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Monthly Unemployment July 2025

The Monthly Unemployment rate for July 2025 was 4.9%, up from 4.6% in June 2025

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CSO statistical release, 07 August 2025, 11am

Key Findings

In July 2025, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9%, which was up from a revised rate of 4.6% in June 2025. On an annual basis, the July 2025 unemployment rate of 4.9% was up from a revised rate of 4.5% in July 2024.
Breaking down the results by sex, the monthly unemployment rate in July 2025 was 5.0% for males, up from a revised rate of 4.8% in June 2025, and up from a revised rate of 4.3% recorded in July 2024.
The monthly unemployment rate in July 2025 was 4.7% for females, up from a revised rate of 4.3% in June 2025, and unchanged from the July 2024 rate.
In terms of age, the monthly unemployment rate for people aged 15-24 years (Youth Unemployment Rate) was 12.2%, up from a revised rate of 11.3% in June 2025.
The monthly unemployment rate for people aged 25-74 years was 3.8%, up from the revised rate of 3.6% in June 2025.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (07 August 2025) published Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for July 2025.

Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said: “The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for all people aged 15-74 years in July 2025 was 4.9%, an increase from 4.6% in June 2025, and up from 4.5% in July 2024. In July 2025, the unemployment rate for males was 5.0% and for females was 4.7%.

The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 143,100 in July 2025, compared with 134,500 in June 2025. There was an increase of 12,700 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in July 2025 when compared with July 2024.

The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed males rose to 78,200 in July 2025, compared with 75,100 in June 2025. The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed females in July 2025 was 64,900, up from 59,300 in June 2025.”

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.

From 9 September 2024 beneficiaries of EU’s Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) living in Designated Accommodation Centres no longer qualify for Jobseeker’s Allowance and thus are no longer enumerated on the Live Register – see Background Notes.

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 July 2025 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q2 2025 for the monthly estimates up to June 2025. The estimates for July 2025 have been forecasted. Forecasted figures are subject to revision.

Key Figures

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
July 2024	130,400	4.5
June 2025	134,500	4.6
July 2025	143,100	4.9
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	8,600	0.3
Change in year	12,700	0.4

Open in Excel: Monthly Unemployment July 2025 Headline Table (XLS 10KB)

Tables

Table 1a Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - 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 - persons aged 15-74 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2023	July	66,400	54,400	120,800	4.5	4.1	4.3
	August	67,300	54,500	121,800	4.6	4.1	4.4
	September	67,500	59,100	126,600	4.6	4.5	4.5
	October	65,200	61,300	126,600	4.4	4.6	4.5
	November	62,600	62,200	124,800	4.2	4.7	4.4
	December	63,400	62,200	125,600	4.3	4.7	4.5

2024	January	63,900	62,000	125,800	4.3	4.6	4.5
	February	60,300	57,700	117,900	4.1	4.3	4.2
	March	62,000	57,800	119,900	4.2	4.3	4.2
	April	65,000	59,200	124,200	4.4	4.4	4.4
	May	65,900	60,000	125,900	4.4	4.4	4.4
	June	65,800	60,400	126,200	4.4	4.4	4.4
	July	65,600	64,700	130,400	4.3	4.7	4.5
	August	60,100	57,600	117,700	4.0	4.2	4.1
	September	61,600	56,200	117,800	4.1	4.1	4.1
	October	66,000	54,200	120,200	4.4	4.0	4.2
	November	67,800	53,700	121,500	4.5	3.9	4.2
	December	72,400	56,900	129,200	4.7	4.2	4.5

2025	January	68,800	61,100	129,900	4.5	4.4	4.5
	February	67,500	63,000	130,500	4.4	4.5	4.5
	March	69,400	63,500	132,900	4.5	4.6	4.5
	April	72,100	62,500	134,500	4.7	4.5	4.6
	May	73,300	61,100	134,300	4.7	4.4	4.6
	June	75,100	59,300	134,500	4.8	4.3	4.6
	July	78,200	64,900	143,100	5.0	4.7	4.9

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
2023	July	19,800	18,600	38,400	11.0	10.6	10.8
	August	20,300	18,900	39,200	11.2	11.0	11.1
	September	20,700	21,400	42,100	11.3	12.1	11.7
	October	19,400	21,100	40,500	10.4	11.8	11.1
	November	18,600	21,100	39,600	9.9	11.6	10.7
	December	19,600	20,600	40,200	10.3	11.3	10.8

2024	January	20,400	20,300	40,700	10.8	11.2	11.0
	February	20,000	18,100	38,100	10.7	10.2	10.4
	March	20,200	17,200	37,400	10.8	9.8	10.3
	April	20,600	16,800	37,400	10.9	9.7	10.3
	May	20,500	16,700	37,200	10.8	9.6	10.2
	June	20,200	16,800	37,000	10.6	9.5	10.0
	July	21,200	19,500	40,700	11.0	10.6	10.8
	August	19,100	17,600	36,800	10.0	9.9	9.9
	September	19,900	18,500	38,300	10.4	10.4	10.4
	October	21,300	18,100	39,400	11.2	10.6	10.9
	November	22,000	18,400	40,400	11.6	10.9	11.3
	December	23,800	20,000	43,800	12.4	11.7	12.1

2025	January	20,200	21,400	41,700	10.8	12.3	11.5
	February	19,900	22,200	42,100	10.5	12.6	11.5
	March	20,200	22,000	42,100	10.6	12.3	11.4
	April	21,500	21,000	42,500	11.2	11.7	11.4
	May	22,000	19,800	41,800	11.4	11.2	11.3
	June	22,900	18,600	41,500	12.0	10.6	11.3
	July	24,900	21,100	46,000	12.8	11.6	12.2

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
2023	July	46,600	35,700	82,400	3.6	3.1	3.4
	August	47,000	35,600	82,600	3.6	3.1	3.4
	September	46,700	37,700	84,500	3.6	3.3	3.5
	October	45,800	40,300	86,100	3.5	3.5	3.5
	November	44,100	41,200	85,200	3.4	3.6	3.5
	December	43,800	41,700	85,400	3.4	3.6	3.5

2024	January	43,400	41,700	85,100	3.3	3.6	3.5
	February	40,300	39,600	79,900	3.1	3.4	3.3
	March	41,800	40,600	82,400	3.2	3.5	3.3
	April	44,400	42,400	86,800	3.4	3.6	3.5
	May	45,400	43,300	88,700	3.5	3.7	3.6
	June	45,600	43,600	89,200	3.5	3.7	3.6
	July	44,400	45,200	89,600	3.4	3.8	3.6
	August	41,000	40,000	81,000	3.1	3.4	3.2
	September	41,800	37,700	79,500	3.2	3.2	3.2
	October	44,700	36,100	80,800	3.4	3.0	3.2
	November	45,700	35,400	81,100	3.4	3.0	3.2
	December	48,600	36,900	85,500	3.6	3.1	3.4

2025	January	48,600	39,600	88,200	3.6	3.3	3.5
	February	47,600	40,700	88,300	3.6	3.4	3.5
	March	49,300	41,500	90,800	3.7	3.4	3.5
	April	50,500	41,500	92,000	3.7	3.5	3.6
	May	51,300	41,200	92,500	3.8	3.4	3.6
	June	52,200	40,700	92,900	3.8	3.4	3.6
	July	53,300	43,800	97,100	3.9	3.6	3.8

Monthly Unemployment July 2025