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Live Register July 2025

The seasonally adjusted Live Register rose by 0.7% to 169,600 people in July 2025

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CSO statistical release, 08 August 2025, 11am

Key Findings

The seasonally adjusted Live Register total for July 2025 was 169,600 people, up by 1,100 people or 0.7% from June 2025.
The unadjusted Live Register total stood at 185,627 people for July 2025, of which 52.0% were male and 73.0% were Irish.
The 25-34 years age group made up the largest number of those on the Live Register in July 2025 at 44,446 people or 23.9% 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 July 2025 were Dublin (+5.6%) and Kildare (+2.8%), while the largest decreases were in Kerry (-13.7%) and Clare (-9.5%).
In July 2025 there were 129,347 people on the Live Register for less than one year, which was 7,238 more people (+5.6%) than in July 2024.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (08 August 2025) published results from the Live Register for July 2025.

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

“The unadjusted Live Register total for July 2025 was 185,627. When seasonal effects are considered, the seasonally adjusted Live Register total for July 2025 was 169,600 or 1,100 more people than June 2025.

There were 12,278 people benefitting from the EU's Temporary Protection Directive included in the Live Register figures for July 2025, an increase of 215 people from June 2025.

The counties that recorded the largest percentage decreases in numbers on the Live Register in the 12 months to July 2025 were Kerry, down 936 people (-13.7%) and Clare, down 420 people (-9.5%). The counties that recorded the largest percentage increases were Dublin, up 2,602 people (+5.6%), and Kildare, up 196 people (+2.8%)- (See PxStat Table LRM15).

The number of people on the Live Register for one year or more in July 2025 was 56,280, which was 7,579 fewer people (-11.9%) July 2024. There were 129,347 people on the Live Register for less than one year, which was 69.7% 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 July 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 increased by 0.7% to 169,600 over the month to July 2025

Persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted
	Live Register Total	Seasonally Adjusted
July 2024	185,968	170,700
June 2025	172,663	168,500
July 2025	185,627	169,600

Change in month	..	1,100
Change in year	-341	..

Open in Excel: Live Register July 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 July 2025 were Kerry (-13.7%) and Clare (-9.5%)

The number of Jobseeker's Allowance claims decreased by 5.2% (-6,327) in July 2025 compared with 12 months earlier

The number of Jobseeker’s Benefit claims decreased by 27.0% (-14,085) in July 2025 compared with 12 months earlier.

The number of Jobseeker’s Pay Related Benefit claims recorded in July 2025 was 21,683. Jobseeker’s Pay Related Benefit is a new scheme introduced on 31 March 2025 – see editors' note.

The number of persons on the Live Register for one year or more in July 2025 was 56,280 - down 7,579 (-11.9%) from a year earlier

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

22,743

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

This cohort accounted for 12.3% of all claimants.

Source: CSO Ireland, Live Register July 2025

Persons between the ages of 25 and 54 accounted for two-thirds of those on the Live Register in July 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	July	22,673	5,859	16,814	3,536	29,401	10,288	19,113	2,859	52,074	16,147	35,927	6,395
	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
JA Applications
2024	July	69,470	4,906	64,564	4,796	52,404	5,059	47,345	3,897	121,874	9,965	111,909	8,693
	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
Other Registrants
2024	July	3,415	102	3,313	139	8,605	370	8,235	298	12,020	472	11,548	437
	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
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
All Schemes
2024	July	95,558	10,867	84,691	8,471	90,410	15,717	74,693	7,054	185,968	26,584	159,384	15,525
	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
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 July 2025 Table 3 (XLS 42KB)

There were 31,516 persons availing of activation programmes in June 2025, representing a decrease of 896 persons (-2.8%) from the previous year

Data up to the end of June 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.

12,278

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

Source: CSO Ireland, Live Register July 2025

63.8% of those benefitting from TPD in July 2025 were female (7,832). 88.6% (10,880) 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 (Ukraine)

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	July	98,781	96,005	194,786	96,000	83,900	179,900
	August	97,613	88,504	186,117	95,200	83,000	178,200
	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	94,800	78,800	173,600
	December	94,670	78,333	173,003	94,500	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	94,700	79,500	174,300
	March	94,711	78,685	173,396	94,700	80,800	175,400
	April	92,963	76,534	169,497	94,200	80,400	174,600
	May	92,479	75,927	168,406	93,700	79,400	173,100
	June	93,165	81,744	174,909	92,900	78,200	171,100
	July	95,558	90,410	185,968	92,500	78,200	170,700
	August	94,744	83,124	177,868	92,200	77,500	169,700
	September	90,014	72,841	162,855	91,100	76,400	167,500
	October	89,486	74,290	163,776	92,100	76,300	168,400
	November	88,130	70,137	158,267	90,300	72,000	162,400
	December	90,702	74,104	164,806	90,700	75,100	165,800

2025	January	92,483	72,752	165,235	91,000	74,800	165,800
	February	91,739	73,568	165,307	90,800	74,800	165,700
	March	89,677	70,189	159,866	90,200	74,200	164,400
	April	91,433	76,527	167,960	92,500	78,800	171,300
	May	90,848	71,421	162,269	91,900	74,800	166,800
	June	93,407	79,256	172,663	92,900	75,600	168,500
	July	96,591	89,036	185,627	93,300	76,300	169,600
¹ Table contains revised figures.

Table 2 Persons on the Live Register classified by Duration of Continuous Registration
Duration	July 2024	June 2025	July 2025	Monthly change	Annual change	Under 25 years	25 years & over
Males
Less than one year	60,525	60,512	63,670	+3,158	+3,145	9,500	54,170
One year or more	35,033	32,895	32,921	+26	-2,112	2,390	30,531
Total	95,558	93,407	96,591	+3,184	+1,033	11,890	84,701

Females
Less than one year	61,584	55,927	65,677	9,750	+4,093	8,996	56,681
One year or more	28,826	23,329	23,359	+30	-5,467	1,857	21,502
Total	90,410	79,256	89,036	+9,780	-1,374	10,853	78,183

All Persons
Less than one year	122,109	116,439	129,347	+12,908	+7,238	18,496	110,851
One year or more	63,859	56,224	56,280	+56	-7,579	4,247	52,033
Total	185,968	172,663	185,627	+12,964	-341	22,743	162,884

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	July	6,132	2,912	15,605	32,106	56,755	138,031	194,786
	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

Table 5 Persons benefitting from the Temporary Protection Directive (Ukraine)
Category	April 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025
Males
Under 25 years	613	628	636	690
25 years & over	3,888	3,758	3,716	3,756
Total	4,501	4,386	4,352	4,446

Females
Under 25 years	649	641	641	708
25 years & over	7,289	7,032	7,070	7,124
Total	7,938	7,673	7,711	7,832

All Persons
Under 25 years	1,262	1,269	1,277	1,398
25 years & over	11,177	10,790	10,786	10,880
Total	12,439	12,059	12,063	12,278

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