The seasonally adjusted Live Register total for September 2025 was 169,300 people, up by 100 people from August 2025.
The unadjusted Live Register total stood at 165,243 people for September 2025, of which 55.8% were male and 71.5% were Irish.
The 25-34 years age group made up the largest number of those on the Live Register in September 2025 at 39,838 people or 24.1% 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 September 2025 were Dublin (+9.6%) and Kildare (+5.6%), while the largest decreases were in Galway (-6.1%) and Monaghan (-5.7%).
In September 2025, there were 110,672 people on the Live Register for less than one year, which was 5,769 more people (+5.5%) than in September 2024.
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 September 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.
Persons on the Live Register - Unadjusted and Seasonally Adjusted | ||
Live Register Total | Seasonally Adjusted | |
September 2024 | 162,855 | 166,800 |
August 2025 | 177,600 | 169,200 |
September 2025 | 165,243 | 169,300 |
Change in month | .. | 100 |
Change in year | 2,388 | .. |
The number of Jobseeker’s Benefit claims decreased by 54.1% (-21,211) in September 2025 compared with 12 months earlier.
The number of Jobseeker’s Pay Related Benefit claims recorded in September 2025 was 27,221.
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 September 2025.
Data up to the end of August 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.
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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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (03 October 2025) published results from the Live Register for September 2025
Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said:
“The unadjusted Live Register total for September 2025 was 165,243. When seasonal effects are considered, the seasonally adjusted Live Register total for September 2025 was 169,300 or 100 more people than August 2025.
There were 11,589 people benefitting from the EU's Temporary Protection Directive included in the Live Register figures for September 2025, which was 603 fewer people than August 2025.
The counties that recorded the largest percentage decreases in numbers on the Live Register in the 12 months to September 2025 were Galway, down 487 people (-6.1%) and Monaghan, down 110 people (-5.7%). The counties that recorded the largest percentage increases were Dublin, up 4,073 people (+9.6%), and Kildare, up 348 people (+5.6%)- (See PxStat Table LRM15).
The number of people on the Live Register for one year or more in September 2025 was 54,571 which was 3,381 fewer people (-5.8%) than in September 2024. There were 110,672 people on the Live Register for less than one year, which was 67.0% of the total number of people on the Live Register.”