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Monthly Unemployment November 2022

The Monthly Unemployment rate for November 2022 was 4.4%

Online ISSN: 2009-8456
CSO statistical publication, , 11am

Key Findings

For November 2022 the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was:

  • Unchanged at 4.3% for males from October 2022, and down from 5.3% in November 2021.

  • Unchanged at 4.6% for females from October 2022, and down from 5.2% in November 2021.

  • Unchanged at 12.1% for persons aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate) from a revised rate of 12.1% in October 2022.

  • Down to 3.3% for persons aged 25-74 years from 3.4% in October 2022.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (30 November 2022) issued Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for November 2022.

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

“The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2022 (for all persons aged 15-74 years) was down to 4.4% from a revised rate of 4.5% in October 2022 and down from 5.2% in November 2021. The rate of 4.4% in November 2022 was lower than the pre-pandemic level of 4.8% recorded in November 2019. In November 2022 the unemployment rate for males was 4.3% and for females 4.6%.

The seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed was 117,800 in November 2022, compared with 118,200 in October 2022. There was a decrease of 19,900 in the seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed in November 2022 when compared with a year earlier.

The seasonally adjusted number of males unemployed was 61,100 in November 2022, compared with 61,300 in October 2022. For November 2022 the seasonally adjusted number of females unemployed was 56,700, compared with 56,900 in October 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 November 2022 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q3 2022 for the monthly estimates up to September 2022 while the estimates for October and November 2022 have been forecasted.

Headline Table and Graph

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
 Number of persons unemployed Unemployment rate (%)
November 2021137,700 5.2
October 2022118,200 4.5
November 2022117,800 4.4
 Number Percentage Points
Change in month- 400 -0.1
Change in year- 19,900 -0.8
Figure 1: Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment Rate (ILO), November 2019 to November 2022

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