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Monthly Unemployment April 2024

The Monthly Unemployment rate for April 2024 was 4.4%, up 0.3 percentage points from the previous month

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CSO statistical publication, 01 May 2024, 11am

Key Findings

In April 2024, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.4%, up from a revised rate of 4.1% in March 2024. On an annual basis, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in April 2024 from 4.1% in April 2023
Breaking down the results, the Monthly Unemployment rate in April 2024 was 4.1% for males, up from the revised rate of 3.9% in March 2024 and down from 4.3% in April 2023.
The Monthly Unemployment rate in April 2024 rose to 4.7% for females from the revised rate of 4.3% in March 2024, and up from a revised rate of 3.9% in April 2023.
In terms of age, the Monthly Unemployment rate for people aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate) increased to 10.6%, from a revised rate of 9.2% in March 2024.
The Monthly Unemployment rate for people aged 25-74 years increased from a revised rate of 3.4% in March 2024 to 3.5% in April 2024.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (01 May 2024) issued Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for April 2024.

Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said: “The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2024 (for all people aged 15-74 years) was up to 4.4%, from the rate of 4.1% recorded in March 2024 and up from 4.1% in April 2023. In April 2024, the unemployment rate for males was 4.1%, and 4.7% for females.

The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 124,200 in April 2024, compared with 115,400 in March 2024. There was an increase of 9,900 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in April 2024 when compared with a year earlier.

The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed males rose to 60,400 in April 2024, compared with 57,800 in March 2024. The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed females increased by 6,200 over the month to April 2024 from 57,600 to 63,800.”

Editor's Note

The methodology for the Monthly Unemployment Estimates involves forecasting the number of persons who are unemployed using the trend in the recipient Live Register series. The Department of Social Protection is providing Working Age Income supports to people arriving in Ireland from Ukraine under the Temporary Protection Directive. The Live Register series includes recipients of these supports who have met the relevant criteria. This has impacted on the numbers of unemployed, primarily females, in these monthly estimates.

The dates in the text box below relating to benchmarking periods were corrected post-publication on 2 May 2024. 'Q4 2023' was corrected to 'Q1 2024' and 'December 2023' was corrected to 'March 2024'.

Data in this release are subject to revision based on updates to the seasonally adjusted series whenever new monthly data are added. In addition, it should be noted that larger revisions can occur when the most recent Labour Force Survey (LFS) data are included in the calculation process.

The Monthly Unemployment Estimates published today for April 2024 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q1 2024 for the monthly estimates up to March 2024. The estimates for April 2024 have been forecasted. Forecasted figures are subject to revision.

Headline Table and Graph

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
April 2023	114,300	4.1
March 2024	115,400	4.1
April 2024	124,200	4.4
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	8,800	0.3
Change in year	9,900	0.3

Open in Excel: Monthly Unemployment April 2024 Headline Table (XLS 10KB)

Tables

Table 1a Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - all persons aged 15-74 years

Table 1b Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 15-24 years

Table 1c Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 25-74 years

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Table 1a Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - All persons aged 15-74 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2022	April	64,800	57,300	122,000	4.5	4.5	4.5
	May	59,200	52,100	111,300	4.1	4.1	4.1
	June	57,800	53,900	111,700	4.0	4.3	4.1
	July	58,600	54,700	113,200	4.1	4.4	4.2
	August	58,300	58,400	116,700	4.0	4.7	4.3
	September	58,700	56,700	115,400	4.1	4.5	4.3
	October	60,600	59,700	120,300	4.2	4.7	4.4
	November	62,100	59,700	121,800	4.3	4.7	4.5
	December	61,900	56,600	118,400	4.3	4.4	4.3

2023	January	63,400	52,700	116,100	4.3	4.1	4.2
	February	64,200	51,000	115,100	4.4	3.9	4.2
	March	63,700	50,900	114,600	4.4	3.9	4.1
	April	63,100	51,200	114,300	4.3	3.9	4.1
	May	62,200	51,100	113,300	4.3	3.9	4.1
	June	65,600	53,700	119,300	4.5	4.1	4.3
	July	66,100	54,600	120,700	4.5	4.1	4.3
	August	67,200	56,500	123,700	4.6	4.3	4.4
	September	68,200	60,700	129,000	4.6	4.6	4.6
	October	65,600	61,300	126,900	4.4	4.6	4.5
	November	63,200	61,800	125,100	4.3	4.7	4.4
	December	63,600	62,400	126,000	4.3	4.7	4.5

2024	January	65,200	63,000	128,200	4.4	4.7	4.5
	February	59,400	58,200	117,600	4.0	4.4	4.2
	March	57,800	57,600	115,400	3.9	4.3	4.1
	April	60,400	63,800	124,200	4.1	4.7	4.4

Table 1b Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 15-24 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2022	April	18,200	14,500	32,700	10.1	8.4	9.3
	May	18,300	14,200	32,500	10.3	8.3	9.3
	June	19,200	16,300	35,500	10.8	9.7	10.3
	July	19,300	17,400	36,800	11.0	10.8	10.9
	August	18,600	18,400	37,100	10.7	11.7	11.2
	September	18,900	18,600	37,500	10.9	11.7	11.3
	October	18,900	18,300	37,200	10.8	11.2	11.0
	November	19,400	18,100	37,400	11.1	10.8	10.9
	December	18,500	17,000	35,500	10.5	10.1	10.3

2023	January	18,500	16,700	35,200	10.4	9.8	10.1
	February	19,400	16,200	35,500	10.6	9.4	10.0
	March	19,600	16,500	36,100	10.8	9.5	10.2
	April	19,300	17,000	36,200	10.7	9.7	10.2
	May	18,000	16,900	34,900	10.0	9.6	9.8
	June	19,200	18,200	37,400	10.6	10.3	10.5
	July	19,900	18,500	38,400	11.0	10.5	10.7
	August	20,800	19,200	40,000	11.3	11.0	11.2
	September	21,700	22,100	43,800	11.7	12.3	12.0
	October	19,700	21,500	41,200	10.5	11.9	11.2
	November	19,000	21,400	40,400	10.1	11.8	10.9
	December	19,800	21,900	41,700	10.4	11.9	11.2

2024	January	21,800	21,700	43,400	11.4	11.8	11.6
	February	19,400	17,700	37,100	10.3	9.8	10.1
	March	17,400	15,800	33,200	9.4	9.0	9.2
	April	18,800	20,400	39,200	10.1	11.2	10.6

Table 1c Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 25-74 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2022	April	46,600	42,700	89,400	3.7	3.9	3.8
	May	40,900	37,900	78,800	3.2	3.5	3.4
	June	38,600	37,500	76,100	3.1	3.4	3.2
	July	39,200	37,200	76,500	3.1	3.4	3.2
	August	39,700	39,900	79,600	3.1	3.7	3.4
	September	39,800	38,100	77,900	3.1	3.5	3.3
	October	41,700	41,300	83,100	3.3	3.7	3.5
	November	42,700	41,700	84,400	3.4	3.8	3.5
	December	43,400	39,600	83,000	3.4	3.5	3.5

2023	January	44,800	36,100	80,900	3.5	3.2	3.4
	February	44,800	34,800	79,600	3.5	3.1	3.3
	March	44,100	34,300	78,400	3.4	3.0	3.2
	April	43,800	34,300	78,100	3.4	3.0	3.2
	May	44,200	34,200	78,500	3.5	3.0	3.2
	June	46,400	35,600	82,000	3.6	3.1	3.4
	July	46,200	36,100	82,300	3.6	3.2	3.4
	August	46,400	37,300	83,700	3.6	3.3	3.4
	September	46,500	38,600	85,200	3.6	3.4	3.5
	October	45,900	39,800	85,700	3.5	3.5	3.5
	November	44,300	40,400	84,700	3.4	3.5	3.5
	December	43,800	40,500	84,300	3.4	3.5	3.4

2024	January	43,400	41,300	84,700	3.3	3.6	3.5
	February	39,900	40,600	80,500	3.1	3.5	3.3
	March	40,400	41,700	82,200	3.1	3.6	3.4
	April	41,600	43,400	85,000	3.2	3.7	3.5

Monthly Unemployment April 2024