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Monthly Unemployment January 2023

The Monthly Unemployment rate for January 2023 was 4.4%

Online ISSN: 2009-8456

CSO statistical publication, 01 February 2023, 11am

Key Findings

In January 2023 the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was:

Down to 4.1% for males from a revised rate of 4.2% in December 2022, and down from a revised rate of 4.8% in January 2022.
Unchanged at 4.7% for females from the December 2022 revised rate, and down from a rate of 5.0% in January 2022.
Up to 10.4% for persons aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate) from a revised rate of 10.2% in December 2022.
Down to 3.5% for persons aged 25-74 years from a revised rate of 3.6% in December 2022.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (01 February 2023) issued Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for January 2023.

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

“The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January 2023 (for all persons aged 15-74 years) was unchanged at 4.4% from the December 2022 revised rate and down from a rate of 4.9% in January 2022. The rate of 4.4% in January 2023 was lower than the pre-pandemic level of 4.8% recorded in January 2020. In January 2023 the unemployment rate for males was 4.1% and for females was 4.7%.

The seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed was 118,300 in January 2023, compared with 119,100 in December 2022. There was a decrease of 10,300 in the seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed in January 2023 when compared with a year earlier.

The seasonally adjusted number of males unemployed fell to 58,700 in January 2023, compared with 60,000 in December 2022. In January 2023 the seasonally adjusted number of females unemployed increased to 59,600, compared with 59,200 in December 2022.”

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.

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 January 2023 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q4 2022 for the monthly estimates up to December 2022 while the estimates for January 2023 have been forecasted.

Headline Table and Graph

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
January 2022	128,600	4.9
December 2022	119,100	4.4
January 2023	118,300	4.4
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	-800	0.0
Change in year	-10,300	-0.5

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Tables

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

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

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
2021	January	86,400	75,600	162,000	6.7	6.8	6.8
	February	92,200	83,300	175,500	7.2	7.5	7.3
	March	97,500	88,000	185,400	7.5	7.8	7.6
	April	101,800	86,400	188,200	7.6	7.5	7.6
	May	97,900	79,800	177,700	7.3	6.9	7.1
	June	90,700	73,200	163,900	6.7	6.2	6.5
	July	82,300	69,000	151,300	6.0	5.7	5.9
	August	75,900	66,400	142,300	5.5	5.5	5.5
	September	73,800	63,100	136,800	5.3	5.2	5.3
	October	73,000	64,100	137,100	5.3	5.2	5.2
	November	72,300	64,500	136,800	5.2	5.2	5.2
	December	69,900	62,300	132,200	5.0	5.1	5.0

2022	January	67,200	61,400	128,600	4.8	5.0	4.9
	February	63,400	59,200	122,600	4.6	4.8	4.7
	March	69,200	62,500	131,700	4.9	5.0	5.0
	April	64,900	56,900	121,800	4.6	4.5	4.6
	May	60,700	51,500	112,200	4.3	4.1	4.2
	June	58,900	53,300	112,200	4.2	4.3	4.2
	July	58,300	54,200	112,500	4.1	4.4	4.3
	August	58,300	57,300	115,600	4.1	4.7	4.4
	September	58,900	56,400	115,200	4.2	4.6	4.4
	October	60,500	58,300	118,700	4.3	4.7	4.5
	November	61,200	59,300	120,400	4.3	4.7	4.5
	December	60,000	59,200	119,100	4.2	4.7	4.4

2023	January	58,700	59,600	118,300	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
2021	January	17,000	24,700	41,700	12.7	19.3	15.9
	February	21,000	26,800	47,900	15.1	20.3	17.6
	March	26,100	28,300	54,400	17.8	20.6	19.2
	April	31,700	29,500	61,200	20.4	20.7	20.6
	May	30,500	26,600	57,100	19.0	18.1	18.6
	June	27,300	23,100	50,400	16.4	15.0	15.7
	July	23,100	19,400	42,500	13.3	11.9	12.6
	August	20,000	17,600	37,500	11.3	10.5	10.9
	September	20,400	17,600	38,000	11.5	10.3	10.9
	October	21,500	20,100	41,600	12.2	11.6	11.9
	November	21,400	21,300	42,700	12.3	12.1	12.2
	December	18,700	19,700	38,400	10.8	11.3	11.0

2022	January	14,000	18,000	31,900	8.0	10.4	9.2
	February	12,800	15,600	28,400	7.3	9.0	8.1
	March	15,400	14,600	30,000	8.6	8.4	8.5
	April	18,700	14,200	32,900	10.3	8.0	9.1
	May	19,400	14,100	33,500	10.7	8.0	9.4
	June	20,000	16,400	36,400	11.1	9.6	10.4
	July	19,800	18,000	37,800	11.2	11.0	11.1
	August	19,200	19,100	38,300	11.0	12.1	11.5
	September	19,400	19,000	38,400	11.1	12.0	11.5
	October	18,300	18,000	36,300	10.4	11.1	10.8
	November	18,200	17,600	35,800	10.4	10.5	10.4
	December	18,200	17,300	35,500	10.3	10.1	10.2

2023	January	18,600	18,100	36,700	10.2	10.5	10.4

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
2021	January	69,400	50,800	120,300	6.0	5.2	5.7
	February	71,200	56,500	127,600	6.2	5.7	6.0
	March	71,400	59,600	131,000	6.2	6.0	6.1
	April	70,000	57,000	127,000	6.0	5.6	5.8
	May	67,400	53,200	120,600	5.7	5.2	5.5
	June	63,400	50,100	113,500	5.3	4.9	5.1
	July	59,200	49,600	108,900	5.0	4.8	4.9
	August	55,900	48,900	104,800	4.7	4.7	4.7
	September	53,400	45,400	98,800	4.4	4.3	4.4
	October	51,600	44,000	95,600	4.3	4.2	4.2
	November	50,900	43,200	94,100	4.2	4.1	4.1
	December	51,200	42,700	93,800	4.2	4.0	4.1

2022	January	53,200	43,400	96,600	4.4	4.1	4.2
	February	50,600	43,600	94,200	4.2	4.1	4.1
	March	53,800	47,900	101,700	4.4	4.4	4.4
	April	46,200	42,700	88,900	3.8	4.0	3.9
	May	41,300	37,400	78,700	3.4	3.5	3.4
	June	38,900	36,900	75,800	3.2	3.4	3.3
	July	38,500	36,200	74,700	3.1	3.4	3.2
	August	39,100	38,200	77,300	3.2	3.6	3.4
	September	39,400	37,400	76,800	3.2	3.5	3.3
	October	42,100	40,300	82,400	3.4	3.7	3.5
	November	42,900	41,700	84,600	3.5	3.8	3.6
	December	41,800	41,900	83,700	3.4	3.8	3.6

2023	January	40,100	41,400	81,600	3.2	3.8	3.5

Monthly Unemployment January 2023