Quarterly National Household Survey Quarter 1 2014

Number of Persons in Employment

• There was an annual increase in employment of 2.3% or 42,700 in the year to the first quarter of 2014, bringing total employment to 1,888,200.
• On a seasonally adjusted basis, employment increased by 1,700 (+0.1%) in the quarter. This follows on from a seasonally adjusted increase in employment of 10,600 (+0.6%) in Q4 2013.

Number of Persons Unemployed

• The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 12.2% to 12.0% over the quarter.
• Unemployment decreased by 33,900 (-11.6%) in the year to Q1 2014 bringing the total number of persons unemployed to 258,100
• The long-term unemployment rate decreased from 8.4% to 7.3% over the year to Q1 2014. Longterm unemployment accounted for 60.5% of total unemployment in Q1 2014 compared with 61.8% a year earlier and 63.5% in the first quarter of 2012.

Labour Force

• The total number of persons in the labour force in the first quarter of 2014 was 2,146,300, representing an increase of 8,800 (+0.4%) over the year. The number of persons not in the labour force in Q1 2014 was 1,450,200, a decrease of 6,800 (-0.5%) over the year.

Editor's Note: See Quarterly National Household Survey Quarter 1 2014.

For further information contact

Brian Ring on 021 453 5747, or Martina O'Callaghan at 021 453 5491

Fax 021 453 5492

E-mail labour@cso.ie

Central Statistics Office                                                                  26 May 2014

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