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Monthly Unemployment October 2022

The Monthly Unemployment rate for October 2022 was 4.4% for all persons aged 15-74 years

Online ISSN: 2009-8456

CSO statistical publication, 03 November 2022, 11am

Key Findings

For October 2022 the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was:

Up to 4.3% for males from a rate of 4.2% in September 2022, and down from 5.3% in October 2021.
Unchanged at 4.6% for females from September 2022, and down from 5.2% in October 2021.
Down to 12.0% for persons aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate) from a revised rate of 12.2% in September 2022.
Up to 3.4% for persons aged 25-74 years from a revised rate of 3.3% in September 2022.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (03 November 2022) issued Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for October 2022.

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

“The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October 2022 was unchanged at 4.4% from September 2022 and down from 5.3% in October 2021. The rate of 4.4% in October 2022 was lower than the pre-pandemic level of 4.8% recorded in October 2019. The unemployment rate for males was 4.3% and 4.6% for females in October 2022.

The seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed was 117,500 in October 2022, compared with 115,500 in September 2022. There was a decrease of 20,400 in the seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed in October 2022 when compared with a year earlier.

The seasonally adjusted number of males unemployed was 60,700 in October 2022, compared with 59,300 in September 2022. For October 2022 the seasonally adjusted number of females unemployed was 56,800, compared with 56,200 in September 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 October 2022 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q3 2022 for the monthly estimates up to September 2022 while the estimates for October 2022 have been forecasted.

Headline Table and Graph

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
October 2021	137,900	5.3
September 2022	115,500	4.4
October 2022	117,500	4.4
	Number	Percentage Points
Change in month	2,000	0.0
Change in year	- 20,400	- 0.9

Open in Excel: Monthly Unemployment October 2022 Headline Table (XLS 32KB)

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
2020	October	84,300	70,700	155,000	6.4	6.4	6.4
	November	83,000	66,700	149,600	6.4	6.0	6.2
	December	81,500	66,400	147,900	6.3	6.0	6.2

2021	January	86,600	76,000	162,600	6.7	6.9	6.8
	February	91,700	83,300	175,000	7.1	7.5	7.3
	March	96,800	88,000	184,800	7.4	7.8	7.6
	April	101,300	86,300	187,700	7.6	7.5	7.6
	May	97,400	79,400	176,800	7.2	6.8	7.0
	June	90,600	72,900	163,500	6.6	6.2	6.4
	July	82,300	68,600	150,900	6.0	5.7	5.9
	August	75,800	66,400	142,200	5.5	5.5	5.5
	September	74,000	63,100	137,100	5.4	5.2	5.3
	October	73,600	64,200	137,900	5.3	5.2	5.3
	November	73,100	64,300	137,400	5.3	5.2	5.2
	December	70,300	62,300	132,600	5.0	5.0	5.0

2022	January	67,300	62,000	129,300	4.8	5.0	4.9
	February	63,000	59,100	122,100	4.5	4.8	4.6
	March	68,400	62,500	130,900	4.9	5.0	4.9
	April	64,500	56,700	121,200	4.6	4.5	4.6
	May	60,300	51,100	111,400	4.3	4.1	4.2
	June	58,800	53,200	112,000	4.2	4.3	4.2
	July	58,400	54,200	112,600	4.1	4.4	4.3
	August	58,300	57,800	116,100	4.1	4.7	4.4
	September	59,300	56,200	115,500	4.2	4.6	4.4
	October	60,700	56,800	117,500	4.3	4.6	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
2020	October	23,600	22,300	45,800	16.9	17.1	17.0
	November	20,300	22,500	42,700	14.9	17.5	16.2
	December	16,900	21,700	38,700	12.7	17.3	14.9

2021	January	16,800	24,900	41,700	12.5	19.3	15.9
	February	20,900	26,800	47,800	15.0	20.2	17.5
	March	26,100	28,500	54,700	17.8	20.7	19.2
	April	31,800	29,500	61,400	20.4	20.7	20.6
	May	30,500	26,400	56,900	18.9	18.1	18.5
	June	27,400	23,100	50,400	16.2	15.1	15.7
	July	23,300	19,700	43,000	13.4	12.2	12.8
	August	20,100	18,000	38,200	11.4	10.7	11.0
	September	20,500	17,800	38,300	11.6	10.4	11.0
	October	21,400	19,500	40,900	12.3	11.2	11.8
	November	21,400	20,500	41,900	12.5	11.6	12.0
	December	18,300	19,100	37,500	10.7	10.9	10.8

2022	January	13,700	18,200	31,900	7.9	10.4	9.1
	February	12,800	15,500	28,300	7.2	8.9	8.1
	March	15,500	14,900	30,300	8.6	8.5	8.5
	April	18,800	14,400	33,200	10.2	8.1	9.2
	May	19,400	14,000	33,500	10.7	8.0	9.4
	June	20,000	16,200	36,100	11.1	9.5	10.3
	July	19,700	17,700	37,500	11.3	11.0	11.1
	August	19,200	19,600	38,800	11.0	12.3	11.6
	September	20,200	20,400	40,600	11.4	13.0	12.2
	October	18,900	20,700	39,600	11.0	13.0	12.0

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
2020	October	60,700	48,400	109,100	5.2	5.0	5.1
	November	62,700	44,200	106,900	5.4	4.5	5.0
	December	64,500	44,700	109,200	5.6	4.6	5.1

2021	January	69,800	51,100	120,900	6.1	5.2	5.7
	February	70,800	56,400	127,200	6.2	5.7	6.0
	March	70,700	59,400	130,100	6.1	6.0	6.1
	April	69,500	56,800	126,300	5.9	5.6	5.8
	May	66,900	52,900	119,900	5.6	5.2	5.4
	June	63,200	49,800	113,000	5.3	4.9	5.1
	July	59,000	48,900	107,900	4.9	4.7	4.8
	August	55,700	48,400	104,100	4.7	4.6	4.6
	September	53,500	45,300	98,800	4.5	4.3	4.4
	October	52,200	44,700	97,000	4.3	4.2	4.3
	November	51,700	43,900	95,600	4.2	4.1	4.2
	December	51,900	43,200	95,200	4.3	4.1	4.2

2022	January	53,600	43,800	97,400	4.4	4.1	4.3
	February	50,200	43,500	93,700	4.1	4.1	4.1
	March	52,900	47,600	100,500	4.3	4.4	4.4
	April	45,700	42,300	88,000	3.7	3.9	3.8
	May	40,900	37,100	78,000	3.3	3.5	3.4
	June	38,800	37,000	75,900	3.2	3.5	3.3
	July	38,600	36,500	75,200	3.1	3.4	3.3
	August	39,100	38,200	77,300	3.2	3.6	3.4
	September	39,100	35,700	74,900	3.2	3.4	3.3
	October	41,700	36,200	77,900	3.3	3.4	3.4

Monthly Unemployment October 2022