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CSO statistical release, 23 May 2024, 11am

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QLF01: Persons aged 15 years and over by Sex, ILO Economic Series and Quarter
QLF02: ILO Participation and Unemployment Rates by Sex and Quarter
QLF03: Persons aged 15-89 years in Employment by Sex, NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector and Quarter
QLF04: Persons aged 15 years and over by Age Group, Sex, Duration of Unemployment and Quarter
QLF06: Persons aged 15 years and over by Sex, ILO Economic Status and Quarter
QLF07: Persons aged 15-89 years in Employment by Sex, NACE Rev 2 Economic Sector, Region and Quarter
QLF08: Persons aged 15 years and over by Region and Quarter
QLF17: Persons aged 15-89 years in Employment by Employment Status, Sex and Quarter
QLF18: ILO Participation, Employment and Unemployment Characteristics by Age Group, Sex and Quarter
QLF19: Persons aged 15 years and over by Principal Economic Status, Sex and Quarter
QLF20: Persons aged 15-89 years in Employment by Sex, Usual Hours Worked and Quarter
QLF22: Persons aged 15 years and over by Sex, Duration of Unemployment and Quarter

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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 22	Q4 22	Q1 23	Q2 23	Q3 23	Q4 23	Q1 24
Males
1	Managers, directors and senior officials	149.0	156.9	159.4	152.2	153.3	155.3	138.5
2	Professionals	262.3	262.8	272.4	259.8	274.3	287.7	286.7
3	Associate professional and technical	184.3	188.9	196.8	203.8	195.9	195.4	193.9
4	Administrative and secretarial	67.5	60.6	61.2	61.1	66.1	63.5	62.4
5	Skilled trades	284.8	307.0	293.9	304.6	308.7	303.6	309.5
6	Caring, leisure and other services	45.4	43.3	44.2	42.5	48.8	46.4	45.0
7	Sales and customer service	70.2	68.7	71.8	70.3	66.5	74.7	68.4
8	Process, plant and machine operatives	159.5	157.2	164.5	164.1	161.3	155.6	161.5
9	Elementary	132.4	132.9	137.4	143.4	142.6	147.0	154.8
	Other/Not stated	*	15.0	[8.8]	[6.8]	[8.9]	*	11.2
Total males		1,360.6	1,393.3	1,410.3	1,408.5	1,426.4	1,433.8	1,431.9

Females
1	Managers, directors and senior officials	84.6	84.7	83.7	87.9	85.0	84.3	82.3
2	Professionals	310.3	306.4	324.7	342.2	349.7	353.9	346.5
3	Associate professional and technical	148.4	161.4	150.7	149.4	148.2	151.8	158.5
4	Administrative and secretarial	213.8	196.7	200.0	209.0	199.9	197.7	207.5
5	Skilled trades	33.9	32.4	33.8	39.6	41.7	38.3	34.2
6	Caring, leisure and other services	156.7	167.8	175.2	170.0	167.2	173.9	175.9
7	Sales and customer service	107.5	119.2	118.2	119.9	116.9	116.6	113.6
8	Process, plant and machine operatives	33.1	32.1	33.4	34.0	37.2	36.1	33.6
9	Elementary	106.5	116.1	118.5	118.2	121.3	113.6	111.9
	Other/Not stated	*	[6.6]	*	*	*	[6.3]	[8.3]
Total females		1,198.8	1,223.4	1,242.4	1,274.1	1,269.9	1,272.6	1,272.3

All persons
1	Managers, directors and senior officials	233.6	241.6	243.1	240.0	238.3	239.6	220.8
2	Professionals	572.6	569.2	597.1	602.1	624.0	641.7	633.3
3	Associate professional and technical	332.6	350.3	347.5	353.2	344.0	347.2	352.5
4	Administrative and secretarial	281.3	257.3	261.2	270.1	266.0	261.2	269.9
5	Skilled trades	318.7	339.4	327.6	344.2	350.4	342.0	343.6
6	Caring, leisure and other services	202.1	211.2	219.5	212.5	216.1	220.3	220.9
7	Sales and customer service	177.6	187.8	190.0	190.2	183.4	191.3	182.0
8	Process, plant and machine operatives	192.5	189.3	197.9	198.1	198.5	191.7	195.1
9	Elementary	238.9	249.0	255.8	261.6	263.9	260.7	266.7
	Other/Not stated	[9.5]	21.6	12.9	10.6	11.6	10.8	19.5
Total persons		2,559.4	2,616.7	2,652.7	2,682.7	2,696.2	2,706.4	2,704.2
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 [].
²Data in this table incorporates updated population estimates based on the results of Census 2022. For further information see Background Notes.

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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 22	Q4 23	Annual change	Q4 22	Q4 23	Annual change	Q4 22	Q4 23	Annual change
			Q4 23pp ²			Q4 23pp ²			Q4 23pp ²
EU27	70.1	70.6	0.5	6.1	6.0	-0.1	57.8	58.1	0.3
Eurozone ³	69.7	70.3	0.6	6.7	6.5	-0.2	57.7	58.0	0.3

Belgium	66.8	66.9	0.1	5.6	5.5	-0.1	55.3	55.2	-0.1
Bulgaria ⁵	71.7	70.5	-1.2	3.7	4.2	0.5	56.1	55.4	-0.7
Czech Republic	75.8	75.4	-0.4	2.2	2.6	0.4	60.1	60.2	0.1
Denmark	76.9	76.7	-0.2	4.6	5.9	1.3	63.7	64.6	0.9
Germany	77.3	77.5	0.2	3.0	3.1	0.1	61.9	61.8	-0.1
Estonia	76.9	75.9	-1.0	5.4	6.3	0.9	65.9	66.2	0.3
Ireland	73.3	74.0	0.7	4.1	4.2	0.0	64.6	65.4	0.7
Greece	60.7	61.7	1.0	11.9	10.5	-1.4	51.9	51.7	-0.2
Spain ⁴	64.3	65.8	1.5	12.9	11.8	-1.1	57.8	58.2	0.4
France ⁴	68.2	68.3	0.1	7.3	7.7	0.4	56.2	56.4	0.2
Croatia ⁵	65.6	66.5	0.9	6.8	5.9	-0.9	52.5	52.8	0.3
Italy	60.7	62.1	1.4	7.9	7.5	-0.4	49.4	50.3	0.9
Cyprus	73.1	73.8	0.7	7.0	5.9	-1.1	65.5	64.9	-0.6
Latvia	71.3	71.2	-0.1	6.7	6.8	0.1	61.1	61.1	0.0
Lithuania	72.8	72.9	0.1	6.4	7.5	1.1	62.5	63.6	1.1
Luxembourg	69.6	69.1	-0.5	4.6	5.5	0.9	61.4	61.7	0.3
Hungary	74.5	75.0	0.5	3.9	4.4	0.5	60.6	61.5	0.9
Malta	78.1	79.0	0.9	3.2	2.9	-0.3	65.9	66.3	0.4
Netherlands	82.2	82.5	0.3	3.5	3.4	-0.1	68.3	68.6	0.3
Austria	74.0	74.2	0.2	4.8	5.0	0.2	61.5	61.6	0.1
Poland	71.8	72.7	0.9	2.9	3.1	0.2	57.6	58.3	0.7
Portugal	71.6	72.6	1.0	6.6	6.7	0.1	58.8	59.4	0.6
Romania ⁶	62.8	63.0	0.2	5.8	5.8	0.0	51.7	51.5	-0.2
Slovenia	73.0	72.8	-0.2	3.5	3.4	-0.1	58.3	58.6	0.3
Slovakia	71.8	72.7	0.9	6.1	5.6	-0.5	61.9	62.2	0.3
Finland	74.3	73.0	-1.3	6.2	6.9	0.7	60.6	60.2	-0.4
Sweden	76.8	76.8	0.0	6.8	7.4	0.6	66.3	66.6	0.3
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 Break in time series from Q1 2023
⁶ : Not available
⁷Data in this table incorporates updated population estimates based on the results of Census 2022. For further information see Background Notes.

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

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 24
Irish Citizens		2,169.4	80.8	2,250.3	1,364.8	3,615.1
Non-Irish Citizens		534.8	34.4	569.1	151.5	720.6
of which:
	United Kingdom	46.3	*	49.0	36.0	85.0
	EU14 excl. Irl	83.4	*	86.2	12.4	98.6
	EU15 to EU27	176.5	[10.7]	187.2	33.0	220.2
	Other	228.6	18.2	246.8	70.1	316.8
Total persons		2,704.2	115.2	2,819.4	1,516.3	4,335.7

Q1 23
Irish Citizens		2,155.8	85.2	2,241.0	1,338.3	3,579.2
Non-Irish Citizens		496.9	26.1	523.0	149.7	672.7
of which:
	United Kingdom	45.1	*	48.4	34.7	83.1
	EU14 excl. Irl	72.5	*	76.1	17.9	94.0
	EU15 to EU27	169.9	*	177.3	36.2	213.5
	Other	209.4	[11.8]	221.2	60.9	282.1
Total persons		2,652.7	111.3	2,764.0	1,488.0	4,252.0

Year on year changes
Irish Citizens		13.7	-4.4	9.3	26.6	35.9
Non-Irish Citizens		37.9	8.3	46.1	1.7	47.9
of which:
	United Kingdom	1.2	*	0.6	1.3	1.9
	EU14 excl. Irl	10.8	*	10.1	-5.5	4.6
	EU15 to EU27	6.7	*	9.9	-3.2	6.7
	Other	19.2	[6.4]	25.5	9.2	34.7
Total persons		51.5	3.9	55.4	28.3	83.7
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 [].
³ Data in this table incorporates updated population estimates based on the results of Census 2022. For further information see Background Notes.

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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)¹ ²
'000
Principal Economic Status		Q1 22	Q4 22	Q1 23	Q2 23	Q3 23	Q4 23	Q1 24
Males
	At work	1,273.3	1,310.9	1,314.7	1,329.5	1,335.1	1,343.4	1,332.1
	Unemployed	85.4	77.5	80.7	84.6	88.3	78.0	82.0
	Student	226.6	222.1	230.0	219.4	215.1	222.3	228.9
	Home duties	12.2	12.2	12.6	11.9	11.1	10.5	9.8
	Retired	310.8	319.7	319.0	319.8	319.1	321.8	325.0
	Others	124.2	126.3	126.7	124.4	133.4	139.6	147.1
	Total males	2,032.6	2,068.6	2,083.7	2,089.6	2,102.1	2,115.5	2,125.0

Females
	At work	1,095.5	1,125.4	1,134.1	1,175.0	1,171.0	1,167.9	1,173.5
	Unemployed	78.5	71.5	78.1	82.0	83.8	71.3	83.6
	Student	235.4	236.0	240.4	224.0	217.2	241.2	237.3
	Home duties	199.9	202.3	202.1	185.4	190.5	182.8	170.5
	Retired	342.5	354.9	352.8	358.8	366.5	369.2	375.0
	Others	157.4	163.4	160.7	155.2	159.6	170.6	170.7
	Total females	2,109.2	2,153.5	2,168.2	2,180.3	2,188.6	2,203.0	2,210.7

All persons
	At work	2,368.8	2,436.3	2,448.8	2,504.5	2,506.1	2,511.3	2,505.7
	Unemployed	163.9	149.0	158.9	166.6	172.1	149.3	165.5
	Student	462.0	458.1	470.4	443.4	432.4	463.6	466.3
	Home duties	212.1	214.4	214.7	197.3	201.6	193.3	180.3
	Retired	653.3	674.6	671.9	678.5	685.6	690.9	700.0
	Others	281.7	289.7	287.3	279.6	293.0	310.2	317.9
	Total persons	4,141.8	4,222.1	4,252.0	4,270.0	4,290.7	4,318.6	4,335.7
¹ The Principal Economic Status (PES) classification is based on a respondent's own subjective assessment - see Background Notes.
² Data in this table incorporates updated population estimates based on the results of Census 2022. For further information see Background Notes.

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

	Q1 21	Q1 22	Q1 23	Q4 23¹	Q1 24
Civil Service	45.1	43.3	45.4	46.7	:
Defence	9.0	8.8	9.4	9.9	:
Garda Siochána	14.5	14.5	14.3	14.4	:
Education	111.9	111.9	112.8	113.6	:
Regional bodies	34.8	35.1	35.7	37.3	:
Health	144.6	153.9	158.9	164.3	:
Total Public Sector excluding Semi-State bodies	359.9	367.6	376.5	386.2	:

Semi-State bodies	56.8	56.6	60.1	62.5	:

Total Public Sector including Semi-State bodies	416.6	424.2	436.6	448.7	:

Total Private Sector	1,418.0	1,639.7	1,714.6	1,764.7	:
¹Preliminary data
² : Employment data from the Earnings, Hours Worked and Employment Cost Survey (EHECS) data not available at time of release. Updated series will be issued with the next Earnings and Labour Costs quarterly release.
³ Data in this table incorporates updated population estimates based on the results of Census 2022. For further information see Background Notes.

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