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Live Register August 2025

The seasonally adjusted Live Register fell by 0.3% to 168,600 people in August 2025

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CSO statistical release, 09 September 2025, 11am

Key Findings

The seasonally adjusted Live Register total for August 2025 was 168,600 people, down by 500 people or 0.3% from July 2025.
The unadjusted Live Register total stood at 177,600 people for August 2025, of which 53.8% were male and 72.3% were Irish.
The 25-34 years age group made up the largest number of those on the Live Register in August 2025 at 43,214 people or 24.3% of the total.
The counties that recorded the largest percentage increases in the number of people on the Live Register in the 12 months to August 2025 were Dublin (+7.7%) and Kildare (+5.5%), while the largest decreases were in Kerry (-12.1%) and Donegal (-8.0%).
In August 2025, there were 121,518 people on the Live Register for less than one year, which was 5,862 more people (+5.1%) than in August 2024.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (09 September 2025) published results from the Live Register for August 2025.

Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said:

“The unadjusted Live Register total for August 2025 was 177,600. When seasonal effects are considered, the seasonally adjusted Live Register total for August 2025 was 168,600 or 500 fewer people than July 2025.

There were 12,192 people benefitting from the EU's Temporary Protection Directive included in the Live Register figures for August 2025, which was 86 fewer people than in July 2025.

The counties that recorded the largest percentage decreases in numbers on the Live Register in the 12 months to August 2025 were Kerry, down 779 people (-12.1%) and Donegal, down 674 people (-8.0%). The counties that recorded the largest percentage increases were Dublin, up 3,469 people (+7.7%), and Kildare, up 365 people (+5.5%) - (See PxStat Table LRM15).

The number of people on the Live Register for one year or more in August 2025 was 56,082 which was 6,130 fewer people (-9.9%) than in August 2024. There were 121,518 people on the Live Register for less than one year, which was 68.4% of the total number of people on the Live Register.”

Editor's Note

Data in this release are subject to revision based on updates to the seasonally adjusted series whenever new monthly data are added, such revisions are typically very minor in scale. It should be noted that larger revisions can occur when the comprehensive annual review of the seasonal adjustment model is carried out in January of each year. See Background Notes for further details.

The August 2025 Live Register includes claims for the new Jobseeker’s Pay Related Benefit (PRB) scheme. The scheme was introduced on Monday 31 March 2025 for persons who became fully unemployed on or after that date. Pay Related Benefit data for April 2025 is now available and Jobseeker’s Benefit data for April 2025 has been revised. Figures by type of Social Welfare Scheme are available on PxStat Tables LRM01 and LRM18.

The seasonally adjusted Live Register decreased by 0.3% to 168,600 over the month to August 2025

Persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
	Live Register Total	Seasonally Adjusted
August 2024	177,868	169,400
July 2025	185,627	169,100
August 2025	177,600	168,600

Change in month	..	-500
Change in year	-268	..

Open in Excel: Live Register August 2025 Headline Table (XLS 32KB)

Table 1 Persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted

The counties that saw the largest percentage decrease in the number of persons on the Live Register in the 12 months to August 2025 were Kerry (-12.1%) and Donegal (-8.0%)

The number of Jobseeker's Allowance claims decreased by 4.5% (-5,445) in August 2025 compared with 12 months earlier

The number of Jobseeker’s Benefit claims decreased by 40.3% (-18,324) in August 2025 compared with 12 months earlier.

The number of Jobseeker’s Pay Related Benefit claims recorded in August 2025 was 25,193.

Jobseeker’s Pay Related Benefit is a new scheme introduced on 31 March 2025, which has contributed to a reduction in the number of Jobseeker’s Benefit claims year on year to August 2025.

The number of persons on the Live Register for one year or more in August 2025 was 56,082 - down 6,130 (-9.9%) from a year earlier

Table 2 Persons on the Live Register classified by Duration of Continuous Registration

22,746

people under the age of 25 were on the Live Register in August 2025

This cohort accounted for 12.8% of all claimants.

Source: CSO Ireland, Live Register August 2025

Persons between the ages of 25 and 54 accounted for two-thirds of those on the Live Register in August 2025

Table 3 Summary of flows on and off the Live Register

Table 3 Summary of flows on and off the Live Register¹
		Males				Females				All Claimants
		Total	Joined	Stayed	Left	Total	Joined	Stayed	Left	Total	Joined	Stayed	Left
JB Claims
2024	August	22,040	5,618	16,422	5,520	23,455	5,131	18,324	10,469	45,495	10,749	34,746	15,989
	September	20,580	4,496	16,084	5,301	18,617	3,990	14,627	8,413	39,197	8,486	30,711	13,714
	October	21,246	6,474	14,772	4,988	21,210	7,668	13,542	4,454	42,456	14,142	28,314	9,442
	November	20,525	4,549	15,976	4,622	18,098	3,792	14,306	6,489	38,623	8,341	30,282	11,111
	December	22,403	5,172	17,231	2,640	21,414	6,115	15,299	2,359	43,817	11,287	32,530	4,999

2025	January	22,916	6,169	16,747	4,911	19,707	5,016	14,691	6,205	42,623	11,185	31,438	11,116
	February	22,479	4,814	17,665	4,513	20,866	5,282	15,584	3,717	43,345	10,096	33,249	8,230
	March	21,340	3,936	17,404	4,458	18,267	3,205	15,062	5,276	39,607	7,141	32,466	9,734
	April	23,189	6,655	16,534	4,187	23,992	9,421	14,571	3,235	47,181	16,076	31,105	7,422
	May	15,849	2,003	13,846	5,280	14,707	2,060	12,647	8,612	30,556	4,063	26,493	13,892
	June	14,890	2,344	12,546	2,659	18,586	6,655	11,931	2,294	33,476	8,999	24,477	4,953
	July	14,205	2,935	11,270	2,785	23,784	8,448	15,336	2,637	37,989	11,383	26,606	5,422
	August	11,254	1,129	10,125	3,322	15,917	1,487	14,430	8,778	27,171	2,616	24,555	12,100
JA Applications
2024	August	69,336	5,409	63,927	6,230	51,168	4,526	46,642	6,227	120,504	9,935	110,569	12,457
	September	66,357	4,735	61,622	8,335	46,563	3,704	42,859	8,670	112,920	8,439	104,481	17,005
	October	65,231	5,148	60,083	7,034	45,525	4,537	40,988	6,083	110,756	9,685	101,071	13,117
	November	64,606	4,349	60,257	5,581	44,559	3,490	41,069	4,799	109,165	7,839	101,326	10,380
	December	65,278	3,797	61,481	3,739	45,176	3,191	41,985	2,962	110,454	6,988	103,466	6,701

2025	January	66,583	5,516	61,067	4,926	45,673	4,203	41,470	4,193	112,256	9,719	102,537	9,119
	February	66,287	4,385	61,902	5,367	45,372	3,495	41,877	4,127	111,659	7,880	103,779	9,494
	March	65,374	3,932	61,442	5,419	44,678	2,958	41,720	4,110	110,052	6,890	103,162	9,529
	April	65,299	4,334	60,965	5,032	45,274	3,850	41,424	3,696	110,573	8,184	102,389	8,728
	May	65,539	5,803	59,736	6,382	45,040	4,732	40,308	5,462	110,579	10,535	100,044	11,844
	June	66,334	5,178	61,156	4,984	46,902	5,244	41,658	3,806	113,236	10,422	102,814	8,790
	July	66,986	5,605	61,381	5,730	48,561	5,875	42,686	4,740	115,547	11,480	104,067	10,470
	August	67,041	4,456	62,585	5,226	48,018	3,786	44,232	4,897	115,059	8,242	106,817	10,123
Other Registrants
2024	August	3,368	125	3,243	215	8,501	314	8,187	562	11,869	439	11,430	777
	September	3,077	92	2,985	413	7,661	158	7,503	1,056	10,738	250	10,488	1,469
	October	3,009	139	2,870	265	7,555	333	7,222	554	10,564	472	10,092	819
	November	2,999	97	2,902	149	7,480	195	7,285	341	10,479	292	10,187	490
	December	3,021	85	2,936	105	7,514	203	7,311	219	10,535	288	10,247	324

2025	January	2,984	90	2,894	156	7,372	164	7,208	338	10,356	254	10,102	494
	February	2,973	69	2,904	130	7,330	139	7,191	258	10,303	208	10,095	388
	March	2,963	83	2,880	138	7,244	141	7,103	295	10,207	224	9,983	433
	April	2,945	81	2,864	144	7,261	218	7,043	281	10,206	299	9,907	425
	May	2,889	76	2,813	171	7,112	153	6,959	377	10,001	229	9,772	548
	June	2,873	86	2,787	137	7,234	254	6,980	219	10,107	340	9,767	356
	July	2,930	114	2,816	138	7,478	345	7,133	235	10,408	459	9,949	373
	August	2,909	101	2,808	153	7,268	162	7,106	449	10,177	263	9,914	602
Pay Related Benefit ²
2025	April	3,093	3,019	74	..	2,045	2,004	41	..	5,138	5,023	115	..
	May	6,571	4,060	2,511	624	4,562	2,874	1,688	390	11,133	6,934	4,199	1,014
	June	9,310	3,749	5,561	1,017	6,534	2,696	3,838	696	15,844	6,445	9,399	1,713
	July	12,470	4,837	7,633	1,653	9,213	3,762	5,451	1,039	21,683	8,599	13,084	2,692
	August	14,403	3,957	10,446	1,926	10,790	3,034	7,756	1,388	25,193	6,991	18,202	3,314
All Schemes
2024	August	94,744	11,152	83,592	11,965	83,124	9,971	73,153	17,258	177,868	21,123	156,745	29,223
	September	90,014	9,323	80,691	14,049	72,841	7,852	64,989	18,139	162,855	17,175	145,680	32,188
	October	89,486	11,761	77,725	12,287	74,290	12,538	61,752	11,091	163,776	24,299	139,477	23,378
	November	88,130	8,995	79,135	10,352	70,137	7,477	62,660	11,629	158,267	16,472	141,795	21,981
	December	90,702	9,054	81,648	6,484	74,104	9,509	64,595	5,540	164,806	18,563	146,243	12,024

2025	January	92,483	11,775	80,708	9,993	72,752	9,383	63,369	10,736	165,235	21,158	144,077	20,729
	February	91,739	9,268	82,471	10,010	73,568	8,916	64,652	8,102	165,307	18,184	147,123	18,112
	March	89,677	7,951	81,726	10,015	70,189	6,304	63,885	9,681	159,866	14,255	145,611	19,696
	April	91,433	11,070	80,363	9,363	76,527	13,489	63,038	7,212	167,960	24,559	143,401	16,575
	May	90,848	11,942	78,906	12,457	71,421	9,819	61,602	14,841	162,269	21,761	140,508	27,298
	June	93,407	11,357	82,050	8,797	79,256	14,849	64,407	7,015	172,663	26,206	146,457	15,812
	July	96,591	13,491	83,100	10,306	89,036	18,430	70,606	8,651	185,627	31,921	153,706	18,957
	August	95,607	9,643	85,964	10,627	81,993	8,469	73,524	15,512	177,600	18,112	159,488	26,139
¹ Flow analysis: inflows and outflows published in this table do not take account of inter-scheme activity within the Live Register. For example, if a claimant exhausts his/her entitlement to JB and opens a new JA claim this is not counted as an outflow in JB and an inflow in JA.
² The Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit (PRB) Scheme was introduced on Monday 31 March 2025 for persons who became fully unemployed on or after that date.
.. indicates no value for a cell in this month.

Open in Excel: Live Register August 2025 Table 3 (XLS 42KB)

There were 30,769 persons availing of activation programmes in July 2025, representing a decrease of 910 persons (-2.9%) from the previous year

Data up to the end of July 2025 on the number of persons availing of a range of programmes targeted primarily at the long-term unemployed (over 12 months) and other welfare recipients is provided in PxStat table LRM14.

Persons on activation programmes are not counted as part of the monthly Live Register.

12,192

people benefitting from the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) included in the Live Register figures for August 2025.

Source: CSO Ireland, Live Register August 2025

63.6% of those benefitting from TPD in August 2025 were female (7,759). 88.4% (10,783) of all recipients were over 25 years old

Table 4 Persons on the Live Register classified by Nationality Grouping

Table 5 Persons benefitting from the Temporary Protection Directive

Additional Live Register Information

Detailed tables relating to the monthly estimates of the number of persons on Live Register classified by NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions are included in the CSO Main Data Dissemination Service LRM17 on PxStat.

Table LRM13 on PxStat includes the Live Register occupational data which is sourced from information collected by the DSP on the most recent occupation of claimants when they sign on the Live Register.

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Table 1 Persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
		Unadjusted Series			Seasonally Adjusted Series¹
	Month	Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2023	August	97,613	88,504	186,117	95,200	82,900	178,100
	September	94,176	79,726	173,902	95,300	83,500	178,800
	October	92,726	76,985	169,711	95,200	79,100	174,300
	November	92,726	76,720	169,446	94,900	78,800	173,700
	December	94,670	78,333	173,003	94,600	79,100	173,600

2024	January	97,458	79,806	177,264	96,000	81,600	177,600
	February	95,643	78,339	173,982	94,800	79,600	174,400
	March	94,711	78,685	173,396	94,700	80,900	175,500
	April	92,963	76,534	169,497	94,200	80,600	174,800
	May	92,479	75,927	168,406	93,600	79,500	173,100
	June	93,165	81,744	174,909	92,700	78,300	171,100
	July	95,558	90,410	185,968	92,400	78,100	170,400
	August	94,744	83,124	177,868	92,200	77,200	169,400
	September	90,014	72,841	162,855	91,200	76,300	167,500
	October	89,486	74,290	163,776	92,200	76,200	168,500
	November	88,130	70,137	158,267	90,400	72,000	162,500
	December	90,702	74,104	164,806	90,800	75,100	165,900

2025	January	92,483	72,752	165,235	91,000	74,900	165,900
	February	91,739	73,568	165,307	90,900	74,900	165,800
	March	89,677	70,189	159,866	90,200	74,400	164,500
	April	91,433	76,527	167,960	92,400	79,000	171,500
	May	90,848	71,421	162,269	91,800	74,900	166,800
	June	93,407	79,256	172,663	92,700	75,700	168,400
	July	96,591	89,036	185,627	93,000	76,000	169,100
	August	95,607	81,993	177,600	92,800	75,700	168,600
¹ Table contains revised figures.

Table 2 Persons on the Live Register classified by Duration of Continuous Registration
Duration	August 2024	July 2025	August 2025	Monthly change	Annual change	Under 25 years	25 years & over
Males
Less than one year	59,896	63,670	62,754	-916	+2,858	9,678	53,076
One year or more	34,848	32,921	32,853	-68	-1,995	2,398	30,455
Total	94,744	96,591	95,607	-984	+863	12,076	83,531

Females
Less than one year	55,760	65,677	58,764	-6,913	+3,004	8,750	50,014
One year or more	27,364	23,359	23,229	-130	-4,135	1,920	21,309
Total	83,124	89,036	81,993	-7,043	-1,131	10,670	71,323

All Persons
Less than one year	115,656	129,347	121,518	-7,829	+5,862	18,428	103,090
One year or more	62,212	56,280	56,082	-198	-6,130	4,318	51,764
Total	177,868	185,627	177,600	-8,027	-268	22,746	154,854

Table 4 Persons on the Live Register classified by Nationality Grouping
		Nationality Grouping
		Non-Irish nationals
		United Kingdom	EU14_2020 excl. IRL	EU15-EU27_2020	Other	Non-Irish nationals	Irish nationals	All Persons
2023	August	5,823	2,869	15,029	32,191	55,912	130,205	186,117
	September	5,455	2,667	14,447	30,798	53,367	120,535	173,902
	October	5,401	2,608	14,240	30,283	52,532	117,179	169,711
	November	5,390	2,621	14,435	30,324	52,770	116,676	169,446
	December	5,430	2,779	14,858	30,990	54,057	118,946	173,003

2024	January	5,522	3,018	15,479	31,542	55,561	121,703	177,264
	February	5,434	2,977	15,189	31,154	54,754	119,228	173,982
	March	5,415	2,951	14,975	30,541	53,882	119,514	173,396
	April	5,324	2,936	14,761	29,494	52,515	116,982	169,497
	May	5,275	2,891	14,466	28,704	51,336	117,070	168,406
	June	5,472	2,996	14,565	28,527	51,560	123,349	174,909
	July	5,755	3,272	15,018	28,556	52,601	133,367	185,968
	August	5,542	3,158	14,465	27,833	50,998	126,870	177,868
	September	5,216	2,977	13,857	23,925	45,975	116,880	162,855
	October	5,275	2,990	14,121	23,062	45,448	118,328	163,776
	November	5,139	2,987	14,029	22,722	44,877	113,390	158,267
	December	5,302	3,200	14,544	22,991	46,037	118,769	164,806

2025	January	5,332	3,306	14,963	23,473	47,074	118,161	165,235
	February	5,352	3,273	14,921	23,368	46,914	118,393	165,307
	March	5,188	3,262	14,447	23,024	45,921	113,945	159,866
	April	5,363	3,457	14,755	23,240	46,815	121,145	167,960
	May	5,122	3,348	14,349	23,283	46,102	116,167	162,269
	June	5,424	3,552	14,864	24,300	48,140	124,523	172,663
	July	5,687	3,829	15,632	24,912	50,060	135,567	185,627
	August	5,417	3,788	15,132	24,788	49,125	128,475	177,600

Table 5 Persons benefitting from the Temporary Protection Directive
Category	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	August 2025
Males
Under 25 years	628	636	690	696
25 years & over	3,758	3,716	3,756	3,737
Total	4,386	4,352	4,446	4,433

Females
Under 25 years	641	641	708	713
25 years & over	7,032	7,070	7,124	7,046
Total	7,673	7,711	7,832	7,759

All Persons
Under 25 years	1,269	1,277	1,398	1,409
25 years & over	10,790	10,786	10,880	10,783
Total	12,059	12,063	12,278	12,192

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