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CSO statistical publication, 24 May 2023, 11am

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Table 8.1 Persons aged 15 – 89 years in employment (ILO) classified by sex and occupation (SOC10)

Table 8.1 Persons aged 15-89 years in employment (ILO) classified by sex and occupation (SOC2010)
'000
Broad occupational group		Q1 21	Q4 21	Q1 22	Q2 22	Q3 22	Q4 22	Q1 23
Males
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	125.2	136.8	145.6	143.4	142.4	154.2	156.7
2.	Professionals	240.5	259.8	254.6	254.2	253.6	256.6	265.4
3.	Associate professional and technical	163.2	182.9	180.1	180.3	187.1	184.9	192.9
4.	Administrative and secretarial	61.2	61.6	66.0	59.2	64.0	59.7	60.1
5.	Skilled trades	246.9	273.2	278.1	291.6	300.0	301.9	289.4
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	35.3	41.2	44.1	46.5	44.5	42.5	43.1
7.	Sales and customer service	78.4	76.5	68.6	69.0	72.9	67.6	70.5
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	129.0	155.6	157.0	168.7	161.5	154.9	162.1
9.	Elementary	116.5	135.2	131.6	140.0	134.5	131.2	136.1
	Other/Not stated	*	*	*	[7.3]	11.3	15.0	[8.5]
Total males		1,200.6	1,328.1	1,331.0	1,360.2	1,371.8	1,368.5	1,384.7

Females
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	66.8	81.9	83.3	82.5	81.3	84.0	82.8
2.	Professionals	276.9	308.5	300.4	303.2	304.3	298.2	316.7
3.	Associate professional and technical	125.4	144.7	144.4	142.6	141.3	158.8	148.0
4.	Administrative and secretarial	189.2	205.3	209.4	203.3	191.4	193.8	196.5
5.	Skilled trades	22.4	31.8	33.2	31.7	28.2	32.2	33.4
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	148.3	151.5	153.7	165.6	164.8	166.5	173.2
7.	Sales and customer service	97.9	105.8	106.6	116.0	115.5	117.7	117.3
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	26.6	37.4	33.0	31.6	35.3	32.1	33.2
9.	Elementary	74.0	106.5	106.7	111.7	109.2	116.3	118.4
	Other/Not stated	*	*	*	[6.4]	11.2	[6.4]	*
Total females		1,030.0	1,177.9	1,174.7	1,194.4	1,182.5	1,206.0	1,223.7

All persons
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	191.9	218.6	228.8	225.8	223.7	238.2	239.5
2.	Professionals	517.4	568.3	555.1	557.3	557.9	554.8	582.1
3.	Associate professional and technical	288.6	327.7	324.5	322.9	328.5	343.7	340.9
4.	Administrative and secretarial	250.4	266.9	275.4	262.5	255.4	253.6	256.5
5.	Skilled trades	269.3	305.0	311.3	323.3	328.1	334.1	322.8
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	183.6	192.7	197.8	212.1	209.3	209.0	216.3
7.	Sales and customer service	176.3	182.2	175.2	185.0	188.4	185.4	187.9
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	155.6	193.0	190.0	200.3	196.8	187.0	195.3
9.	Elementary	190.5	241.7	238.3	251.7	243.7	247.5	254.5
	Other/Not stated	[6.9]	[9.8]	[9.4]	13.7	22.5	21.3	12.7
Total persons		2,230.6	2,506.0	2,505.8	2,554.6	2,554.3	2,574.5	2,608.5
¹ 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 [].

Open in Excel: Labour Force Survey Quarter 1 2023 Table 8.1 (XLS 41KB)

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Table 8.2 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by Principal Economic Status (PES)

Table 8.11 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states

Table 8.11 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states ¹
%
	Employment rate % (15-64 years)				Unemployment rate % (15-74 years)				Participation rate % (15 years and over)
		Q4 21	Q4 22	Annual change		Q4 21	Q4 22	Annual change		Q4 21	Q4 22	Annual change
				Q4 22pp ²				Q4 22pp ²				Q4 22pp ²
EU27		69.3	70.1	0.8		6.4	6.1	-0.3		57.4	57.8	0.4
Eurozone ³		69.0	69.7	0.7		7.1	6.7	-0.4		57.4	57.7	0.3

Belgium		66.2	66.8	0.6		5.8	5.6	-0.2		54.9	55.3	0.4
Bulgaria		68.5	71.5	3.0		4.6	3.9	-0.7		55.1	57.1	2.0
Czech Republic		75.3	75.8	0.5		2.2	2.2	0.0		60.0	60.1	0.1
Denmark		77.0	76.9	-0.1		4.3	4.6	0.3		63.0	63.7	0.7
Germany ⁵		76.9	77.3	2.5		3.1	3.0	-0.1		61.3	61.9	0.6
Estonia		75.2	76.9	1.7		5.2	5.4	0.2		63.8	65.9	2.1
Ireland		73.0	73.2	0.2		4.8	4.2	-0.6		65.1	64.6	-0.5
Greece		59.2	60.7	1.5		13.2	11.9	-1.3		51.6	51.9	0.3
Spain ⁴		64.0	64.3	0.3		13.3	12.9	-0.4		57.9	57.8	-0.1
France ⁴		67.7	68.2	0.5		7.6	7.3	-0.3		56.1	56.2	0.1
Croatia		64.1	65.6	1.5		6.4	6.8	0.4		51.5	52.5	1.0
Italy		59.5	60.7	1.2		9.1	7.9	-1.2		49.2	49.4	0.2
Cyprus		72.3	73.1	0.8		6.3	7.0	0.7		64.5	65.5	1.0
Latvia		70.2	71.3	1.1		7.1	6.7	-0.4		60.2	61.1	0.9
Lithuania		73.2	72.8	-0.4		7.0	6.4	-0.6		62.7	62.5	-0.2
Luxembourg		69.4	69.6	0.2		4.3	4.6	0.3		61.3	61.4	0.1
Hungary		74.1	74.5	0.4		3.7	3.9	0.2		60.2	60.6	0.4
Malta		77.4	78.5	1.1		3.0	2.9	-0.1		64.2	65.3	1.1
Netherlands		81.0	82.2	1.2		3.7	3.5	-0.2		67.2	68.3	1.1
Austria		73.5	74.0	0.5		5.1	4.8	-0.3		61.3	61.5	0.2
Poland		71.0	71.8	0.8		2.9	2.9	0.0		57.4	57.6	0.2
Portugal		71.0	71.6	0.6		6.4	6.6	0.2		58.4	58.8	0.4
Romania		62.1	62.8	0.7		5.9	5.8	-0.1		51.3	51.7	0.4
Slovenia		72.4	73.0	0.6		4.5	3.5	-1.0		59.0	58.3	-0.7
Slovakia		70.8	71.8	1.0		6.6	6.1	-0.5		61.7	61.9	0.2
Finland		73.1	74.3	1.2		6.3	6.2	-0.1		60.0	60.6	0.6
Sweden		75.7	76.8	1.1		7.5	6.8	-0.7		65.7	66.3	0.6
Source: Eurostat
¹ Trends in some member states may be affected by changes in methodology
² pp refers to percentage point change
³ Eurozone consists of EU14 states (with the exceptions of Denmark and Sweden), Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia.
⁴ Definition differs beginning from Q1 2021
⁵ : Not available

Open in Excel: Labour Force Survey Quarter 1 2023 Table 8.11 (XLS 13KB)

Table 8.12 A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by citizenship and ILO Economic Status

Table 8.13 A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector

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Table 8.2 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by Principal Economic Status (PES)
'000
Principal Economic Status		Q1 21	Q4 21	Q1 22	Q2 22	Q3 22	Q4 22	Q1 23
Males
	At work	1,125.4	1,238.6	1,245.0	1,278.5	1,289.9	1,287.5	1,291.0
	Unemployed	151.9	93.7	84.7	77.9	80.6	76.4	80.5
	Student	237.3	221.8	224.9	210.9	209.7	219.7	227.1
	Home duties	16.6	15.7	11.7	13.2	9.9	11.7	12.2
	Retired	287.1	296.8	305.9	306.4	311.7	314.8	313.8
	Others	146.9	119.8	121.7	118.5	119.0	124.7	125.2
	Total males	1,965.2	1,986.4	1,993.9	2,005.5	2,020.8	2,034.9	2,049.8

Females
	At work	961.3	1,059.9	1,071.9	1,094.2	1,102.5	1,109.1	1,117.1
	Unemployed	141.7	72.2	77.5	75.8	77.6	70.7	76.9
	Student	244.7	237.7	232.7	218.2	213.3	234.7	238.5
	Home duties	210.7	212.9	194.5	208.5	207.9	198.9	198.3
	Retired	311.2	327.6	336.4	337.1	348.5	349.2	347.7
	Others	169.7	148.5	156.6	160.0	157.8	162.3	159.2
	Total females	2,039.3	2,058.7	2,069.5	2,093.7	2,107.7	2,124.9	2,137.6

All persons
	At work	2,086.7	2,298.5	2,316.8	2,372.7	2,392.4	2,396.6	2,408.1
	Unemployed	293.5	165.9	162.3	153.7	158.2	147.1	157.3
	Student	482.0	459.5	457.5	429.2	423.0	454.4	465.6
	Home duties	227.3	228.5	206.2	221.7	217.8	210.6	210.6
	Retired	598.3	624.5	642.4	643.5	660.2	664.1	661.5
	Others	316.7	268.3	278.3	278.5	276.9	287.0	284.4
	Total persons	4,004.4	4,045.1	4,063.5	4,099.3	4,128.5	4,159.9	4,187.4
Note: The Principal Economic Status (PES) classification is based on a respondent's own subjective assessment - see Background Notes.

Table 8.12A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by Citizenship and ILO Economic Status^{1, 2}
'000
Citizenship		ILO Economic Status				Total
Citizenship		In employment	Unemployed	In labour force	Not in labour force	Total
Q1 23
Irish Citizens		2,099.8	83.6	2,183.4	1,306.5	3,489.9
Non-Irish Citizens		508.7	27.0	535.7	161.8	697.5
of which:
	United Kingdom	59.8	*	64.2	47.9	112.0
	EU14 excl. Irl	75.4	*	79.2	18.6	97.8
	EU15 to EU27	187.7	*	196.0	40.6	236.6
	Other	185.8	[10.6]	196.4	54.8	251.1
Total persons		2,608.5	110.7	2,719.1	1,468.3	4,187.4

Q1 22
Irish Citizens		2,064.8	99.0	2,163.8	1,296.2	3,460.0
Non-Irish Citizens		441.0	27.7	468.6	134.8	603.5
of which:
	United Kingdom	63.2	*	67.2	43.9	111.1
	EU14 excl. Irl	69.0	*	73.9	[11.3]	85.2
	EU15 to EU27	177.6	[10.7]	188.2	39.1	227.4
	Other	131.3	[8.0]	139.3	40.5	179.8
Total persons		2,505.8	126.7	2,632.5	1,431.0	4,063.5

Year on year changes
Irish Citizens		35.0	-15.4	19.5	10.3	29.9
Non-Irish Citizens		67.7	-0.6	67.1	27.0	94.1
of which:
	United Kingdom	-3.4	*	-3.1	4.0	0.9
	EU14 excl. Irl	6.4	*	5.3	[7.3]	12.6
	EU15 to EU27	10.1	*	7.8	1.4	9.2
	Other	54.5	[2.5]	57.0	14.3	71.3
Total persons		102.7	-16.0	86.6	37.3	124.0
¹ Persons whose Citizenship is not stated are included with Irish Citizens
² 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 [].

Table 8.13 A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector
'000
	Q1 20	Q1 21	Q1 22	Q4 22¹	Q1 23²
Civil Service	44.4	45.1	43.3	44.1	:
Defence	9.0	9.0	8.8	9.1	:
Garda Siochána	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.2	:
Education	114.5	111.9	111.9	109.0	:
Regional bodies	35.1	34.8	35.1	35.7	:
Health	138.1	144.6	153.9	172.1	:
Total Public Sector excluding Semi-State bodies	355.7	359.9	367.6	384.2	:

Semi-State bodies	56.9	56.8	56.6	59.4	:

Total Public Sector including Semi-State bodies	412.6	416.6	424.2	443.6	:

Total Private Sector	1512.4	1418	1639.7	1677.7	:
¹Preliminary data
² Employment data from the Earnings, Hours Worked and Employment Costs Survey (EHECS) data is not available at the time of release. Updated series will be issued with the next Earnings and Labour Costs quarterly release

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