Labour Force Survey Quarter 4 2025
Key Labour Market Indicators
Persons in employment = 2,833,100
Annual Change + 2.0%
Persons unemployed = 128,200
Annual Change +10.4%
Actual hours worked per week = 88.1 million hours
Annual Change + 2.9%
Extent working from home (‘000)
Persons never working from home exceed pre-Pandemic level for the first time:
Q4 2019 1,861
Q4 2020 1,430
Q4 2021 1,598
Q4 2022 1,706
Q4 2023 1,762
Q4 2024 1,791
Q4 2025 1,866
