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CSO statistical publication, 22 February 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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Labour Force Survey Q4 2023 Tables

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		Q4 21	Q3 22	Q4 22	Q1 23	Q2 23	Q3 23	Q4 23
Males
1	Managers, directors and senior officials	139.8	145.0	156.9	159.4	152.2	153.3	155.3
2	Professionals	267.0	261.9	262.8	272.4	259.8	274.3	287.7
3	Associate professional and technical	186.0	191.8	188.9	196.8	203.8	195.9	195.4
4	Administrative and secretarial	62.6	64.8	60.6	61.2	61.1	66.1	63.5
5	Skilled trades	278.8	305.8	307.0	293.9	304.6	308.7	303.6
6	Caring, leisure and other services	42.3	45.5	43.3	44.2	42.5	48.8	46.4
7	Sales and customer service	77.9	74.0	68.7	71.8	70.3	66.5	74.7
8	Process, plant and machine operatives	157.0	163.8	157.2	164.5	164.1	161.3	155.6
9	Elementary	136.9	136.2	132.9	137.4	143.4	142.6	147.0
	Other/Not stated	*	11.3	15.0	[8.8]	[6.8]	[8.9]	*
Total males		1,353.7	1,400.2	1,393.3	1,410.3	1,408.5	1,426.4	1,433.8

Females
1	Managers, directors and senior officials	82.4	82.4	84.7	83.7	87.9	85.0	84.3
2	Professionals	317.6	313.9	306.4	324.7	342.2	349.7	353.9
3	Associate professional and technical	147.5	144.8	161.4	150.7	149.4	148.2	151.8
4	Administrative and secretarial	208.3	194.5	196.7	200.0	209.0	199.9	197.7
5	Skilled trades	32.5	28.8	32.4	33.8	39.6	41.7	38.3
6	Caring, leisure and other services	153.5	166.6	167.8	175.2	170.0	167.2	173.9
7	Sales and customer service	107.1	115.9	119.2	118.2	119.9	116.9	116.6
8	Process, plant and machine operatives	37.2	35.2	32.1	33.4	34.0	37.2	36.1
9	Elementary	106.8	109.4	116.1	118.5	118.2	121.3	113.6
	Other/Not stated	*	11.0	[6.6]	*	*	*	[6.3]
Total females		1,197.7	1,202.4	1,223.4	1,242.4	1,274.1	1,269.9	1,272.6

All persons
1	Managers, directors and senior officials	222.1	227.4	241.6	243.1	240.0	238.3	239.6
2	Professionals	584.6	575.7	569.2	597.1	602.1	624.0	641.7
3	Associate professional and technical	333.5	336.5	350.3	347.5	353.2	344.0	347.2
4	Administrative and secretarial	270.9	259.3	257.3	261.2	270.1	266.0	261.2
5	Skilled trades	311.4	334.7	339.4	327.6	344.2	350.4	342.0
6	Caring, leisure and other services	195.8	212.1	211.2	219.5	212.5	216.1	220.3
7	Sales and customer service	185.1	190.0	187.8	190.0	190.2	183.4	191.3
8	Process, plant and machine operatives	194.3	199.0	189.3	197.9	198.1	198.5	191.7
9	Elementary	243.7	245.5	249.0	255.8	261.6	263.9	260.7
	Other/Not stated	[10.0]	22.4	21.6	12.9	10.6	11.6	10.8
Total persons		2,551.4	2,602.6	2,616.7	2,652.7	2,682.7	2,696.2	2,706.4
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)
	Q3 22	Q3 23	Annual change	Q3 22	Q3 23	Annual change	Q3 22	Q3 23	Annual change
			Q3 23pp ²			Q3 23pp ²			Q3 23pp ²
EU27	70.1	70.7	0.6	6.1	5.9	-0.2	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	66.9	66.8	-0.1	5.7	5.6	-0.1	55.3	55.1	-0.2
Bulgaria ⁵	71.9	71.5	-0.4	3.7	4.1	0.4	57.5	56.1	-1.4
Czech Republic	75.8	75.3	-0.5	2.2	2.6	0.4	60.1	60.2	0.1
Denmark	77.2	76.6	-0.6	4.7	5.0	0.3	63.8	63.3	-0.5
Germany	77.0	77.3	0.3	3.2	3.0	-0.2	61.5	61.5	0.0
Estonia	76.5	76.2	-0.3	5.6	7.3	1.7	66.0	67.0	1.0
Ireland	73.3	74.2	0.9	4.4	4.6	0.2	64.8	65.9	4.0
Greece	61.9	62.8	0.9	11.7	10.8	-0.9	52.7	52.8	0.1
Spain ⁴	64.8	66.1	1.3	12.7	11.8	-0.9	58.1	58.6	0.5
France ⁴	68.6	68.6	0.0	7.3	7.5	0.2	56.5	56.5	0.0
Croatia ⁵	65.1	65.8	0.7	6.7	5.5	-1.2	52.2	52.0	-0.2
Italy	60.3	61.6	1.3	7.7	7.3	-0.4	49.0	49.8	0.8
Cyprus	73.2	74.6	1.4	6.8	5.8	-1.0	65.4	65.5	0.1
Latvia	72.0	72.0	0.0	6.9	6.5	-0.4	61.8	61.6	-0.2
Lithuania	75.2	74.3	-0.9	5.9	6.2	0.3	63.9	63.8	-0.1
Luxembourg	70.0	70.5	0.5	5.2	5.5	0.3	61.8	62.6	0.8
Hungary	74.6	75.0	0.4	3.6	4.1	0.5	60.6	61.2	0.6
Malta	77.5	80.6	3.1	2.9	2.5	-0.4	64.7	66.3	1.6
Netherlands	81.9	82.6	0.7	3.7	3.6	-0.1	68.1	68.7	0.6
Austria	74.7	74.9	0.2	4.7	5.2	0.5	62.1	62.4	0.3
Poland	71.2	72.3	1.1	2.9	2.7	-0.2	57.3	57.8	0.5
Portugal	71.8	73.0	1.2	6.0	6.1	0.1	58.6	59.6	1.0
Romania ⁶	63.4	63.3	-0.1	5.4	5.4	0.0	51.9	51.5	-0.4
Slovenia	73.9	72.6	-1.3	4.0	3.9	-0.1	59.5	58.7	-0.8
Slovakia	71.6	71.9	0.3	6.0	5.9	-0.1	61.8	61.7	-0.1
Finland	74.8	74.6	-0.2	6.7	6.9	0.2	61.5	61.2	-0.3
Sweden	78.6	78.5	-0.1	6.5	7.2	0.7	67.5	68.1	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 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
Q4 23
Irish Citizens		2,179.4	87.1	2,266.5	1,342.4	3,608.9
Non-Irish Citizens		527.0	30.6	557.6	152.1	709.7
of which:
	United Kingdom	45.1	*	48.7	36.0	84.6
	EU14 excl. Irl	79.9	*	83.4	13.1	96.5
	EU15 to EU27	168.4	[11.1]	179.6	39.6	219.2
	Other	233.5	[12.4]	246.0	63.4	309.3
Total persons		2,706.4	117.7	2,824.1	1,494.5	4,318.6

Q4 22
Irish Citizens		2,140.1	87.8	2,227.8	1,346.6	3,574.5
Non-Irish Citizens		476.7	24.8	501.5	146.2	647.7
of which:
	United Kingdom	44.7	*	47.4	35.9	83.3
	EU14 excl. Irl	70.8	*	73.5	17.2	90.6
	EU15 to EU27	166.2	[8.6]	174.9	36.6	211.5
	Other	195.0	[10.8]	205.8	56.5	262.3
Total persons		2,616.7	112.6	2,729.4	1,492.8	4,222.1

Year on year changes
Irish Citizens		39.3	-0.7	38.6	-4.2	34.5
Non-Irish Citizens		50.3	5.8	56.1	5.9	62.0
of which:
	United Kingdom	0.5	*	1.3	0.1	1.4
	EU14 excl. Irl	9.1	*	10.0	-4.0	5.9
	EU15 to EU27	2.2	[2.5]	4.7	3.0	7.7
	Other	38.5	[1.6]	40.1	6.9	47.0
Total persons		89.6	5.1	94.7	1.7	96.4
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)
'000
Principal Economic Status		Q4 21	Q3 22	Q4 22	Q1 23	Q2 23	Q3 23	Q4 23
Males
	At work	1,263.2	1,317.9	1,310.9	1,314.7	1,329.5	1,335.1	1,343.4
	Unemployed	95.5	81.7	77.5	80.7	84.6	88.3	78.0
	Student	223.6	211.1	222.1	230.0	219.4	215.1	222.3
	Home duties	15.8	10.4	12.2	12.6	11.9	11.1	10.5
	Retired	300.3	317.2	319.7	319.0	319.8	319.1	321.8
	Others	121.6	120.7	126.3	126.7	124.4	133.4	139.6
	Total males	2,019.9	2,059.0	2,068.6	2,083.7	2,089.6	2,102.1	2,115.5

Females
	At work	1,077.6	1,122.4	1,125.4	1,134.1	1,175.0	1,171.0	1,167.9
	Unemployed	72.9	79.0	71.5	78.1	82.0	83.8	71.3
	Student	242.6	214.9	236.0	240.4	224.0	217.2	241.2
	Home duties	217.6	213.5	202.3	202.1	185.4	190.5	182.8
	Retired	331.6	353.6	354.9	352.8	358.8	366.5	369.2
	Others	150.0	158.9	163.4	160.7	155.2	159.6	170.6
	Total females	2,092.3	2,142.3	2,153.5	2,168.2	2,180.3	2,188.6	2,203.0

All persons
	At work	2,340.7	2,440.3	2,436.3	2,448.8	2,504.5	2,506.1	2,511.3
	Unemployed	168.4	160.7	149.0	158.9	166.6	172.1	149.3
	Student	466.2	426.1	458.1	470.4	443.4	432.4	463.6
	Home duties	233.5	224.0	214.4	214.7	197.3	201.6	193.3
	Retired	631.9	670.8	674.6	671.9	678.5	685.6	690.9
	Others	271.6	279.6	289.7	287.3	279.6	293.0	310.2
	Total persons	4,112.2	4,201.3	4,222.1	4,252.0	4,270.0	4,290.7	4,318.6
Note: The Principal Economic Status (PES) classification is based on a respondent's own subjective assessment - see Background Notes.
¹ 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

	Q4 20	Q4 21	Q4 22	Q3 23¹	Q4 23
Civil Service	45.2	44.8	45.3	45.8	:
Defence	9.0	8.9	9.3	9.7	:
Garda Siochána	14.6	14.6	14.2	14.3	:
Education	112.0	113.3	111.3	110.2	:
Regional bodies	34.9	35.3	35.6	37.7	:
Health	142.2	152.3	171.9	163.2	:
Total Public Sector excluding Semi-State bodies	357.8	369.2	387.7	380.9	:

Semi-State bodies	57.2	57.0	59.5	61.8	:

Total Public Sector including Semi-State bodies	415.0	426.2	447.2	442.7	:

Total Private Sector	1,463.1	1,633.2	1,674.2	1,736.7	:
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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