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Show Table: Table 9.1 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex and ILO Economic Status

Table 9.1 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex and ILO Economic Status¹
'000
ILO Economic Status		Q2 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21	Q2 21
Males
In labour force		1,314.4	1,331.7	1,241.2	1,318.5	1,311.1	1,294.1	1,362.7
In employment		1,241.4	1,267.8	1,175.2	1,226.7	1,232.3	1,200.6	1,263.2
full-time		1,111.2	1,127.4	1,064.8	1,094.5	1,099.9	1,059.2	1,108.1
part-time		130.3	140.4	110.5	132.2	132.4	141.4	155.1
of which:	part-time, not underemployed	86.1	98.4	71.7	84.6	88.8	95.4	101.4
	part-time, underemployed	44.2	42.0	38.7	47.7	43.5	46.0	53.7
Unemployed		72.9	63.9	65.9	91.7	78.8	93.5	99.5
seeking full-time work/future job-starter		60.8	52.2	51.5	73.6	64.1	75.2	74.3
seeking part-time work		10.2	9.4	12.1	13.8	10.3	11.2	15.7
seeking work as self-employed		*	*	*	*	*	[7.2]	[9.5]
Not in labour force		607.1	611.2	710.5	638.5	648.7	671.0	609.4
Potential additional labour force		57.8	51.9	139.9	86.2	75.3	99.2	82.8
Others		549.4	559.3	570.6	552.2	573.4	571.8	526.6
Total males aged 15 or over		1,921.5	1,942.8	1,951.7	1,956.9	1,959.8	1,965.2	1,972.1
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)		5.6	4.8	5.4	7.0	6.1	7.3	7.4
Participation rate %		68.4	68.5	63.6	67.4	66.9	65.9	69.1

Females
In labour force		1,112.7	1,130.2	1,018.0	1,110.8	1,107.5	1,107.0	1,170.5
In employment		1,054.8	1,079.3	962.9	1,023.3	1,044.5	1,030.0	1,085.9
full-time		723.9	740.7	706.0	734.5	753.1	737.7	764.4
part-time		330.9	338.6	256.9	288.8	291.5	292.3	321.4
of which:	part-time, not underemployed	262.1	269.3	200.6	227.4	236.1	230.4	252.3
	part-time, underemployed	68.8	69.3	56.3	61.4	55.4	61.9	69.2
Unemployed		57.9	50.8	55.1	87.5	63.0	77.0	84.6
seeking full-time work/future job-starter		33.6	29.4	36.1	58.6	38.3	44.5	51.2
seeking part-time work		22.9	19.7	17.3	26.1	22.2	27.4	28.2
seeking work as self-employed		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Not in labour force		878.4	885.4	1,004.1	916.4	924.4	932.3	873.3
Potential additional labour force		69.9	57.1	152.5	88.9	97.7	111.5	95.4
Others		808.5	828.2	851.5	827.5	826.7	820.8	777.9
Total females aged 15 or over		1,991.1	2,015.5	2,022.1	2,027.1	2,031.9	2,039.3	2,043.8
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)		5.2	4.5	5.4	7.9	5.7	7.0	7.2
Participation rate %		55.9	56.1	50.3	54.8	54.5	54.3	57.3

All persons
In labour force		2,427.0	2,461.8	2,259.2	2,429.2	2,418.5	2,401.1	2,533.2
In employment		2,296.2	2,347.2	2,138.1	2,250.0	2,276.8	2,230.6	2,349.1
full-time		1,835.0	1,868.1	1,770.8	1,829.0	1,853.0	1,796.9	1,872.6
part-time		461.1	479.0	367.4	421.0	423.8	433.7	476.5
of which:	part-time, not underemployed	348.1	367.7	272.3	311.9	324.9	325.8	353.6
	part-time, underemployed	113.0	111.3	95.0	109.1	98.9	107.9	122.9
Unemployed		130.9	114.7	121.1	179.2	141.7	170.5	184.1
seeking full-time work/future job-starter		94.4	81.6	87.6	132.2	102.4	119.7	125.5
seeking part-time work		33.1	29.2	29.4	39.9	32.5	38.6	43.9
seeking work as self-employed		*	*	*	[7.2]	[6.8]	12.2	14.7
Not in labour force		1,485.5	1,496.5	1,714.6	1,554.9	1,573.1	1,603.4	1,482.7
Potential additional labour force		127.7	109.0	292.4	175.1	173.1	210.7	178.2
Others		1,357.9	1,387.5	1,422.2	1,379.7	1,400.0	1,392.6	1,304.5
Total persons aged 15 or over		3,912.6	3,958.4	3,973.8	3,984.1	3,991.6	4,004.4	4,015.9
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)		5.4	4.7	5.4	7.4	5.9	7.1	7.3
Participation rate %		62.0	62.2	56.9	61.0	60.6	60.0	63.1

Employment rate % (Persons aged 15-64)
Male		74.5	75.2	69.3	72.2	72.2	70.3	73.4
Female		63.5	64.2	57.2	60.6	61.8	61.0	63.9
Total persons		69.0	69.6	63.2	66.4	67.0	65.6	68.6
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration of European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021.

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Show Table: Table 9.2 Persons aged 15 - 89 years in employment (ILO) classified by sex and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector

Table 9.2 Persons aged 15 - 89 years in employment (ILO) classified by sex and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector^1,2
								'000
Economic sector (NACE Rev.2)		Q2 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21	Q2 21
Males
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	88.3	91.8	83.3	83.8	89.4	90.7	94.8

B-F	Total Industry	336.3	344.9	318.3	329.8	334.1	331.7	338.3
B-E	Industry	201.4	210.0	202.8	205.6	207.6	218.7	221.3
F	Construction	134.9	134.9	115.5	124.2	126.5	113.0	117.1

G-U	Total Services	813.3	828.8	770.9	811.3	807.1	776.4	828.1
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	149.7	160.2	146.2	157.7	161.5	163.2	155.1
H	Transportation and storage	85.7	84.5	73.7	81.0	84.8	69.9	81.3
I	Accommodation and food service activities	79.2	74.1	51.3	65.6	60.5	48.1	57.9
J	Information and communication	81.1	87.2	94.1	90.3	98.7	101.8	99.9
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	57.8	61.0	66.7	67.2	61.8	61.0	67.5
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	77.2	83.2	75.8	76.7	79.9	78.2	85.5
N	Administrative and support service activities	65.6	64.6	55.0	56.8	48.8	48.7	62.9
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	54.4	57.7	57.5	55.3	57.9	57.2	59.4
P	Education	53.1	48.0	49.7	51.5	52.2	53.0	52.1
Q	Human health and social work activities	60.5	62.0	63.6	64.6	63.0	61.5	61.2
R-U	Other NACE activities	48.8	46.2	37.1	44.7	37.9	33.8	45.4
Not stated		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Total males		1,241.4	1,267.8	1,175.2	1,226.7	1,232.3	1,200.6	1,263.2

Females
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	12.2	15.4	14.3	14.5	16.7	15.7	13.1

B-F	Total Industry	92.1	88.3	94.5	102.9	97.7	95.3	100.5
B-E	Industry	80.9	76.0	84.5	93.3	89.2	85.7	90.2
F	Construction	11.2	12.2	10.0	9.5	8.5	9.5	10.2

G-U	Total Services	947.0	973.7	852.3	904.2	927.7	917.9	969.1
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	148.1	149.2	126.1	144.6	151.4	140.6	147.6
H	Transportation and storage	20.0	19.0	16.6	19.1	21.8	21.4	19.1
I	Accommodation and food service activities	101.5	95.4	58.8	71.6	64.1	52.1	63.0
J	Information and communication	36.4	40.4	39.7	38.0	40.0	39.3	41.1
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	55.0	58.5	64.1	56.3	62.5	61.4	64.1
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	61.9	66.1	63.6	64.0	64.6	68.4	72.8
N	Administrative and support service activities	44.1	47.1	31.8	35.3	32.0	33.1	34.6
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	57.2	57.8	60.1	62.4	63.3	67.1	69.5
P	Education	125.7	143.1	127.6	131.0	141.4	153.6	160.5
Q	Human health and social work activities	226.3	227.1	216.2	223.5	227.6	232.5	244.6
R-U	Other NACE activities	70.9	70.1	47.7	58.3	59.1	48.6	52.4
Not stated		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Total females		1,054.8	1,079.3	962.9	1,023.3	1,044.5	1,030.0	1,085.9

All persons
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	100.6	107.2	97.6	98.3	106.1	106.4	107.9

B-F	Total Industry	428.4	433.2	412.8	432.7	431.8	427.0	438.8
B-E	Industry	282.2	286.0	287.4	298.9	296.8	304.5	311.5
F	Construction	146.2	147.1	125.4	133.7	135.0	122.5	127.3

G-U	Total Services	1,760.3	1,802.6	1,623.2	1,715.4	1,734.9	1,694.3	1,797.2
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	297.8	309.4	272.3	302.3	312.9	303.7	302.7
H	Transportation and storage	105.8	103.5	90.4	100.1	106.6	91.3	100.4
I	Accommodation and food service activities	180.8	169.5	110.1	137.2	124.6	100.2	120.9
J	Information and communication	117.5	127.6	133.8	128.3	138.7	141.1	141.0
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	112.8	119.5	130.8	123.4	124.3	122.5	131.6
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	139.1	149.4	139.4	140.6	144.6	146.6	158.3
N	Administrative and support service activities	109.7	111.7	86.8	92.1	80.8	81.7	97.4
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	111.6	115.5	117.6	117.7	121.3	124.3	128.8
P	Education	178.8	191.1	177.4	182.6	193.6	206.6	212.6
Q	Human health and social work activities	286.9	289.1	279.8	288.0	290.6	293.9	305.8
R-U	Other NACE activities	119.7	116.3	84.9	103.0	97.0	82.4	97.8
Not stated		[6.9]	*	*	*	*	*	*
Total persons		2,296.2	2,347.2	2,138.1	2,250.0	2,276.8	2,230.6	2,349.1
¹A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series on the publication of the Labour Force Survey, Q1 2021. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021.
²The breakdown of Employment by NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector for Q1 2021 has been revised with the publication of Q2 2021 results. The overall estimate for employment for Q1 2021 remains the same.

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Show Table: Table 9.3 Seasonally adjusted series of persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex, ILO Economic Status and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector

Table 9.3 Seasonally adjusted series of persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex, ILO Economic Status and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector^1,2
									'000
ILO Economic Status/NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector			Q2 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21	Q2 21
Males
In labour force			1,316.3	1,341.3	1,243.8	1,309.0	1,308.0	1,303.6	1,366.2
In employment			1,245.8	1,274.7	1,179.6	1,222.4	1,225.3	1,207.0	1,268.2
	of which:	Full-time	1,114.5	1,129.4	1,067.4	1,090.6	1,099.4	1,060.9	1,110.8
		Part-time	129.3	142.2	109.8	131.0	132.6	143.3	154.2
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing		88.3	91.5	83.4	85.1	88.2	90.3	94.8
B-E	Industry		204.9	207.4	206.0	202.8	210.0	216.1	224.2
F	Construction		134.5	136.4	115.4	122.6	126.9	114.2	117.2
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles		151.6	159.3	148.3	159.1	159.1	161.8	157.4
H	Transportation and storage		85.8	85.1	74.0	81.3	83.5	70.4	81.8
I	Accommodation and food service activities		80.0	74.8	51.7	63.9	61.0	48.7	58.4
J	Information and communication		82.5	86.7	95.8	89.1	98.7	101.4	101.7
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities		56.9	61.4	65.7	67.2	62.3	61.4	66.4
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities		76.5	83.6	75.1	77.3	79.7	78.7	84.6
N	Administrative and support service activities		65.4	65.8	54.9	56.3	48.5	49.6	62.7
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		53.6	58.0	56.6	55.9	57.9	56.5	60.4
P	Education		53.4	48.8	50.2	51.9	50.4	53.9	52.8
Q	Human health and social work activities		60.3	63.4	63.5	63.6	62.7	62.7	61.2
R-U	Other NACE activities		49.5	47.1	37.7	43.7	37.4	34.5	46.1
Unemployed			70.3	66.6	64.5	86.3	82.8	95.3	96.6
Not in labour force			605.4	602.1	708.0	648.3	650.9	661.7	606.4
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)			5.4	5.0	5.1	6.8	6.4	7.5	7.1
Participation rate %			68.5	69.0	63.7	66.9	66.8	66.3	69.3

Females
In labour force			1,110.5	1,137.2	1,016.2	1,106.8	1,106.7	1,113.1	1,169.2
In employment			1,052.1	1,090.5	960.2	1,023.6	1,035.3	1,041.6	1,083.2
	of which:	Full-time	727.4	747.9	710.2	730.4	744.8	745.8	769.2
		Part-time	333.6	339.0	259.1	288.5	289.1	292.7	324.1
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing		12.2	15.1	14.3	14.1	17.6	15.4	13.1
B-E	Industry		80.4	77.5	84.2	91.9	89.4	87.3	90.0
F	Construction		11.1	12.3	9.8	9.5	8.6	8.6	8.7
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles		150.9	149.6	128.6	144.7	148.0	140.8	150.6
H	Transportation and storage		21.3	18.6	17.7	19.3	20.8	20.9	20.4
I	Accommodation and food service activities		100.2	98.0	58.2	69.3	65.3	53.4	62.5
J	Information and communication		36.1	41.1	39.3	38.5	39.2	40.0	40.7
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities		55.0	59.4	64.0	55.2	62.8	62.4	64.0
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities		61.0	66.3	62.7	64.9	64.7	68.2	71.8
N	Administrative and support service activities		43.5	46.4	31.5	35.1	32.9	32.7	34.3
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		56.7	57.2	59.8	62.9	63.8	66.4	69.2
P	Education		129.3	137.3	132.5	133.6	139.8	146.6	167.4
Q	Human health and social work activities		226.6	227.3	216.5	223.5	227.1	232.5	245.0
R-U	Other NACE activities		70.2	70.2	47.3	58.4	59.5	48.7	52.0
Unemployed			55.7	54.1	51.8	80.2	68.2	83.0	80.5
Not in labour force			880.4	877.8	1,005.7	920.8	926.0	925.2	874.3
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)			5.0	4.8	5.1	7.3	6.2	7.4	6.9
Participation rate %			55.8	56.4	50.3	54.6	54.4	54.6	57.2

All persons
In labour force			2,425.2	2,482.7	2,257.4	2,414.0	2,415.9	2,421.0	2,531.0
In employment			2,297.4	2,367.1	2,140.3	2,244.4	2,260.2	2,249.9	2,352.5
	of which:	Full-time	1,836.2	1,876.9	1,772.5	1,824.1	1,847.2	1,805.1	1,875.2
		Part-time	462.3	479.3	368.4	419.2	424.4	433.7	477.9
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing		100.5	106.1	97.8	100.7	104.5	105.2	108.2
B-E	Industry		286.1	286.1	291.3	293.4	298.4	304.6	315.6
F	Construction		145.5	148.4	125.2	132.2	135.7	123.6	127.2
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles		300.8	310.7	275.3	304.0	306.6	305.0	306.0
H	Transportation and storage		105.0	104.9	89.4	101.6	104.7	92.7	99.1
I	Accommodation and food service activities		178.7	174.9	107.0	133.1	126.3	106.0	117.4
J	Information and communication		119.8	128.9	136.3	123.7	139.4	142.5	143.5
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities		111.8	120.2	129.6	122.9	125.3	123.2	130.4
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities		138.0	151.0	138.1	141.1	144.1	149.0	155.7
N	Administrative and support service activities		109.0	111.6	86.4	92.1	81.2	81.7	97.1
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		111.2	115.1	117.4	118.8	120.8	124.0	128.6
P	Education		179.4	189.5	177.7	185.7	191.8	204.8	212.7
Q	Human health and social work activities		286.6	290.9	279.8	287.6	289.3	295.3	306.1
R-U	Other NACE activities		119.8	117.2	85.0	101.2	97.8	83.1	98.0
Unemployed			126.0	120.7	116.4	166.6	151.0	178.3	177.1
Not in labour force			1,485.9	1,479.6	1,713.8	1,568.5	1,577.2	1,586.8	1,481.2
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)			5.3	4.7	5.3	7.2	6.2	7.3	7.1
Participation rate %			62.0	62.6	56.9	60.6	60.5	60.4	63.1
¹A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series on the publication of the Labour Force Survey, Q1 2021. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021
²The breakdown of Employment by NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector for Q1 2021 has been revised with the publication of Q2 2021 results. The overall estimate for employment for Q1 2021 remains the same.

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Show Table: Table 9.4 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and occupation (SOC2010)

Table 9.4 Persons aged 15 - 89 years in employment (ILO) classified by sex and occupation (SOC2010)^1,2
								'000
Broad occupational group		Q2 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21	Q2 21
Males
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	119.4	121.5	118.4	121.3	129.3	125.2	125.0
2.	Professionals	224.4	234.4	239.2	226.5	236.2	240.5	246.7
3.	Associate professional and technical	147.6	159.3	155.3	163.6	162.4	163.2	180.0
4.	Administrative and secretarial	51.9	55.0	58.5	57.5	58.0	61.2	62.4
5.	Skilled trades	288.2	284.7	250.5	273.0	262.8	246.9	261.5
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	39.8	38.8	35.7	38.4	35.9	35.3	36.9
7.	Sales and customer service	69.7	70.4	62.5	71.4	74.7	78.4	76.9
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	157.1	161.2	140.2	144.3	144.3	129.0	137.3
9.	Elementary	137.3	138.6	112.1	128.3	126.0	116.5	132.6
	Other/Not stated	[6.1]	*	*	*	*	*	*
Total males		1,241.4	1,267.8	1,175.2	1,226.7	1,232.3	1,200.6	1,263.2

Females
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	63.0	67.4	60.4	66.4	69.6	66.8	71.6
2.	Professionals	255.1	273.9	268.1	257.2	259.9	276.9	281.7
3.	Associate professional and technical	109.9	113.0	121.0	121.4	125.3	125.4	136.8
4.	Administrative and secretarial	178.8	183.7	182.7	183.5	194.2	189.2	199.5
5.	Skilled trades	28.5	29.4	26.2	25.2	28.2	22.4	21.7
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	152.1	157.3	121.5	150.6	151.1	148.3	150.0
7.	Sales and customer service	114.7	115.1	94.2	104.3	108.9	97.9	107.1
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	29.5	24.8	22.2	25.1	25.7	26.6	28.4
9.	Elementary	118.9	112.6	64.1	87.1	79.0	74.0	84.8
	Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Total females		1,054.8	1,079.3	962.9	1,023.3	1,044.5	1,030.0	1,085.9

All persons
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	182.4	188.9	178.8	187.7	199.0	191.9	196.6
2.	Professionals	479.5	508.3	507.3	483.7	496.1	517.4	528.4
3.	Associate professional and technical	257.5	272.3	276.4	284.9	287.7	288.6	316.7
4.	Administrative and secretarial	230.7	238.7	241.2	241.1	252.2	250.4	261.9
5.	Skilled trades	316.7	314.1	276.7	298.2	291.0	269.3	283.2
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	191.8	196.1	157.2	189.0	187.0	183.6	187.0
7.	Sales and customer service	184.4	185.5	156.7	175.7	183.6	176.3	184.0
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	186.6	186.0	162.4	169.4	169.9	155.6	165.7
9.	Elementary	256.2	251.2	176.3	215.3	205.1	190.5	217.4
	Other/Not stated	10.3	[6.0]	*	*	*	[6.9]	[8.2]
Total persons		2,296.2	2,347.2	2,138.1	2,250.0	2,276.8	2,230.6	2,349.1
¹A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series on the publication of the Labour Force Survey, Q1 2021. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021.
²The breakdown of Employment by Occupation Group (SOC2010) for Q1 2021 has been revised with the publication of Q2 2021 results. The overall estimate for employment for Q1 2021 remains the same.

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Show Table: Table 9.6 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex and duration of unemployment (ILO)

Show Table: Table 9.7 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by ILO economic status, sex, age group and quarter

Table 9.7 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by ILO economic status, sex, age group and quarter¹
'000
		Employed			Unemployed			In labour force
		Q2 19	Q2 20	Q2 21	Q2 19	Q2 20	Q2 21	Q2 19	Q2 20	Q2 21
Males
	15-19	27.4	23.0	32.2	11.3	[7.4]	14.8	38.7	30.5	47.0
	20-24	96.5	77.4	97.9	16.4	[11.1]	20.0	112.9	88.4	118.0
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	123.9	100.4	130.2	27.7	18.5	34.8	151.6	118.9	165.0
	25-34	263.8	238.9	252.3	13.9	18.4	17.0	277.7	257.3	269.3
	35-44	334.5	321.6	334.4	12.3	10.6	[15.1]	346.8	332.1	349.5
	45-54	280.4	276.9	286.4	10.5	9.8	16.3	291.0	286.6	302.7
	55-59	109.6	103.7	110.5	[4.8]	[5.9]	8.7	114.3	109.6	119.2
	60-64	76.4	76.3	77.9	*	*	[5.5]	79.4	78.6	83.5
	65-74	44.5	47.1	60.1	*	*	*	45.3	47.5	62.2
	75+	8.3	10.5	11.4	:	:	:	8.3	10.5	11.4
	Total males	1,241.4	1,175.2	1,263.2	72.9	65.9	99.5	1,314.4	1,241.2	1,362.7

Females
	15-19	29.9	17.5	30.1	8.1	[7.6]	15.3	37.9	25.1	45.4
	20-24	94.4	73.2	89.4	10.3	15.5	16.6	104.7	88.7	106.0
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	124.3	90.7	119.5	18.4	23.1	31.9	142.6	113.8	151.4
	25-34	234.4	207.8	230.5	11.9	[10.8]	[15.2]	246.3	218.7	245.7
	35-44	293.8	271.8	299.2	13.7	[8.1]	[12.2]	307.5	279.8	311.4
	45-54	233.4	227.3	250.5	7.6	8.6	14.7	241.0	235.9	265.2
	55-59	87.0	86.2	95.7	*	*	[6.3]	90.1	88.6	102.0
	60-64	57.6	54.5	60.1	*	*	*	60.5	56.1	63.4
	65-74	21.2	21.1	27.7	*	*	*	21.5	21.6	28.9
	75+	[3.1]	[3.4]	*	:	:	:	[3.1]	[3.4]	*
	Total females	1,054.8	962.9	1,085.9	57.9	55.1	84.6	1,112.7	1,018.0	1,170.5

All persons
	15-19	57.2	40.5	62.3	19.4	15.1	30.1	76.6	55.6	92.4
	20-24	191.0	150.6	187.3	26.7	26.5	36.6	217.6	177.1	223.9
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	248.2	191.1	249.7	46.1	41.6	66.7	294.3	232.7	316.4
	25-34	498.2	446.7	482.8	25.7	29.2	32.2	524.0	476.0	515.0
	35-44	628.3	593.4	633.6	26.1	18.6	27.3	654.4	612.0	660.9
	45-54	513.9	504.2	536.9	18.1	18.4	30.9	531.9	522.6	567.9
	55-59	196.5	189.9	206.3	7.9	8.3	14.9	204.5	198.2	221.2
	60-64	134.0	130.8	138.1	[5.8]	*	8.8	139.8	134.8	146.9
	65-74	65.7	68.2	87.9	*	*	*	66.8	69.2	91.1
	75+	11.4	13.8	13.9	:	:	:	11.4	13.8	13.9
	Total persons	2,296.2	2,138.1	2,349.1	130.9	121.1	184.1	2,427.0	2,259.2	2,533.2
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration of European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021.

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Show Table: Table 9.8 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by key economic rates, sex, age group and quarter

Table 9.8 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by key economic rates, sex, age group and quarter¹
										%
		Employment rate (15-64)			Unemployment rate (15-74)			Participation rate
		Q2 19	Q2 20	Q2 21	Q2 19	Q2 20	Q2 21	Q2 19	Q2 20	Q2 21
Males
	15-19	16.9	14.0	19.4	29.3	24.4	31.5	23.8	18.5	28.3
	20-24	63.7	49.6	61.9	14.5	12.5	17.0	74.5	56.7	74.6
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	39.5	31.3	40.2	18.3	15.6	21.1	48.3	37.1	50.9
	25-34	86.5	78.4	83.5	5.0	7.2	6.3	91.0	84.4	89.1
	35-44	88.2	84.6	88.8	3.6	3.2	4.3	91.4	87.4	92.8
	45-54	85.2	82.6	83.7	3.6	3.4	5.4	88.4	85.5	88.5
	55-59	77.6	71.9	75.5	4.2	5.4	7.3	81.0	76.0	81.4
	60-64	60.7	59.6	59.4	3.7	3.0	6.6	63.0	61.4	63.6
	65-74	:	:	:	1.7	1.0	3.3	22.7	23.3	29.9
	75+	:	:	:	:	:	:	6.5	7.8	8.1
	Total males	74.5	69.3	73.4	5.6	5.4	7.4	68.4	63.6	69.1

Females
	15-19	18.9	11.0	18.9	21.3	30.3	33.7	24.1	15.8	28.5
	20-24	64.4	48.4	58.8	9.8	17.4	15.6	71.4	58.7	69.6
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	40.8	29.2	38.4	12.9	20.3	21.0	46.9	36.7	48.6
	25-34	74.4	66.8	75.2	4.8	5.0	6.2	78.2	70.3	80.2
	35-44	73.9	67.9	74.6	4.5	2.9	3.9	77.4	70.0	77.6
	45-54	70.2	67.0	72.3	3.1	3.7	5.5	72.5	69.5	76.6
	55-59	60.1	58.0	63.5	3.5	2.7	6.2	62.3	59.6	67.7
	60-64	45.0	41.6	44.6	4.8	2.9	5.2	47.3	42.9	47.1
	65-74	:	:	:	1.6	2.4	4.1	10.5	10.3	13.4
	75+	:	:	:	:	:	:	1.9	2.0	1.4
	Total females	63.5	57.2	63.9	5.2	5.4	7.2	55.9	50.3	57.3

All persons
	15-19	17.9	12.5	19.2	25.3	27.1	32.6	24.0	17.2	28.4
	20-24	64.1	49.0	60.4	12.3	15.0	16.3	73.0	57.7	72.2
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	40.2	30.3	39.3	15.7	17.9	21.1	47.6	36.9	49.8
	25-34	80.4	72.5	79.3	4.9	6.1	6.3	84.5	77.3	84.6
	35-44	80.9	76.1	81.5	4.0	3.0	4.1	84.2	78.4	85.0
	45-54	77.7	74.7	78.0	3.4	3.5	5.4	80.4	77.5	82.5
	55-59	68.7	64.9	69.4	3.9	4.2	6.8	71.5	67.7	74.4
	60-64	52.8	50.5	51.9	4.2	2.9	6.0	55.1	52.0	55.2
	65-74	:	:	:	1.7	1.4	3.5	16.5	16.7	21.5
	75+	:	:	:	:	:	:	3.9	4.5	4.4
	Total persons	69.0	63.2	68.6	5.4	5.4	7.3	62.0	56.9	63.1
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration of European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021.

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Show Table: Table 9.9 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions and ILO Economic Status

Table 9.9 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions and ILO Economic Status¹
Region		Q2 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21	Q2 21
Northern and Western
	In employment ('000)	393.1	399.8	354.5	382.8	393.2	390.2	407.6
	Unemployed ('000)	21.0	17.1	21.6	28.1	16.4	22.1	27.6
	In labour force ('000)	414.2	416.9	376.1	410.9	409.6	412.4	435.2
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	5.1	4.1	5.8	6.9	4.0	5.4	6.4
	Participation rate (%)	60.0	59.8	53.8	58.6	58.3	58.4	61.6
Border
	In employment ('000)	180.2	176.9	154.3	165.6	175.5	174.7	184.4
	Unemployed ('000)	6.8	10.3	[8.7]	12.7	[8.2]	[10.0]	[11.1]
	In labour force ('000)	187.0	187.2	163.0	178.3	183.7	184.8	195.5
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	3.7	5.5	5.4	7.2	4.5	5.5	5.7
	Participation rate (%)	58.4	57.9	50.5	55.1	56.5	56.5	59.7
West
	In employment ('000)	212.9	222.9	200.2	217.2	217.7	215.5	223.2
	Unemployed ('000)	14.3	[6.9]	12.9	15.4	[8.2]	12.1	16.5
	In labour force ('000)	227.2	229.8	213.1	232.6	225.9	227.6	239.7
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	6.3	3.0	6.1	6.7	3.7	5.4	7.0
	Participation rate (%)	61.5	61.3	56.7	61.6	59.8	60.0	63.2

Southern
	In employment ('000)	721.9	756.1	684.6	724.9	723.3	699.4	751.8
	Unemployed ('000)	49.0	40.0	38.0	52.7	51.2	58.1	64.8
	In labour force ('000)	770.9	796.1	722.6	777.6	774.5	757.5	816.6
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	6.4	5.1	5.3	6.8	6.7	7.7	8.0
	Participation rate (%)	59.5	60.8	55.0	59.0	58.5	57.1	61.5
Mid-West
	In employment ('000)	216.0	217.4	200.2	210.2	211.3	206.5	226.4
	Unemployed ('000)	14.0	11.5	12.0	15.4	16.5	13.9	18.1
	In labour force ('000)	230.0	228.9	212.2	225.7	227.8	220.5	244.5
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	6.1	5.0	5.7	6.9	7.3	6.4	7.5
	Participation rate (%)	59.5	58.5	54.2	57.4	57.8	55.8	61.8
South-East
	In employment ('000)	186.0	195.1	175.4	187.5	188.1	179.9	193.3
	Unemployed ('000)	16.3	14.2	11.7	16.9	12.0	17.5	18.5
	In labour force ('000)	202.3	209.3	187.1	204.4	200.1	197.4	211.8
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	8.1	6.8	6.3	8.3	6.0	8.9	8.8
	Participation rate (%)	58.7	60.0	53.6	58.3	56.7	55.8	59.9
South-West
	In employment ('000)	319.9	343.6	309.0	327.2	323.8	313.0	332.2
	Unemployed ('000)	18.7	14.3	14.3	20.3	22.7	26.7	28.2
	In labour force ('000)	338.6	357.9	323.3	347.6	346.6	339.7	360.4
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	5.6	4.0	4.5	5.9	6.6	7.9	7.9
	Participation rate (%)	60.1	62.8	56.3	60.4	60.1	58.9	62.3

Eastern and Midland
	In employment ('000)	1,181.2	1,191.3	1,099.0	1,142.3	1,160.3	1,140.9	1,189.7
	Unemployed ('000)	60.8	57.5	61.5	98.4	74.1	90.2	91.7
	In labour force ('000)	1,242.0	1,248.8	1,160.5	1,240.7	1,234.4	1,231.2	1,281.3
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	4.9	4.6	5.3	8.0	6.0	7.3	7.2
	Participation rate (%)	64.4	64.0	59.2	63.2	62.8	62.4	64.7
Dublin
	In employment ('000)	715.7	717.0	663.0	678.6	685.2	675.0	717.2
	Unemployed ('000)	33.0	34.8	38.5	63.1	47.0	56.7	56.2
	In labour force ('000)	748.6	751.8	701.5	741.6	732.2	731.7	773.5
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	4.4	4.6	5.5	8.5	6.4	7.8	7.3
	Participation rate (%)	66.1	65.6	60.8	64.1	63.3	63.1	66.4
Mid-East
	In employment ('000)	338.2	339.6	310.8	332.0	335.6	328.5	334.8
	Unemployed ('000)	18.9	15.3	15.2	25.2	18.3	22.8	23.8
	In labour force ('000)	357.1	354.9	325.9	357.2	353.9	351.3	358.6
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	5.3	4.3	4.7	7.1	5.2	6.5	6.7
	Participation rate (%)	63.8	62.5	57.2	62.6	61.9	61.2	62.2
Midland
	In employment ('000)	127.3	134.7	125.3	131.7	139.5	137.4	137.6
	Unemployed ('000)	8.9	[7.4]	[7.8]	10.1	[8.8]	10.8	11.7
	In labour force ('000)	136.2	142.1	133.1	141.8	148.3	148.2	149.3
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	6.6	5.3	5.9	7.2	6.0	7.3	7.8
	Participation rate (%)	57.8	60.2	56.5	60.1	62.6	62.1	62.4

State
	In employment ('000)	2,296.2	2,347.2	2,138.1	2,250.0	2,276.8	2,230.6	2,349.1
	Unemployed ('000)	130.9	114.7	121.1	179.2	141.7	170.5	184.1
	In labour force ('000)	2,427.0	2,461.8	2,259.2	2,429.2	2,418.5	2,401.1	2,533.2
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	5.4	4.7	5.4	7.4	5.9	7.1	7.3
	Participation rate (%)	62.0	62.2	56.9	61.0	60.6	60.0	63.1
¹A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration of European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021.

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Show Table: Table 9.10 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by Principal Economic Status (PES)

Table 9.10 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by Principal Economic Status (PES)^1,2
								'000
Principal Economic Status		Q2 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21	Q2 21
Males
	At work	1,193.3	1,201.5	1,124.8	1,172.7	1,157.8	1,125.4	1,192.3
	Unemployed	95.4	92.5	147.3	133.2	128.6	151.9	118.9
	Student	207.0	221.0	216.8	204.3	229.6	237.3	221.6
	Home duties	19.8	20.5	22.7	20.7	21.7	16.6	14.4
	Retired	289.1	289.2	291.5	291.5	290.4	287.1	288.9
	Others	116.9	118.1	148.6	134.6	131.7	146.9	136.1
	Total males	1,921.5	1,942.8	1,951.7	1,956.9	1,959.8	1,965.2	1,972.1

Females
	At work	985.3	1,000.9	936.4	974.1	968.1	961.3	1,021.9
	Unemployed	69.8	73.2	127.8	120.9	121.0	141.7	99.9
	Student	213.4	230.8	222.9	207.1	232.4	244.7	233.9
	Home duties	326.5	283.2	265.1	273.4	268.3	210.7	215.4
	Retired	276.2	294.4	304.6	300.3	299.2	311.2	317.2
	Others	119.9	133.1	165.4	151.4	142.8	169.7	155.5
	Total females	1,991.1	2,015.5	2,022.1	2,027.1	2,031.9	2,039.3	2,043.8

All persons
	At work	2,178.6	2,202.3	2,061.2	2,146.8	2,125.9	2,086.7	2,214.2
	Unemployed	165.2	165.7	275.1	254.1	249.6	293.5	218.8
	Student	420.4	451.8	439.7	411.4	462.1	482.0	455.4
	Home duties	346.3	303.7	287.7	294.0	290.0	227.3	229.8
	Retired	565.3	583.6	596.1	591.7	589.6	598.3	606.1
	Others	236.8	251.2	314.0	286.0	274.5	316.7	291.6
	Total persons	3,912.6	3,958.4	3,973.8	3,984.1	3,991.6	4,004.4	4,015.9
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration of European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021.
²The Principal Economic Status (PES) classification is based on a respondent's own subjective assessment - see Background Notes.

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Show Table: Table 9.11 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states

Table 9.11 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)
	Q1 19	Q1 20	Q1 21	Annual change	Q1 19	Q1 20	Q1 21	Annual change	Q1 19	Q1 20	Q1 21	Annual change
				Q1 21pp ²				Q1 21pp ²				Q1 21pp ²
EU27	67.7	68.0	66.8	-1.2	7.2	6.8	7.8	1.0	57.1	57.0	56.5	-0.5
Eurozone ³	67.3	67.6	66.3	-1.3	8.1	7.6	8.5	0.9	57.1	56.9	56.3	-0.6

Belgium	64.5	65.1	63.6	-1.5	5.6	5.1	6.7	1.6	54.0	54.0	53.4	-0.6
Bulgaria	68.3	68.1	66.9	-1.2	5.0	4.6	6.3	1.7	55.5	55.0	54.9	-0.1
Czech Republic	75.0	74.8	74.1	-0.7	2.0	2.0	3.3	1.3	60.5	59.9	59.8	-0.1
Denmark	74.1	74.7	73.5	-1.2	5.5	5.2	6.4	1.2	61.9	62.1	62.0	-0.1
Germany ⁴	76.3	:	74.9	:	3.4	:	4.1	:	61.5	:	60.9	:
Estonia	74.1	75.0	73.2	-1.8	4.7	5.0	7.1	2.1	62.9	63.7	63.2	-0.5
Ireland	69.3	69.8	65.6	-4.2	4.8	4.7	7.1	2.4	62.0	62.3	60.0	-2.3
Greece	55.0	55.9	52.7	-3.2	19.2	16.2	17.1	0.9	51.8	50.6	48.2	-2.4
Spain	62.5	62.6	60.9	-1.7	14.7	14.4	16.0	1.6	57.6	57.5	56.9	-0.6
France	65.2	65.7	66.2	0.5	9.0	8.1	8.3	0.2	55.3	55.0	55.3	0.3
Croatia	61.2	61.4	61.4	0.0	7.6	7.0	9.9	2.9	51.0	50.4	51.5	1.1
Italy	58.2	58.4	56.0	-2.4	11.1	9.4	10.7	1.3	49.8	49.0	47.6	-1.4
Cyprus	69.1	70.0	68.5	-1.5	8.8	7.3	8.6	1.3	63.2	62.5	62.2	-0.3
Latvia	71.4	71.8	68.7	-3.1	6.9	7.6	8.1	0.5	61.0	61.8	59.5	-2.3
Lithuania	72.5	73.0	71.4	-1.6	6.5	7.2	7.5	0.3	62.0	63.0	61.5	-1.5
Luxembourg	67.6	66.7	68.3	1.6	5.4	6.3	5.5	-0.8	60.2	60.0	61.3	1.3
Hungary	69.9	69.7	71.8	2.1	3.6	3.7	4.5	0.8	57.0	56.7	58.8	2.1
Malta	72.5	74.7	74.2	-0.5	3.7	3.6	3.9	0.3	60.9	62.9	62.4	-0.5
Netherlands	77.7	78.4	79.2	0.8	3.7	3.3	5.3	2.0	64.6	64.7	66.9	2.2
Austria	72.7	72.3	70.5	-1.8	4.9	4.7	7.9	3.2	61.0	60.3	60.8	0.5
Poland	67.2	68.4	69.2	0.8	3.9	3.1	4.0	0.9	55.9	56.0	56.7	0.7
Portugal	69.9	69.8	68.4	-1.4	6.8	6.8	7.2	0.4	59.1	58.6	56.6	-2.0
Romania	64.2	65.4	60.8	-4.6	4.1	4.3	6.1	1.8	53.9	54.5	50.4	-4.1
Slovenia	71.3	71.5	68.1	-3.4	4.8	4.6	5.7	1.1	58.1	57.8	56.3	-1.5
Slovakia	68.6	68.0	67.9	-0.1	5.8	6.0	7.1	1.1	59.8	59.1	59.4	0.3
Finland	71.4	72.0	70.4	-1.6	7.1	7.1	8.4	1.3	58.5	58.7	59.1	0.4
Sweden	76.2	75.4	73.2	-2.2	7.3	7.6	9.7	2.1	65.7	65.6	65.7	0.1
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 : Not available

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Show Table: Table 9.12A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by citizenship and ILO Economic Status

Table 9.12 A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by Citizenship and ILO Economic Status^1,2,3
						'000
Citizenship		ILO Economic Status				Total
Citizenship		In employment	Unemployed	In labour force	Not in labour force	Total
Q2 21
Irish Citizens		1,951.8	148.5	2,100.3	1,334.8	3,435.1
Non-Irish Citizens		397.3	35.6	432.9	147.9	580.8
of which:
	United Kingdom	65.0	*	69.4	41.9	111.3
	EU14 excl. Irl	60.7	*	66.6	[14.2]	80.8
	EU15 to EU27	159.8	*	173.9	50.1	223.9
	Other	111.8	*	123.0	41.7	164.7
Total persons		2,349.1	184.1	2,533.2	1,482.7	4,015.9

Q2 20
Irish Citizens		1,787.2	95.6	1,882.8	1,513.2	3,396.0
Non-Irish Citizens		350.9	25.5	376.4	201.4	577.8
of which:
	United Kingdom	53.8	*	56.9	53.0	109.9
	EU14 excl. Irl	62.0	*	64.8	15.8	80.6
	EU15 to EU27	134.1	[11.3]	145.4	74.4	219.7
	Other	101.0	*	109.4	58.2	167.6
Total persons		2,138.1	121.1	2,259.2	1,714.6	3,973.8

Year on year changes
Irish Citizens		164.6	52.9	217.5	-178.4	39.2
Non-Irish Citizens		46.4	10.1	56.5	-53.5	3.0
of which:
	United Kingdom	11.2	*	12.6	-11.1	1.4
	EU14 excl. Irl	-1.3	*	1.8	[-1.6]	0.2
	EU15 to EU27	25.7	*	28.5	-24.3	4.2
	Other	10.7	*	13.6	-16.5	-2.8
Total persons		211.0	63.0	274.0	-231.9	42.1
¹ Persons whose Citizenship is not stated are included with Irish Citizens
² A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework 1 regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021
³ The 'EU15-EU27' and 'Other' categories for Q2 2021 have been updated

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Show Table: Table 9.13A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector

Table 9.13 A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector
'000
	Q2 18	Q2 19	Q2 20	Q1 21	Q2 21¹
Civil Service	41.7	43.5	44.6	45.1	45.0
Defence	9.3	9.1	8.9	9.0	9.0
Garda Siochána	14.1	14.4	14.7	14.5	14.5
Education	115.4	115.0	112.2	111.9	112.6
Regional bodies	33.8	34.5	35.0	34.8	35.1
Health	132.4	135.8	127.6	144.6	147.0
Total Public Sector excluding Semi-State bodies	346.7	352.4	342.9	359.9	363.2

Semi-State bodies	54.2	55.6	56.2	56.8	56.5

Total Public Sector including Semi-State bodies	400.9	408.0	399.1	416.6	419.8

Total Private Sector	1,425.5	1,477.3	1,413.4	1,418.7	:²
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.

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Table 9.5 Persons aged 15 - 89 years in employment (ILO) classified by sex and employment status¹
'000
Employment status		Q2 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21	Q2 21
Males
	Self employed (with paid employees)	73.1	71.0	65.1	65.1	74.5	58.0	62.4
	Self employed (with no paid employees)	169.1	177.3	163.9	169.8	165.4	154.6	166.9
	Total self employed	242.2	248.3	229.0	234.9	239.9	212.7	229.3
	Employee	993.3	1,013.0	939.1	984.7	986.6	974.1	1,022.3
	Assisting relative	5.9	6.4	[7.1]	7.2	[5.8]	13.8	11.6
	Total males	1,241.4	1,267.8	1,175.2	1,226.7	1,232.3	1,200.6	1,263.2

Females
	Self employed (with paid employees)	23.8	25.5	23.9	22.3	26.8	18.6	21.0
	Self employed (with no paid employees)	51.7	57.6	55.4	55.1	59.1	49.7	56.3
	Total self employed	75.5	83.0	79.2	77.4	85.9	68.3	77.2
	Employee	972.3	990.1	875.3	939.3	951.4	947.9	998.6
	Assisting relative	6.9	6.2	8.3	[6.5]	7.2	13.8	10.1
	Total females	1,054.8	1,079.3	962.9	1,023.3	1,044.5	1,030.0	1,085.9

All persons
	Self employed (with paid employees)	96.9	96.4	88.9	87.4	101.3	76.6	83.4
	Self employed (with no paid employees)	220.8	234.9	219.3	224.9	224.5	204.3	223.2
	Total self employed	317.7	331.4	308.2	312.3	325.8	281.0	306.6
	Employee	1,965.7	2,003.1	1,814.4	1,924.0	1,938.0	1,922.0	2,020.9
	Assisting relative	12.8	12.7	15.5	13.7	13.0	27.6	21.7
	Total persons	2,296.2	2,347.2	2,138.1	2,250.0	2,276.8	2,230.6	2,349.1
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration of European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021.

Table 9.6 Persons aged 15 - 74 years classified by sex and duration of unemployment (ILO)¹
'000
Duration of unemployment (ILO)		Q2 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21	Q2 21
Males
	Less than 1 year	44.8	43.4	48.3	70.6	51.8	62.6	63.5
	1 year and over	26.2	17.8	14.8	17.1	23.3	27.0	30.3
	Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total males	72.9	63.9	65.9	91.7	78.8	93.5	99.5

Females
	Less than 1 year	42.0	36.0	42.8	67.0	47.9	61.6	61.7
	1 year and over	14.6	14.1	10.9	17.4	13.5	13.7	19.2
	Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total females	57.9	50.8	55.1	87.5	63.0	77.0	84.6

All persons
	Less than 1 year	86.8	79.4	91.2	137.6	99.7	124.2	125.2
	1 year and over	40.8	31.9	25.7	34.6	36.8	40.8	49.5
	Not stated	*	*	*	[7.1]	*	*	[9.3]
	Total persons	130.9	114.7	121.1	179.2	141.7	170.5	184.1

Long-term unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)		1.7	1.3	1.1	1.4	1.5	1.7	2.0
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration of European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021.