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Monthly Unemployment November 2023

The Monthly Unemployment rate for November 2023 was 4.8%

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CSO statistical publication, 06 December 2023, 11am

Key Findings

In November 2023, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was:

Unchanged at 4.9% for males from the revised rate in October 2023, and up from a revised rate of 4.2% in November 2022.
Up to 4.6% for females in November 2023 from a rate of 4.5% in October 2023, and down from a revised rate of 4.7% in November 2022.
Up to 12.8% in November 2023 for persons aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate), from a revised rate of 12.6% in October 2023.
Unchanged at 3.5% for persons aged 25-74 years, from a revised rate in October 2023.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (06 December 2023) issued Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for November 2023.

Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said: “The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2023 (for all persons aged 15-74 years) was 4.8%, up from 4.7% recorded in October 2023 and from 4.5% in November 2022. In November 2023, the unemployment rate for males was 4.9%, and for females it was 4.6%.

The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 132,700 in November 2023, compared with 131,800 in October 2023. There was an increase of 12,600 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in November 2023 when compared with a year earlier.

The seasonally adjusted number of males unemployed rose to 72,300 in November 2023, compared with 72,200 in October 2023. The seasonally adjusted number of females unemployed increased by 800 people over the month to November 2023 from 59,600 to 60,400.”

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.

Live Register data for January to October 2023 inclusive has been revised in accordance with revised data provided by the Department of Social Protection (DSP). This revised Live Register recipient series data has been incorporated into this month’s Monthly Unemployment Estimates release.

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 2023 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q3 2023 for the monthly estimates up to September 2023. The estimates for October and November 2023 have been forecasted. These forecasted figures are subject to revision.

Headline Table and Graph

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
November 2022	120,100	4.5
October 2023	131,800	4.7
November 2023	132,700	4.8
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	900	0.1
Change in year	12,600	0.3

Open in Excel: Monthly Unemployment November 2023 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
2021	November	72,500	64,800	137,200	5.2	5.2	5.2
	December	70,000	62,300	132,300	5.0	5.0	5.0

2022	January	67,700	62,000	129,700	4.9	5.0	4.9
	February	64,600	58,900	123,500	4.7	4.8	4.7
	March	69,200	62,900	132,100	5.0	5.0	5.0
	April	63,900	56,800	120,700	4.6	4.6	4.6
	May	59,400	51,800	111,200	4.2	4.2	4.2
	June	58,700	53,300	112,000	4.2	4.3	4.2
	July	59,600	53,900	113,500	4.2	4.4	4.3
	August	58,700	57,200	115,900	4.2	4.6	4.4
	September	58,400	56,100	114,500	4.1	4.5	4.3
	October	59,400	59,400	118,800	4.2	4.8	4.5
	November	60,300	59,700	120,100	4.2	4.7	4.5
	December	60,400	56,400	116,800	4.2	4.5	4.3

2023	January	61,900	53,000	114,900	4.3	4.2	4.2
	February	62,300	50,500	112,900	4.3	3.9	4.1
	March	62,200	50,200	112,400	4.3	3.9	4.1
	April	62,600	50,700	113,300	4.4	3.9	4.1
	May	62,900	51,000	113,900	4.4	3.9	4.2
	June	66,900	53,200	120,200	4.6	4.1	4.4
	July	66,800	53,900	120,700	4.6	4.1	4.4
	August	67,800	55,100	122,900	4.7	4.2	4.5
	September	70,600	59,300	129,900	4.8	4.5	4.7
	October	72,200	59,600	131,800	4.9	4.5	4.7
	November	72,300	60,400	132,700	4.9	4.6	4.8

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	November	21,900	21,600	43,500	12.5	12.2	12.4
	December	19,400	19,900	39,300	11.1	11.4	11.3

2022	January	15,000	17,900	33,000	8.6	10.4	9.5
	February	13,400	15,300	28,700	7.6	8.9	8.3
	March	15,400	14,800	30,200	8.7	8.5	8.6
	April	17,900	14,600	32,400	9.9	8.3	9.1
	May	18,500	14,200	32,700	10.3	8.2	9.3
	June	19,800	16,300	36,100	11.0	9.6	10.3
	July	20,100	17,700	37,800	11.3	10.8	11.0
	August	19,200	18,900	38,100	10.9	11.7	11.3
	September	18,900	18,900	37,800	10.8	11.8	11.3
	October	18,500	18,300	36,800	10.5	11.2	10.8
	November	18,400	17,800	36,200	10.5	10.6	10.5
	December	18,000	16,600	34,700	10.2	9.8	10.0

2023	January	18,200	16,900	35,200	10.2	9.9	10.0
	February	18,900	16,500	35,400	10.4	9.5	10.0
	March	19,200	16,600	35,800	10.6	9.5	10.1
	April	19,300	16,900	36,200	10.7	9.6	10.1
	May	18,800	16,800	35,600	10.4	9.5	10.0
	June	20,300	17,900	38,200	11.1	10.1	10.6
	July	20,300	18,200	38,500	11.2	10.2	10.7
	August	21,200	19,500	40,700	11.5	10.9	11.2
	September	23,000	23,400	46,400	12.2	12.9	12.5
	October	23,500	24,200	47,700	12.3	13.0	12.6
	November	23,700	25,000	48,700	12.4	13.2	12.8

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	November	50,600	43,200	93,700	4.2	4.1	4.1
	December	50,600	42,500	93,100	4.2	4.0	4.1

2022	January	52,600	44,100	96,700	4.3	4.1	4.2
	February	51,200	43,600	94,800	4.2	4.1	4.2
	March	53,900	48,100	101,900	4.4	4.5	4.4
	April	46,000	42,300	88,300	3.8	3.9	3.8
	May	40,900	37,600	78,400	3.3	3.5	3.4
	June	38,900	37,000	75,800	3.2	3.5	3.3
	July	39,500	36,200	75,600	3.2	3.4	3.3
	August	39,500	38,300	77,800	3.2	3.6	3.4
	September	39,500	37,200	76,700	3.2	3.5	3.3
	October	40,900	41,100	82,000	3.3	3.8	3.5
	November	41,900	42,000	83,800	3.4	3.8	3.6
	December	42,400	39,800	82,200	3.4	3.6	3.5

2023	January	43,700	36,100	79,700	3.5	3.3	3.4
	February	43,500	34,000	77,500	3.5	3.1	3.3
	March	42,900	33,600	76,600	3.4	3.0	3.2
	April	43,200	33,900	77,100	3.4	3.0	3.2
	May	44,100	34,100	78,300	3.5	3.0	3.3
	June	46,600	35,300	82,000	3.7	3.1	3.4
	July	46,500	35,700	82,200	3.7	3.2	3.4
	August	46,600	35,600	82,200	3.7	3.2	3.4
	September	47,600	35,900	83,500	3.8	3.2	3.5
	October	48,800	35,400	84,200	3.8	3.1	3.5
	November	48,600	35,400	84,000	3.8	3.1	3.5

Monthly Unemployment November 2023