	69.5	71.4	70.8	77.9	75.4	72.8	76.9
		9. Elementary	163.6	172.6	171.1	174.3	182.7	191.7	204.3
		Other/Not stated	[1.8]	3.6	4.9	3.8	4.0	[5.4]	[4.8]
		Total	1,460.3	1,507.7	1,538.8	1,585.0	1,636.0	1,684.1	1,759.1
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	46.3	45.1	45.0	44.6	46.7	45.6	46.9
		2. Professional	10.5	11.8	9.3	11.6	12.0	11.0	9.8
		3. Associate professional and technical	26.7	27.0	26.7	30.8	28.4	23.0	21.4
		4. Administrative and secreterial	22.1	22.9	18.4	21.7	20.6	19.2	21.0
		5. Skilled trades	24.1	24.0	28.0	21.4	25.3	22.8	25.8
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	117.3	116.0	124.8	125.6	128.0	139.6	149.3
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	14.4	12.7	12.0	13.9	13.9	12.2	11.2
		9. Elementary	16.9	20.1	20.3	20.3	21.2	19.8	18.6
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	280.6	281.3	286.7	291.2	298.0	295.0	304.7
H	Transportation and storage	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	5.0	5.5	6.2	7.3	6.2	8.4	8.6
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	5.1	5.5	5.2	[5.5]	[4.9]	[5.7]	6.2
		4. Administrative and secreterial	8.5	8.4	9.6	8.2	11.2	8.4	9.2
		5. Skilled trades	[2.9]	[3.7]	[2.6]	[3.4]	[3.6]	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	[5.6]
		7. Sales and customer service	*	[2.7]	[2.6]	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	40.5	41.1	42.9	47.0	45.6	46.0	50.4
		9. Elementary	14.9	14.8	13.6	15.3	12.2	12.3	17.9
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	82.8	84.9	87.6	92.4	91.7	94.9	105.8
I	Accommodation and food service activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	19.5	19.7	18.8	23.8	21.8	20.4	20.6
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	*	[4.1]	[4.1]	[4.0]	*	*	*
		4. Administrative and secreterial	6.1	5.2	7.2	6.4	7.4	[6.9]	7.9
		5. Skilled trades	17.8	23.9	24.8	29.9	33.1	34.5	36.3
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	[3.4]	[4.2]	[4.5]	[5.5]	[4.2]	[7.2]	[7.7]
		7. Sales and customer service	6.8	6.3	5.3	[5.4]	[4.5]	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	65.8	73.5	73.6	75.3	82.4	91.9	93.9
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	125.7	140.2	141.3	152.6	161.2	169.6	175.0
J	Information and communication	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	8.8	8.7	8.8	11.2	13.5	11.2	11.5
		2. Professional	36.9	39.2	37.6	46.7	46.2	50.3	50.0
		3. Associate professional and technical	23.9	23.9	28.1	24.2	31.2	32.9	32.8
		4. Administrative and secreterial	5.1	6.2	6.5	6.9	7.0	[5.0]	[5.7]
		5. Skilled trades	6.0	7.8	7.1	7.8	7.5	[7.5]	8.6
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	7.2	5.3	6.4	[4.5]	5.7	[7.0]	[5.6]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	91.5	96.4	100.1	104.8	114.4	115.8	118.0
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	13.4	14.1	14.3	15.3	16.2	17.3	14.2
		2. Professional	22.1	22.8	21.0	23.8	21.2	21.5	28.1
		3. Associate professional and technical	24.5	21.3	26.8	30.1	29.3	29.5	32.9
		4. Administrative and secreterial	33.9	33.0	33.0	27.2	27.9	28.6	28.5
		5. Skilled trades	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	5.5	5.6	6.6	7.7	7.8	*	[4.9]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	102.0	100.9	106.7	107.6	106.5	105.5	111.0
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	7.6	10.4	9.3	7.8	11.6	10.1	10.8
		2. Professional	59.2	61.3	57.3	63.0	64.4	57.7	62.3
		3. Associate professional and technical	19.5	22.3	20.9	21.4	22.6	32.2	32.2
		4. Administrative and secreterial	9.9	13.9	14.4	12.7	15.5	21.0	22.2
		5. Skilled trades	9.3	11.4	10.7	10.0	6.7	[6.9]	[6.7]
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	111.5	126.3	120.7	122.9	130.1	134.2	139.3
N	Administrative and support service activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	6.8	[6.1]	7.2	[6.1]	[7.5]	9.6	7.4
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	7.5	10.1	6.9	8.5	13.2	10.0	11.8
		4. Administrative and secreterial	10.2	10.5	11.7	10.8	10.9	8.2	9.3
		5. Skilled trades	8.7	9.0	8.3	9.8	8.7	9.0	10.9
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	[4.0]	[3.7]	[4.6]	[5.5]	[6.8]	[7.0]
		7. Sales and customer service	[3.2]	[4.9]	[5.2]	7.8	8.0	9.1	9.2
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	[5.1]	[6.2]
		9. Elementary	28.3	26.3	27.8	30.8	32.9	37.7	44.1
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	72.0	76.9	75.8	85.7	90.7	99.9	110.4
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	5.1	4.6	6.1	6.6	7.8	*	[4.4]
		2. Professional	10.6	10.1	12.0	10.2	9.9	12.6	16.0
		3. Associate professional and technical	32.1	32.4	31.2	32.7	31.7	36.1	36.2
		4. Administrative and secreterial	29.5	33.2	33.6	31.6	35.4	45.2	45.3
		5. Skilled trades	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	[3.6]	[3.2]	[2.4]	[3.7]	[2.9]	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	86.0	88.6	90.8	91.6	93.7	103.5	110.8
P	Education	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	*	[3.0]	[3.6]	*	[3.4]	*	*
		2. Professional	98.8	99.2	103.9	104.7	107.9	121.0	124.1
		3. Associate professional and technical	8.3	11.2	9.5	8.9	9.6	[6.8]	7.4
		4. Administrative and secreterial	7.8	8.4	8.4	10.5	10.1	9.5	12.9
		5. Skilled trades	*	*	[2.9]	*	*	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	17.6	15.3	16.6	16.6	18.2	22.9	27.4
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	4.5	5.4	5.0	5.4	4.4	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	141.9	146.2	152.0	152.5	157.8	167.0	179.4
Q	Human health and social work activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	7.4	10.0	8.0	9.2	9.3	13.2	9.5
		2. Professional	108.2	102.1	102.3	101.7	106.3	105.8	120.4
		3. Associate professional and technical	19.4	20.8	21.4	22.7	20.2	17.3	18.2
		4. Administrative and secreterial	23.8	24.2	22.6	28.3	23.8	25.9	26.8
		5. Skilled trades	5.5	5.4	4.6	[3.5]	[4.0]	[5.2]	[4.7]
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	75.2	75.7	89.1	88.3	95.5	95.0	93.5
		7. Sales and customer service	[2.8]	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	[3.3]	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	15.5	15.3	13.1	10.7	12.1	11.2	11.1
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	259.8	258.9	264.9	268.3	276.4	277.3	286.7
R-U	Other NACE activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	7.6	9.1	10.2	8.9	8.1	10.0	9.3
		2. Professional	11.8	10.3	9.8	11.2	12.9	8.8	7.8
		3. Associate professional and technical	20.0	20.3	23.5	25.2	24.3	21.2	23.5
		4. Administrative and secreterial	11.5	10.5	11.2	13.9	12.4	12.9	10.5
		5. Skilled trades	7.2	7.8	6.1	6.6	6.4	[6.5]	[6.5]
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	32.6	33.9	34.6	36.7	39.1	46.4	44.9
		7. Sales and customer service	[3.3]	*	[2.8]	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	9.3	8.4	9.6	8.3	9.3	10.4	11.0
		Other/Not stated	*	[2.6]	[2.8]	*	*	*	*
		Total	106.5	106.9	112.3	115.4	115.5	121.4	118.0
Not stated		1. Managers, directors and senior officials	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		4. Administrative and secreterial	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		5. Skilled trades	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	[5.9]	5.4	[4.6]	[6.0]
		Total	*	*	*	[6.6]	7.8	[6.5]	[6.7]
All persons		1. Managers, directors and senior officials	160.9	168.8	171.5	180.6	191.0	189.1	183.1
		2. Professional	394.8	396.1	394.4	412.0	429.5	442.9	475.6
		3. Associate professional and technical	227.5	239.7	248.3	261.3	266.0	256.8	268.5
		4. Administrative and secreterial	189.9	198.7	199.4	200.8	207.4	216.5	228.5
		5. Skilled trades	252.6	271.2	289.3	297.0	307.0	317.2	321.5
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	140.3	141.9	159.8	161.6	173.8	190.5	191.8
		7. Sales and customer service	159.7	155.9	166.0	167.3	171.6	182.0	188.7
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	148.9	146.4	149.4	158.3	161.2	169.3	180.9
		9. Elementary	214.5	227.8	230.7	231.1	240.5	243.1	250.9
		Other/Not stated	2.7	4.1	5.6	10.8	10.3	13.3	12.3
		Total persons	1,892.0	1,950.7	2,014.4	2,080.8	2,158.4	2,220.7	2,301.9
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Employment status			Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Self-employed (with paid employees)	8.1	7.1	7.8	9.4	7.9	9.7	9.8
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	65.4	68.2	67.9	64.7	65.4	69.5	62.0
		Total self employed	73.5	75.3	75.7	74.1	73.3	79.2	71.8
		Employee	24.8	26.7	26.1	26.5	27.7	24.6	25.8
		Assisting relative	8.3	7.5	5.3	7.5	6.6	9.5	6.1
		Total	106.7	109.5	107.2	108.1	107.7	113.3	103.8
B-F	Total Industry	Self-employed (with paid employees)	17.6	16.4	18.9	17.7	21.4	24.1	25.1
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	35.2	37.1	39.3	43.5	38.4	42.6	41.1
		Total self employed	52.8	53.5	58.2	61.2	59.8	66.7	66.2
		Employee	269.2	277.6	305.3	318.6	345.3	349.1	364.9
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	323.2	332.8	365.0	381.1	406.9	416.7	432.3
B-E	Industry	Self-employed (with paid employees)	8.7	7.7	6.6	6.4	9.2	9.0	8.5
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	12.0	13.3	13.7	14.9	12.8	10.7	10.2
		Total self employed	20.7	21.0	20.3	21.4	21.9	19.7	18.7
		Employee	221.6	224.0	238.9	244.8	259.1	259.4	268.7
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	242.9	245.7	259.6	267.1	282.1	279.4	287.7
F	Construction	Self-employed (with paid employees)	8.9	8.7	12.4	11.2	12.2	15.1	16.6
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	23.2	23.9	25.6	28.6	25.6	31.9	30.9
		Total self employed	32.1	32.6	37.9	39.8	37.8	47.1	47.6
		Employee	47.6	53.6	66.4	73.8	86.2	89.7	96.2
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	80.3	87.1	105.4	114.0	124.9	137.3	144.6
G-U	Total Services	Self-employed (with paid employees)	65.4	66.8	64.4	70.0	66.7	66.7	62.1
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	117.1	123.5	120.1	121.1	116.8	125.3	123.1
		Total self employed	182.5	190.3	184.5	191.1	183.4	192.0	185.3
		Employee	1,270.3	1,310.6	1,347.7	1,385.9	1,448.0	1,487.7	1,570.0
		Assisting relative	7.5	6.8	6.6	8.0	[4.6]	[4.4]	*
		Total	1,460.3	1,507.7	1,538.8	1,585.0	1,636.0	1,684.1	1,759.1
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Self-employed (with paid employees)	17.7	17.8	18.6	19.2	18.4	15.8	17.8
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	17.1	18.8	16.8	14.0	12.7	15.9	12.3
		Total self employed	34.9	36.6	35.4	33.2	31.1	31.6	30.1
		Employee	243.7	243.3	249.9	255.9	265.9	261.9	273.4
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	280.6	281.3	286.7	291.2	298.0	295.0	304.7
H	Transportation and storage	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[3.4]	[3.5]	[3.5]	[4.8]	[3.5]	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	16.3	17.6	17.9	17.2	15.2	19.0	15.3
		Total self employed	19.7	21.0	21.3	21.9	18.7	22.9	18.9
		Employee	62.4	63.3	65.8	70.2	72.6	72.0	86.6
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	82.8	84.9	87.6	92.4	91.7	94.9	105.8
I	Accommodation and food service activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	7.3	9.2	8.6	10.4	8.7	[6.2]	10.2
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	5.2	5.1	[4.7]	5.8	[4.0]	*	[4.7]
		Total self employed	12.5	14.4	13.2	16.2	12.7	9.6	14.9
		Employee	112.3	124.9	127.1	134.8	147.5	159.5	159.6
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	125.7	140.2	141.3	152.6	161.2	169.6	175.0
J	Information and communication	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	[3.5]	*	*	*	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	9.7	10.1	10.4	11.4	12.2	11.7	10.2
		Total self employed	12.8	13.7	12.3	13.5	16.2	15.6	13.2
		Employee	78.4	82.7	87.7	91.2	98.2	99.5	104.8
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	91.5	96.4	100.1	104.8	114.4	115.8	118.0
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[3.3]	[2.7]	[3.1]	*	*	[4.3]	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	4.8	[4.2]	6.1	5.8	[4.5]	[4.3]	[5.5]
		Total self employed	8.1	6.9	9.2	8.7	6.6	8.7	8.3
		Employee	93.8	93.9	97.0	98.8	100.0	96.6	102.5
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	102.0	100.9	106.7	107.6	106.5	105.5	111.0
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	10.8	12.5	11.9	13.2	11.9	12.6	9.6
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	23.4	23.6	22.3	20.1	21.1	22.0	23.1
		Total self employed	34.2	36.0	34.2	33.3	33.0	34.6	32.7
		Employee	76.8	90.2	86.0	89.0	96.3	99.2	106.3
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	111.5	126.3	120.7	122.9	130.1	134.2	139.3
N	Administrative and support service activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[3.5]	*	*	*	*	[4.3]	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	7.7	7.9	[5.4]	7.5	8.3	9.0	10.7
		Total self employed	11.3	11.2	8.1	10.6	11.7	13.3	14.3
		Employee	60.7	65.2	67.4	74.8	78.9	86.3	96.0
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	72.0	76.9	75.8	85.7	90.7	99.9	110.4
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total self employed	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Employee	84.7	87.6	89.5	89.9	92.4	102.1	109.3
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	86.0	88.6	90.8	91.6	93.7	103.5	110.8
P	Education	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	5.5	4.9	4.7	6.3	5.6	[6.3]	[5.8]
		Total self employed	7.9	6.9	6.6	7.8	7.0	8.8	7.1
		Employee	133.9	139.1	145.2	144.2	150.8	158.2	172.2
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	141.9	146.2	152.0	152.5	157.8	167.0	179.4
Q	Human health and social work activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	7.1	6.1	5.8	[5.4]	[5.5]	[6.8]	[3.6]
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	8.0	9.3	9.5	9.4	10.1	11.0	10.7
		Total self employed	15.1	15.3	15.3	14.8	15.6	17.8	14.3
		Employee	243.0	242.0	248.2	252.2	260.0	259.1	271.8
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	259.8	258.9	264.9	268.3	276.4	277.3	286.7
R-U	Other NACE activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	6.6	6.0	6.2	7.1	7.2	[6.2]	6.4
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	18.1	21.4	21.3	22.4	22.3	21.7	23.7
		Total self employed	24.7	27.4	27.5	29.5	29.5	27.9	30.1
		Employee	80.7	78.4	83.8	84.9	85.5	93.1	87.5
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	106.5	106.9	112.3	115.4	115.5	121.4	118.0
Not stated		Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total self employed	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Employee	*	*	*	[6.2]	6.6	[6.1]	[6.1]
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	*	*	*	[6.6]	7.8	[6.5]	[6.7]
All persons		Self-employed (with paid employees)	91.2	90.3	91.3	97.1	96.3	100.5	97.5
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	217.8	228.9	227.8	229.5	221.4	237.9	226.5
		Total self employed	309.0	319.2	319.0	326.6	317.7	338.4	323.9
		Employee	1,565.9	1,615.5	1,682.0	1,737.3	1,827.6	1,867.5	1,966.8
		Assisting relative	17.1	16.0	13.4	16.9	13.1	14.8	11.1
		Total	1,892.0	1,950.7	2,014.4	2,080.8	2,158.4	2,220.7	2,301.9
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Occupational group/Employment status		Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
a. Managers, directors and senior officials	Self-employed (with paid employees)	41.2	38.2	39.0	41.8	44.0	44.7	45.2
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	25.2	26.5	23.9	21.9	19.4	28.2	22.4
	Total self employed	66.4	64.7	62.8	63.7	63.4	72.8	67.5
	Employee	94.0	103.4	108.0	116.2	127.0	115.9	115.3
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	160.9	168.8	171.5	180.6	191.0	189.1	183.1
b. Professional	Self-employed (with paid employees)	16.9	17.2	16.0	17.0	16.8	16.3	11.7
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	29.5	27.6	29.2	30.4	34.5	31.4	30.6
	Total self employed	46.4	44.9	45.1	47.5	51.3	47.7	42.3
	Employee	347.6	350.6	348.6	363.8	378.0	394.6	432.7
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	394.8	396.1	394.4	412.0	429.5	442.9	475.6
c. Associate professional and technical	Self-employed (with paid employees)	4.9	5.0	5.2	[5.0]	[3.9]	[6.3]	[4.6]
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	28.0	31.4	30.7	31.6	30.7	28.4	30.8
	Total self employed	33.0	36.4	36.0	36.6	34.6	34.7	35.4
	Employee	194.1	202.6	211.8	224.1	231.0	221.6	233.1
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	227.5	239.7	248.3	261.3	266.0	256.8	268.5
d. Administrative and secreterial	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	*	[3.5]	*	[3.9]	*	*	*
	Total self employed	[3.0]	5.2	[3.7]	6.4	[3.7]	[3.9]	[5.0]
	Employee	184.6	191.1	193.7	192.6	202.0	209.7	221.2
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	189.9	198.7	199.4	200.8	207.4	216.5	228.5
e. Skilled trades	Self-employed (with paid employees)	17.9	18.4	20.9	21.5	20.2	22.7	23.9
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	96.1	99.8	102.3	101.5	96.3	107.4	101.7
	Total self employed	114.0	118.3	123.2	123.0	116.5	130.1	125.6
	Employee	133.0	149.2	161.8	169.0	186.3	185.3	193.9
	Assisting relative	5.6	[3.7]	[4.3]	[5.0]	[4.2]	*	*
	Total	252.6	271.2	289.3	297.0	307.0	317.2	321.5
f. Caring, leisure and other service	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[3.1]	[3.1]	[4.1]	*	[4.2]	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	6.1	8.2	8.1	9.9	9.1	8.9	10.6
	Total self employed	9.1	11.3	12.3	12.8	13.3	12.9	14.1
	Employee	129.6	129.1	146.3	147.0	159.7	177.2	177.1
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	140.3	141.9	159.8	161.6	173.8	190.5	191.8
g. Sales and customer service	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	4.4	3.8	[3.4]	[3.6]	*	*	*
	Total self employed	5.7	5.2	[4.1]	5.3	[3.8]	[4.2]	*
	Employee	153.3	149.9	161.5	160.6	167.2	176.9	184.6
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	159.7	155.9	166.0	167.3	171.6	182.0	188.7
h. Process, plant and machine operatives	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[3.1]	[3.7]	*	[3.8]	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	21.1	21.8	22.3	20.5	19.4	20.4	18.3
	Total self employed	24.1	25.5	25.1	24.3	22.2	23.2	21.8
	Employee	124.1	120.4	123.4	133.3	138.4	145.9	159.1
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	148.9	146.4	149.4	158.3	161.2	169.3	180.9
i. Elementary	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	5.4	6.1	5.4	[5.7]	6.5	[6.8]	[5.6]
	Total self employed	6.9	7.5	6.6	6.7	7.7	7.8	7.8
	Employee	203.2	215.6	221.4	220.5	228.8	228.0	238.4
	Assisting relative	[4.4]	[4.6]	*	*	[4.0]	7.3	[4.7]
	Total	214.5	227.8	230.7	231.1	240.5	243.1	250.9
j. Not stated	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total self employed	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Employee	2.4	3.7	5.4	10.2	9.3	12.3	11.5
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	2.7	4.1	5.6	10.8	10.3	13.3	12.3
All persons	Self-employed (with paid employees)	91.2	90.3	91.3	97.1	96.3	100.5	97.5
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	217.8	228.9	227.8	229.5	221.4	237.9	226.5
	Total self employed	309.0	319.2	319.0	326.6	317.7	338.4	323.9
	Employee	1,565.9	1,615.5	1,682.0	1,737.3	1,827.6	1,867.5	1,966.8
	Assisting relative	17.1	16.0	13.4	16.9	13.1	14.8	11.1
	Total	1,892.0	1,950.7	2,014.4	2,080.8	2,158.4	2,220.7	2,301.9
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Full and part-time status			Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Full-time	87.2	89.2	91.3	87.9	87.4	93.1	88.5
		Part-time	19.5	20.3	15.9	20.2	20.3	20.2	15.3
		Total	106.7	109.5	107.2	108.1	107.7	113.3	103.8
B-F	Total Industry	Full-time	280.5	291.0	325.4	338.5	367.1	388.3	402.7
		Part-time	42.7	41.8	39.6	42.6	39.8	28.5	29.6
		Total	323.2	332.8	365.0	381.1	406.9	416.7	432.3
B-E	Industry	Full-time	217.4	222.7	236.6	243.6	258.1	261.4	272.9
		Part-time	25.4	23.0	23.0	23.5	23.9	18.0	14.8
		Total	242.9	245.7	259.6	267.1	282.1	279.4	287.7
F	Construction	Full-time	63.0	68.4	88.8	94.9	109.0	126.8	129.8
		Part-time	17.3	18.7	16.5	19.1	15.9	10.5	14.8
		Total	80.3	87.1	105.4	114.0	124.9	137.3	144.6
G-U	Total Services	Full-time	1,053.6	1,106.2	1,135.5	1,172.6	1,233.6	1,279.8	1,331.9
		Part-time	406.7	401.5	403.3	412.4	402.4	404.4	427.2
		Total	1,460.3	1,507.7	1,538.8	1,585.0	1,636.0	1,684.1	1,759.1
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Full-time	179.6	183.9	187.6	189.4	208.1	198.3	210.0
		Part-time	101.0	97.5	99.0	101.8	89.9	96.7	94.7
		Total	280.6	281.3	286.7	291.2	298.0	295.0	304.7
H	Transportation and storage	Full-time	69.1	73.1	74.0	76.6	77.7	83.5	93.0
		Part-time	13.7	11.8	13.6	15.8	14.0	11.4	12.8
		Total	82.8	84.9	87.6	92.4	91.7	94.9	105.8
I	Accommodation and food service activities	Full-time	68.7	77.9	80.3	91.6	91.5	101.4	103.5
		Part-time	57.0	62.4	61.0	61.0	69.6	68.2	71.5
		Total	125.7	140.2	141.3	152.6	161.2	169.6	175.0
J	Information and communication	Full-time	82.9	89.4	92.5	97.0	105.8	109.0	109.7
		Part-time	8.6	6.9	7.6	7.8	8.6	[6.8]	8.4
		Total	91.5	96.4	100.1	104.8	114.4	115.8	118.0
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	Full-time	89.8	89.8	94.5	98.4	96.9	94.7	100.5
		Part-time	12.2	11.1	12.1	9.2	9.7	10.8	10.5
		Total	102.0	100.9	106.7	107.6	106.5	105.5	111.0
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	Full-time	94.3	108.5	104.4	104.5	110.6	116.3	119.3
		Part-time	17.2	17.9	16.3	18.4	19.5	17.9	20.0
		Total	111.5	126.3	120.7	122.9	130.1	134.2	139.3
N	Administrative and support service activities	Full-time	46.4	53.7	53.6	58.1	63.6	72.5	78.1
		Part-time	25.7	23.2	22.2	27.6	27.1	27.3	32.3
		Total	72.0	76.9	75.8	85.7	90.7	99.9	110.4
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	Full-time	77.9	79.9	80.8	80.2	84.0	91.2	98.0
		Part-time	8.1	8.6	10.0	11.4	9.7	12.3	12.8
		Total	86.0	88.6	90.8	91.6	93.7	103.5	110.8
P	Education	Full-time	106.4	112.2	118.9	119.6	124.8	132.8	139.0
		Part-time	35.4	34.1	33.1	33.0	33.0	34.2	40.4
		Total	141.9	146.2	152.0	152.5	157.8	167.0	179.4
Q	Human health and social work activities	Full-time	175.6	174.1	181.0	185.8	196.5	205.1	211.1
		Part-time	84.3	84.8	83.9	82.4	79.9	72.2	75.6
		Total	259.8	258.9	264.9	268.3	276.4	277.3	286.7
R-U	Other NACE activities	Full-time	62.9	63.7	67.8	71.5	74.2	74.9	69.6
		Part-time	43.6	43.2	44.5	44.0	41.3	46.5	48.4
		Total	106.5	106.9	112.3	115.4	115.5	121.4	118.0
Not stated		Full-time	*	*	*	[5.4]	6.0	[5.1]	[5.9]
		Part-time	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	*	*	*	[6.6]	7.8	[6.5]	[6.7]
Total		Full-time	1,422.2	1,486.8	1,555.0	1,604.4	1,694.1	1,766.3	1,828.9
		Part-time	469.8	463.9	459.4	476.5	464.2	454.4	473.0
		Total	1,892.0	1,950.7	2,014.4	2,080.8	2,158.4	2,220.7	2,301.9
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 7 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupational group (UK SOC2010) and full-time/part-time status
'000
Occupational group/Full and part-time status			Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	Full-time	147.0	155.3	157.8	168.6	179.2	175.3	170.1
		Part-time	13.9	13.5	13.7	12.0	11.8	13.8	13.0
		Total	160.9	168.8	171.5	180.6	191.0	189.1	183.1
2.	Professional	Full-time	338.0	342.1	340.3	361.2	375.8	390.9	414.6
		Part-time	56.9	54.1	54.1	50.8	53.7	52.0	60.9
		Total	394.8	396.1	394.4	412.0	429.5	442.9	475.6
3.	Associate professional and technical	Full-time	194.9	204.9	213.2	224.0	234.1	230.1	235.8
		Part-time	32.6	34.8	35.1	37.4	31.9	26.7	32.7
		Total	227.5	239.7	248.3	261.3	266.0	256.8	268.5
4.	Administrative and secreterial	Full-time	136.7	142.2	143.0	138.9	149.2	156.9	164.8
		Part-time	53.2	56.5	56.4	61.9	58.2	59.7	63.6
		Total	189.9	198.7	199.4	200.8	207.4	216.5	228.5
5.	Skilled trades	Full-time	210.6	231.0	249.6	253.2	265.8	284.9	290.9
		Part-time	42.1	40.2	39.7	43.7	41.2	32.3	30.6
		Total	252.6	271.2	289.3	297.0	307.0	317.2	321.5
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	Full-time	75.3	76.4	91.1	92.7	106.9	122.8	124.4
		Part-time	64.9	65.5	68.7	68.9	66.9	67.7	67.4
		Total	140.3	141.9	159.8	161.6	173.8	190.5	191.8
7.	Sales and customer service	Full-time	73.5	79.1	88.5	88.7	96.0	101.7	111.3
		Part-time	86.2	76.8	77.5	78.6	75.6	80.3	77.4
		Total	159.7	155.9	166.0	167.3	171.6	182.0	188.7
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	Full-time	124.0	123.6	129.2	131.9	139.2	152.7	165.4
		Part-time	25.0	22.8	20.2	26.3	22.0	16.6	15.5
		Total	148.9	146.4	149.4	158.3	161.2	169.3	180.9
9.	Elementary	Full-time	120.0	128.9	137.5	136.2	139.4	139.9	140.6
		Part-time	94.5	98.9	93.2	94.9	101.1	103.2	110.3
		Total	214.5	227.8	230.7	231.1	240.5	243.1	250.9
Other/Not stated		Full-time	[2.1]	3.4	4.9	8.9	8.6	11.3	10.9
		Part-time	*	*	*	*	[1.7]	*	*
		Total	2.7	4.1	5.6	10.8	10.3	13.3	12.3
Total		Full-time	1,422.2	1,486.8	1,555.0	1,604.4	1,694.1	1,766.3	1,828.9
		Part-time	469.8	463.9	459.4	476.5	464.2	454.4	473.0
		Total	1,892.0	1,950.7	2,014.4	2,080.8	2,158.4	2,220.7	2,301.9
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 8 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector
Average usual hours worked per week
NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector		Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	46.8	45.9	49.5	48.0	47.1	50.2	49.5
B-F	Total Industry	38.3	38.5	38.9	38.8	39.1	40.0	40.1
B-E	Industry	38.6	38.9	39.0	38.9	39.0	39.7	39.8
F	Construction	37.2	37.2	38.6	38.6	39.2	40.8	40.6
G-U	Total Services	33.8	34.3	34.2	34.5	34.4	34.7	34.8
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	32.7	33.3	32.9	33.3	33.5	33.4	33.5
H	Transportation and storage	38.4	38.5	38.6	39.7	38.2	39.9	39.2
I	Accommodation and food service activities	30.7	31.1	31.1	31.6	30.7	31.6	31.7
J	Information and communication	38.9	39.6	39.6	39.8	39.2	39.7	39.7
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	38.1	38.2	38.3	38.7	38.8	38.3	38.9
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	38.8	38.6	38.9	39.0	38.9	39.0	39.1
N	Administrative and support service activities	32.3	33.7	33.2	33.4	34.0	34.2	34.5
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	37.2	37.8	37.5	37.4	37.3	37.2	37.1
P	Education	28.8	29.9	29.7	29.6	29.6	30.7	30.7
Q	Human health and social work activities	32.3	32.8	33.2	33.2	33.5	33.4	33.8
R-U	Other NACE activities	30.9	31.6	30.9	31.2	32.1	31.4	30.5
Not stated		*	*	*	[36.1]	[36.6]	[34.7]	[37.8]
Total		35.0	35.5	35.7	35.8	35.8	36.4	36.4
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 9 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupational group (UK SOC2010)
Average usual hours worked per week
Occupational group		Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	41.9	42.4	42.5	43.0	42.6	43.7	43.7
2.	Professional	35.8	36.2	36.1	36.5	36.3	36.8	37.0
3.	Associate professional and technical	37.8	37.9	37.7	37.6	38.1	38.0	38.1
4.	Administrative and secreterial	32.8	33.3	33.0	32.6	32.8	32.7	32.8
5.	Skilled trades	40.6	40.9	41.9	41.5	41.4	43.7	42.9
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	28.9	29.3	29.9	29.9	30.4	30.3	31.0
7.	Sales and customer service	27.8	29.0	29.2	29.4	29.6	29.4	30.1
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	37.7	37.8	38.3	38.3	38.4	39.7	39.5
9.	Elementary	30.1	30.4	30.6	30.5	30.2	30.1	29.5
Other/Not stated		[35.3]	37.6	38.1	36.0	37.8	36.2	37.8
Total		35.0	35.5	35.7	35.8	35.8	36.4	36.4
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 10 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status
Average usual hours worked per week
Employment status	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
Self-employed (with paid employees)	45.0	46.1	48.4	48.6	48.8	48.9	49.2
Self-employed (with no paid employees)	41.5	41.7	42.7	41.8	42.9	43.8	43.2
Total self employed	42.7	43.0	44.4	43.9	44.8	45.4	45.1
Employee	34.1	34.6	34.5	34.7	34.7	35.1	35.2
Assisting relative	29.1	26.9	28.6	26.3	26.0	16.5	14.8
Total	35.0	35.5	35.7	35.8	35.8	36.4	36.4
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 11 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by full-time/part-time status
Average usual hours worked per week
Full and part-time status	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
Full-time	39.9	40.2	40.3	40.5	40.3	40.8	40.7
Part-time	18.9	19.1	19.1	19.1	18.8	18.5	18.6
Total	35.0	35.5	35.7	35.8	35.8	36.4	36.4
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 12 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed duration of employment
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Detailed duration of employment	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
Less than 3 months	64.8	70.9	72.8	76.7	66.5	93.1	95.7
3-5 months	81.9	84.3	93.2	96.7	94.6	103.7	119.1
6-11 months	104.9	122.4	132.2	147.2	163.6	149.2	165.3
Total less than 1 year	251.5	277.6	298.2	320.6	324.6	345.9	380.2
12-17 months	90.0	99.3	101.2	120.6	130.0	129.6	135.0
18-23 months	56.6	64.5	62.0	77.1	88.2	89.9	87.6
24-47 months	152.5	147.2	165.8	173.2	211.3	228.5	227.4
48 months and greater	1,306.7	1,309.8	1,333.6	1,315.7	1,318.0	1,299.4	1,377.5
Total 1 year and over	1,605.8	1,620.8	1,662.6	1,686.5	1,747.6	1,747.4	1,827.5
Not stated	34.7	52.4	53.6	73.7	86.2	127.4	94.2
Total	1,892.0	1,950.7	2,014.4	2,080.8	2,158.4	2,220.7	2,301.9
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 13 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by number of persons working in local place of employment
'000
Detailed local place of employment	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
1 to 4 persons	236.9	227.0	228.1	218.0	201.8	234.0	224.6
5 to 10 persons	236.9	232.2	233.6	238.1	237.4	242.7	247.9
Not sure but less than 11 persons	*	*	[3.3]	*	5.6	31.7	30.7
Total less than 11 persons	476.0	461.9	464.9	458.7	444.8	508.3	503.2

11 to 19 persons	148.9	142.1	152.2	162.6	179.7	184.5	178.0
20-49 persons	247.5	250.0	247.7	256.3	285.0	263.2	278.0
Total 11 to 49 persons	396.4	392.1	399.9	418.9	464.7	447.7	456.0

Total less than 50 persons	872.4	854.0	864.8	877.6	909.5	956.0	959.2

50-99 persons	149.4	159.2	167.1	172.6	186.5	:	199.7
100 to 249 persons	174.2	175.3	174.3	169.7	181.0	:	211.1
Total 50 to 249 persons	323.6	334.5	341.4	342.3	367.5	:	410.8

250 to 500 persons	113.4	120.8	126.8	128.0	131.9	:	152.5
Total 100 to 500 persons	287.6	296.0	301.0	297.7	312.9	:	363.6

501 persons or more	196.8	199.7	205.7	239.5	267.0	:	323.6
Total 50 persons or more	633.8	655.0	673.8	709.8	766.3	830.0	887.0

Not stated	167.9	212.8	248.0	263.9	261.1	196.8	229.3
Not applicable - Self-employed person with no employees	217.8	228.9	227.8	229.5	221.4	237.9	226.5
Total	1,892.0	1,950.7	2,014.4	2,080.8	2,158.4	2,220.7	2,301.9
: Data not available for the period Q3 2017 to Q3 2018
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 14 Persons aged 15 years and over in full and part-time employment (ILO) classified by reasons for being in part-time employment
'000
Full-time employment/Reasons for part-time employment		Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
Full-time		1,422.2	1,486.8	1,555.0	1,604.4	1,694.1	1,766.3	1,828.9
Part-time		469.8	463.9	459.4	476.5	464.2	454.4	473.0
of which:	Person is undergoing school education or training	67.0	63.8	66.7	72.7	84.2	97.2	102.9
	Of own illness or disability	5.3	4.4	7.0	6.4	6.7	13.3	11.7
	Looking after children or incapacitated adults	61.1	67.3	72.7	77.0	79.2	88.3	88.6
	Other personal or family reasons	80.4	75.6	86.7	108.5	112.0	120.0	131.4
	Person could not find a full-time job	176.2	179.6	164.2	146.1	123.1	75.0	75.7
	Of other reasons	45.0	42.6	36.5	43.6	42.8	55.6	60.7
	Not stated	34.7	30.6	25.5	22.2	16.2	[4.9]	*
Total		1,892.0	1,950.7	2,014.4	2,080.8	2,158.4	2,220.7	2,301.9
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Table 15 Employees aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector and permanency of employment
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NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Permanency of employment			Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Permanent employees	21.8	22.6	22.7	23.0	23.5	21.1	21.9
		Temporary employees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	24.8	26.7	26.1	26.5	27.7	24.6	25.8
B-F	Total Industry	Permanent employees	242.8	250.5	274.1	288.8	322.7	326.0	342.2
		Temporary employees	22.5	22.5	27.1	23.5	19.1	22.4	21.3
		Not stated	[3.8]	4.7	[4.2]	6.3	[3.6]	*	*
		Total employees	269.2	277.6	305.3	318.6	345.3	349.1	364.9
B-E	Industry	Permanent employees	203.8	204.8	218.3	227.9	247.0	244.6	253.7
		Temporary employees	16.2	17.0	19.1	15.1	11.4	14.4	14.1
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	221.6	224.0	238.9	244.8	259.1	259.4	268.7
F	Construction	Permanent employees	39.0	45.6	55.8	60.9	75.6	81.4	88.5
		Temporary employees	6.3	5.4	7.9	8.4	7.7	8.1	7.3
		Not stated	[2.2]	[2.6]	[2.7]	[4.4]	*	*	*
		Total employees	47.6	53.6	66.4	73.8	86.2	89.7	96.2
G-U	Total Services	Permanent employees	1,124.4	1,159.6	1,206.7	1,253.9	1,316.4	1,337.6	1,409.6
		Temporary employees	132.9	135.3	126.5	116.4	116.4	146.1	152.4
		Not stated	13.1	15.7	14.6	15.7	15.2	*	8.0
		Total employees	1,270.3	1,310.6	1,347.7	1,385.9	1,448.0	1,487.7	1,570.0
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Permanent employees	215.8	217.1	220.7	230.6	243.5	236.6	244.7
		Temporary employees	26.1	24.0	27.3	23.1	19.8	24.1	26.6
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	243.7	243.3	249.9	255.9	265.9	261.9	273.4
H	Transportation and storage	Permanent employees	57.5	59.1	61.5	66.2	69.2	67.0	83.0
		Temporary employees	[3.9]	[3.9]	[4.2]	[3.7]	*	[4.9]	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	62.4	63.3	65.8	70.2	72.6	72.0	86.6
I	Accommodation and food service activities	Permanent employees	93.7	101.6	106.1	116.1	125.5	134.5	129.5
		Temporary employees	18.1	22.7	20.3	18.1	20.1	24.5	28.8
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	112.3	124.9	127.1	134.8	147.5	159.5	159.6
J	Information and communication	Permanent employees	70.9	76.7	83.0	85.2	94.2	93.9	98.2
		Temporary employees	7.2	5.6	[4.3]	[5.2]	*	[5.6]	[5.7]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	78.4	82.7	87.7	91.2	98.2	99.5	104.8
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	Permanent employees	89.0	87.7	91.5	94.9	95.2	91.8	98.7
		Temporary employees	[4.5]	5.7	[5.0]	*	[4.6]	[4.8]	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	93.8	93.9	97.0	98.8	100.0	96.6	102.5
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	Permanent employees	67.9	82.3	79.2	82.8	89.0	92.7	99.7
		Temporary employees	8.6	7.0	5.9	[5.4]	6.6	[6.4]	[6.5]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	76.8	90.2	86.0	89.0	96.3	99.2	106.3
N	Administrative and support service activities	Permanent employees	53.2	56.4	61.2	66.1	69.4	77.1	87.2
		Temporary employees	5.9	7.5	[5.5]	[6.8]	7.4	9.2	7.9
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	60.7	65.2	67.4	74.8	78.9	86.3	96.0
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	Permanent employees	82.6	84.3	85.9	85.4	88.5	96.3	103.5
		Temporary employees	*	[2.7]	[2.9]	[3.5]	[3.6]	[5.7]	[5.6]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	84.7	87.6	89.5	89.9	92.4	102.1	109.3
P	Education	Permanent employees	111.2	115.9	126.3	123.6	130.2	133.3	144.8
		Temporary employees	21.4	21.5	17.6	18.7	19.4	24.4	26.7
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	133.9	139.1	145.2	144.2	150.8	158.2	172.2
Q	Human health and social work activities	Permanent employees	217.3	214.2	224.6	230.4	239.7	238.0	249.2
		Temporary employees	21.9	23.1	19.4	17.9	16.8	20.1	21.5
		Not stated	[3.7]	4.7	[4.2]	[3.9]	[3.5]	*	*
		Total employees	243.0	242.0	248.2	252.2	260.0	259.1	271.8
R-U	Other NACE activities	Permanent employees	65.1	64.2	66.7	72.6	71.9	76.5	71.3
		Temporary employees	13.5	11.5	14.2	10.4	11.6	16.3	16.1
		Not stated	*	[2.8]	[2.9]	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	80.7	78.4	83.8	84.9	85.5	93.1	87.5
Not stated		Permanent employees	*	*	*	*	[4.4]	[4.8]	[4.9]
		Temporary employees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	*	*	*	[6.2]	6.6	[6.1]	[6.1]
Total		Permanent employees	1,390.0	1,433.0	1,505.4	1,569.7	1,667.0	1,689.6	1,778.5
		Temporary employees	158.5	161.1	157.6	143.6	139.6	172.4	177.2
		Not stated	17.4	21.3	19.0	24.0	21.0	[5.5]	11.1
		Total employees	1,565.9	1,615.5	1,682.0	1,737.3	1,827.6	1,867.5	1,966.8
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Occupational group/Permanency of employment			Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19

1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	Permanent employees	91.0	100.2	105.3	113.4	123.8	112.8	113.1
		Temporary employees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	94.0	103.4	108.0	116.2	127.0	115.9	115.3
2.	Professional	Permanent employees	310.7	315.4	320.2	336.6	350.2	361.8	395.6
		Temporary employees	36.3	33.9	27.2	25.9	27.1	32.0	35.7
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	347.6	350.6	348.6	363.8	378.0	394.6	432.7
3.	Associate professional and technical	Permanent employees	179.3	188.5	198.5	210.9	218.5	207.6	218.2
		Temporary employees	12.8	11.8	11.4	10.6	10.8	13.5	14.2
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	194.1	202.6	211.8	224.1	231.0	221.6	233.1
4.	Administrative and secreterial	Permanent employees	169.1	174.6	177.8	178.3	188.4	192.9	204.5
		Temporary employees	13.9	13.8	13.6	12.1	12.5	16.7	16.1
		Not stated	*	[2.7]	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	184.6	191.1	193.7	192.6	202.0	209.7	221.2
5.	Skilled trades	Permanent employees	119.5	133.2	145.3	155.1	172.1	175.6	182.1
		Temporary employees	10.4	12.8	13.7	10.1	9.9	9.6	10.7
		Not stated	[3.1]	[3.3]	[2.8]	[3.8]	[4.3]	*	*
		Total employees	133.0	149.2	161.8	169.0	186.3	185.3	193.9
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	Permanent employees	109.5	108.9	126.0	125.2	138.4	153.7	156.6
		Temporary employees	16.7	16.2	16.5	17.7	17.9	23.2	19.4
		Not stated	[3.4]	[4.0]	[3.8]	[4.1]	[3.5]	*	*
		Total employees	129.6	129.1	146.3	147.0	159.7	177.2	177.1
7.	Sales and customer service	Permanent employees	129.0	126.7	137.3	140.0	147.3	152.4	158.7
		Temporary employees	23.1	21.8	23.1	19.5	17.7	23.3	23.7
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	153.3	149.9	161.5	160.6	167.2	176.9	184.6
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	Permanent employees	110.9	106.5	109.9	118.0	129.1	133.0	148.2
		Temporary employees	10.9	11.9	12.2	13.8	8.4	12.4	10.5
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	124.1	120.4	123.4	133.3	138.4	145.9	159.1
9.	Elementary	Permanent employees	168.8	176.6	180.9	185.3	192.1	190.0	193.1
		Temporary employees	31.6	35.7	36.8	30.3	31.8	37.2	43.2
		Not stated	[2.8]	[3.4]	[3.8]	[4.9]	[4.9]	*	*
		Total employees	203.2	215.6	221.4	220.5	228.8	228.0	238.4
Other/Not stated		Permanent employees	[2.1]	2.6	4.1	6.9	7.1	9.9	8.5
		Temporary employees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	2.4	3.7	5.4	10.2	9.3	12.3	11.5
Total		Permanent employees	1,390.0	1,433.0	1,505.4	1,569.7	1,667.0	1,689.6	1,778.5
		Temporary employees	158.5	161.1	157.6	143.6	139.6	172.4	177.2
		Not stated	17.4	21.3	19.0	24.0	21.0	[5.5]	11.1
		Total employees	1,565.9	1,615.5	1,682.0	1,737.3	1,827.6	1,867.5	1,966.8
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Type of temporary employment	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
Casual work	56.5	60.3	61.3	52.3	55.2	:	:
Seasonal work	9.9	9.9	10.2	8.6	9.0	:	:
Lasted only until a particular task/tasks are completed	18.0	20.6	24.5	17.3	14.7	:	:
Lasted only for a specific duration	67.5	68.4	60.2	62.9	58.5	:	:
Not stated/No data available	6.6	*	*	*	*	:	:
Total	158.5	161.1	157.6	143.6	139.6	172.4	177.2
Note: A break in continuity has occurred as a result of a filter change related to this question in Q2 2012 and data from Q2 2012 onwards is not directly comparable with previous quarters
: Data not available
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Reason for being in temporary employment	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
It is a contract covering a period of training	19.4	19.6	19.8	18.8	9.9	15.2	21.9
Person could not find a permanent job	80.7	80.8	79.3	68.3	68.6	55.3	50.4
Person did not want a permanent job	22.2	24.0	27.0	24.6	25.5	35.1	38.9
It is a contract for a probationary period	[4.1]	5.7	[5.8]	*	*	15.0	15.5
Not stated	32.0	31.1	25.7	27.9	32.6	51.8	50.6
Total	158.5	161.1	157.6	143.6	139.6	172.4	177.2
Note: A break in continuity has occurred as a result of a filter change related to this question in Q2 2012 and data from Q2 2012 onwards is not directly comparable with previous quarters
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Supervisory duties	Q1 13	Q1 14	Q1 15	Q1 16	Q1 17	Q1 18	Q1 19
Person is a supervisor	414.0	428.6	454.8	483.3	512.4	553.0	585.4
Person is not a supervisor	1,137.7	1,166.8	1,210.2	1,232.5	1,296.9	1,300.3	1,370.1
Not stated	14.1	20.1	17.0	21.5	18.3	14.3	11.3
Total	1,565.9	1,615.5	1,682.0	1,737.3	1,827.6	1,867.5	1,966.8
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

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Background Notes

Purpose of Survey

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) at the beginning of Q3 2017. The purpose of the survey is the production of quarterly labour force estimates and occasional reports on special social topics. The survey meets the requirements of Council Regulation (EC) No. 577/98, adopted in March 1998, which requires the introduction of quarterly labour force surveys in EU member states.

Reference Period

Information is collected continuously throughout the year from households surveyed each week in each quarter. Up to and including the fourth quarter of 2008 the QNHS operated on a seasonal quarter basis since its establishment in Q4 1997. The LFS is undertaken on a calendar quarter basis which was first adopted in the QNHS in the first quarter of 2009.

The reference quarters for survey results are:

Q1 - January to March, Q2 - April to June, Q3 - July to September and Q4 - October to December

Data Collection

The LFS is conducted using mixed mode data collection with the introduction of Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI). As with the QNHS, information is collected from each sample household over 5 successive quarters or Waves. However, in the LFS, the first interview is conducted by a team of face-to-face interviewers using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI). The four follow-up interviews are conducted using CATI from a dedicated call centre, where householders have agreed to conduct a telephone interview, and are conducted using face-to-face interviews where householders have not agreed to conduct a telephone interview.

Sample Design

A new sample based on the 2011 Census of Population was selected for the LFS and this was introduced incrementally from Q1 2016. The sample is stratified using administrative county and the Pobal HP (Haase and Pratschke) Deprivation Index. A two-stage sample design is used. In the first stage 1,300 blocks are selected using Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) sampling. In the second stage households are selected using Simple Random Sampling (SRS). This ensures each household in the sample frame has an equal probability of selection.

To account for the additional attrition resulting from the introduction of mixed mode data collection, the LFS sample has been increased incrementally from Q3 2017. An additional 1,300 households have been included in Wave 1 for each quarter up to Q3 2018 and this has resulted in a total sample of 32,500 from Q3 2018 onwards. The actual achieved sample varies over time depending on the level of response.

The number of valid responding households for the LFS in Q1 2019 was 15,113.

Households are asked to take part in the survey for five consecutive quarters and are then replaced by other households in the same block. Thus, one fifth of the households in the survey are replaced each quarter and the QNHS/LFS sample involves an overlap of 80% between consecutive quarters and 20% between the same quarter in consecutive years. It is important to note that there is no overlap in sample between the QNHS and the LFS.

The survey results are weighted to agree with population estimates broken down by age, sex and region (the regions have changed from Q1 2018 – see below) and are also calibrated to nationality control totals. The LFS results also contain a non-response adjustment to make the results from the achieved sample representative of the target sample and the population. The population estimates for April of each year are published in a separate release.

New samples, both based on the 2011 Census of Population, were introduced incrementally for the QNHS in Q4 2012 and in Q3 2016. The former was stratified using administrative county and population density while the latter was stratified using administrative county and the Pobal HP (Haase and Pratschke) Deprivation Index. The quarterly sample in each case was 26,000 households. The actual achieved sample varied over time depending on the level of response.

Households with all persons aged 75 and over and classified as inactive

Households which contain only respondents who are aged 75 or over who are each classified as Inactive (Not in the Labour Force) are not re-interviewed. This is to reduce unnecessary burden and instead answers are copied forward from the last available interview.

Usual residence and de facto population concepts

Up to and including Q1 2006 the annual population estimates were calculated using the defacto definition of population (i.e. all persons present in the state). Since Q2 2006 a new concept of usual residence has been used, i.e. all persons usually resident and present in the state plus absent persons who are usually resident in Ireland but are temporarily away from home and outside the state.

ILO Labour Force Classification

The primary classification used for the LFS results is the ILO (International Labour Office) labour force classification. Labour Force Survey data on this basis have been published since 1988. The ILO classification distinguishes the following main subgroups of the population aged 15 or over:

In Employment: Persons who worked in the week before the survey for one hour or more for payment or profit, including work on the family farm or business and all persons who had a job but were not at work because of illness, holidays etc. in the week.

Unemployed: Persons who, in the week before the survey, were without work and available for work within the next two weeks, and had taken specific steps, in the preceding four weeks, to find work. It should be noted that as per Eurostat’s operational implementation, the upper age limit for classifying a person as unemployed is 74 years.

Inactive Population (not in labour force): All other persons.

The labour force comprises persons employed plus unemployed.

The data presented in this release are related to persons classified as being in employment only.

NACE Industrial Classification

The LFS sectoral employment figures are based on the EU NACE Rev. 2 (Nomenclature généraledes activités économiques dans les Communauté européenne) classification as defined in Council Regulation (EC) no 1893/2006. Fourteen NACE sub-categories are distinguished in Table 2 of this release. From Q1 2009 NACE Rev. 2 has been adopted as the primary classification of industrial sectors for use in QNHS/LFS outputs. The NACE Rev. 1.1 classification had been in use from Q4 1997 to Q4 2008.

To facilitate analysis and the running of seasonal adjustment on the time series, NACE Rev. 2 estimates have been produced from Q1 1998 onwards. As of Q2 2009 only NACE Rev. 2 estimates have been published.

Occupation Classification

As a result of changes to the European regulations governing the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (implemented in Ireland using the LFS (formerly the QNHS) the CSO has been obliged to report occupational coding data to Eurostat based on the new Europe wide classification ISCO-08 from Q1 2011 onwards. To allow this requirement to be met the CSO changed to using UK SOC2010 as the primary classification used in collecting the data. ISCO-08 is then derived from UK SOC2010.

The previously used classification for publication purposes in Ireland was UK SOC1990 and this cannot be directly compared to the new UK SOC2010 classification as all occupations have been reclassified accordingly. This newer classification reflects the evolution over a period of time of certain occupational areas which were developing rapidly, both in terms of their scale and the complexity of work organisation. One particular example which highlighted this change was the reclassifying of farmers from the major occupation grouping of ‘Managers and administrators’ in SOC1990 to the major occupation grouping of ‘Skilled trades’ in SOC2010.

Results for occupations coded to the new SOC2010 classification have now been recoded for historical quarters back to Q1 2007 to provide a longer and consistent time series for users.

Further information regarding SOC 2010 is available here.

NUTS2 and NUTS3 Regions

The regional classifications in this release are based on the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units) classification used by Eurostat. Until Q4 2017, the NUTS3 regions corresponded to the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, which came into operation on 1 January 1994 while the NUTS2 regions, which were proposed by Government and agreed by Eurostat in 1999, were groupings of those historic NUTS3 regions.

However, the NUTS3 boundaries were amended on 21^st of November 2016 under Regulation (EC) No. 2066/2016 and have come into force from Q1 2018. These new groupings are reflected in the LFS results from Q1 2018 onwards. The changes resulting from the amendment are that County Louth has moved from the Border to the Mid-East and what was formerly South Tipperary has moved from the South-East to the Mid-West, resulting in the new NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions:

Northern & Western Region		Southern Region		Eastern & Midland Region
Border	Cavan	Mid-West	Clare	Dublin	Dublin City
	Donegal		Limerick City and		Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
	Leitrim		County		Fingal
	Monaghan		Tipperary		South Dublin
	Sligo
		South-East	Carlow	Mid-East	Kildare
West	Galway City		Kilkenny		Meath
	Galway County		Waterford City and		Wicklow
	Mayo		County		Louth
	Roscommon		Wexford
				Midland	Laois
		South-West	Cork City		Longford
			Cork County		Offaly
			Kerry		Westmeath

Non-response adjustment

Non-response occurs when households that are sampled, and that are eligible for the survey, do not provide the requested information. This can lead to biased survey estimates if specific groups within the population are over-or under-represented and if these groups behave differently with respect to the survey variables (i.e. labour market outcomes). To correct for this, the CSO has introduced a non-response adjustment into the weighting procedure for the LFS.

The adjustment involves estimating response rates or propensities to respond as functions of characteristics available for responding and non-responding households, as well as characteristics of the areas where the households are located. Basically, the design weights must be inflated by the inverse of the response propensities to compensate for the loss of units in the sample.

Linking the LFS sample with the Census of Population at household level provides a set of auxiliary variables which are available for both responding and non-responding LFS households. These include a mix of personal characteristics as well as characteristics of the dwelling and location (e.g. gender, age, marital status, education, personal employment status, dwelling type, area etc.). This allows the CSO to compare responding and non-responding households with respect to the characteristics available from the Census. This auxiliary information allows the use of “response propensities” to model non-response and adjust the grossing factors to compensate for non-response.

The response propensities are calculated using a logistic regression model where the dependent variable (Y) is an indicator variable corresponding to response (if the household responded then Y=1 and if the household did not respond then Y=0) and the independent variables are the set of auxiliary variables available from the Census. The estimated response propensities are then used to form adjustment cells or strata which are made up of respondents and non-respondents with similar estimated response propensities. Respondents within each cell/stratum are then weighted by the inverse of the observed response rate in that cell. This non-response adjusted weight is then used to inflate the original survey design weight to account for non-response. This approach is referred to as response propensity classification.

Back-casting methodology

The introduction of the LFS in Q3 2017 constituted a break in series for the labour market estimates published by the CSO. To mitigate the effect of the introduction of the LFS on the coherence of the historic data series, a back-casting exercise was carried out to link the QNHS and the LFS. The result of this is that the published QNHS series from Q1 1998 to Q2 2017 has been revised.

As part of the roll-out of the LFS, a parallel run of the two surveys was carried out. This allowed the estimation of the effect of the introduction of the new survey on the various labour market estimates. Quarter 1 of 2017 was used as the reference period to calculate scaling factors which were used to link the results from the two surveys. Labour market estimates were calculated from both surveys for a range of cohorts (age, sex, ILO status etc.) and the ratio of the two estimates provided a scaling factor which was applied to the historic QNHS series to create a back-cast series.

In Q3 2017, separate scaling factors were calculated for ILO status by age and sex together with the 14 economic sector categories by sex:

ILO status (Employed, Unemployed, Inactive) by sex (Male and Female) and by age (15-24 years and 25+ years)
NACE Rev. 2 groups by sex (Male and Female)

In Q1 2018, additional scaling factors were calculated for the eight NUTS3 regions by Labour Force ILO status, occupation categories and highest level of education completed (supplementary table 8 of this release) by sex:

NUTS3 Regions (pre-Q1 2018 groupings) by Labour Force ILO status (Employed and Unemployed)
Occupation groups (table 4 of this release)
Highest level of education completed supplementary table 8 of this release) by sex (Male and Female)

Therefore, adjustments have been made to this historic data to enable comparability with the new LFS for these indicators. However, because of changes to the questionnaire, the interview mode, the introduction of a new sample, data processing changes and other methodological enhancements there are changes in the levels of some series from Q3 2017 onwards. Consequently, the series before and after the introduction of the new survey may not be directly comparable and users should therefore note this when examining annual and quarterly changes.

Please refer to the following information notes for further details:

Labour Force Survey, Information Notice, Quarter 3 2017

Labour Force Survey, Information Notice, Quarter 1 2018

Labour Force Survey, Information Notice, Quarter 2 2018

Reliability of Estimates Presented

Estimates for number of persons where there are less than 30 persons in a cell are too small to be considered reliable. These estimates are presented with an asterisk (*) in the relevant tables.

Where there are 30-49 persons in a cell, estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution. These cells are presented with parentheses [ ].

In the case of rates, these limits apply to the denominator used in generating the rate. In the case of annual changes, both the current year and the preceding year are taken into account when deciding whether the estimate should be suppressed or flagged as having a wider margin of error.

Calculation of Rates and Estimates of Change

Rates and estimates of change presented in this release are calculated from whole unrounded numbers. Due to rounding, these may differ from the rates and estimates of change calculated from the rounded volumes presented in the tables.

Main LFS release and data series

The quarterly LFS release can be accessed through the CSO website and is available, along with other additional series here.

Labour market data can also be accessed from Statbank, the CSO’s main data dissemination service which can be accessed through the CSO website here.

Implications of Census 2016 Final Results

The LFS results are weighted using population estimates which are updated every quarter. Every 5 years the Census of Population results are used to revise these population estimates, and consequently QNHS/LFS results are revised.

The population concept of usual residence is used for the LFS, i.e. all persons usually resident and present in the State plus absent persons who are usually resident in Ireland but are temporarily away from home and outside the State.

The final Census count was published on April 6, 2017. The total for this usually resident population concept which was enumerated on Census Night, April 24, 2016, was 4,739,597 persons, while the existing estimate for the usually resident population for April 2016 is 4,673,700 as detailed in the 2016 Population and Migration Estimates release. There is a difference, therefore, of just over 65,900 or 1.4% between the two figures.

The CSO has revised the population estimates for 2011 to 2016 based on this final Census count. Estimates of persons employed and unemployed have been revised in line with the higher population totals.

Participating Households

The Central Statistics Office wishes to thank the participating households for their co-operation in agreeing to take part in the survey and for facilitating the collection of the relevant data.

Hide Background Notes

Statistics in this publication are based on population estimates which have not been updated following Census 2022. See LFS Background Notes.

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Labour Force Survey (LFS) Employment Series

Quarter 1 2013 - Quarter 1 2019

Number of persons in employment at 2,301,900 in Q1 2019

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