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Monthly Unemployment October 2025

The Monthly Unemployment rate for October 2025 was 5.0%, down from 5.1% in September 2025

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CSO statistical release, 05 November 2025, 11am

Key Findings

In October 2025, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.0%, down from the revised rate of 5.1% in September 2025. On an annual basis, the unemployment rate increased from 4.2% in October 2024 to 5.0% in October 2025.
Breaking down the results by sex, the monthly unemployment rate for males in October 2025 was 5.0%, down from a revised rate of 5.1% in September 2025, and up from a rate of 4.4% recorded in October 2024.
The monthly unemployment rate in October 2025 was 5.0% for females, unchanged from the revised rate in September 2025, and up from 4.0% in October 2024.
In terms of age, the monthly unemployment rate for people aged 15-24 years (Youth Unemployment Rate) was 13.4%, up from a revised rate of 13.3% in September 2025.
The monthly unemployment rate for people aged 25-74 years was 3.8%, down from the revised rate of 3.9% in September 2025.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (05 November 2025) published Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for October 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 October 2025 was 5.0%, down from a revised rate of 5.1% in September 2025, and up from 4.2% in October 2024. In October 2025, the unemployment rate for both males and females was 5.0%.

The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 147,400 in October 2025, compared with 149,100 in September 2025. There was an increase of 26,800 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in October 2025 when compared with October 2024.

The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed males fell to 77,500 in October 2025, compared with 79,400 in September 2025. The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed females in October 2025 was 69,900, up from 69,600 in September 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 October 2025 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q3 2025 for the monthly estimates up to September 2025. The estimates for October 2025 have been forecasted. Forecasted figures are subject to revision.

Key Figures

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
October 2024	120,600	4.2
September 2025	149,100	5.1
October 2025	147,400	5.0
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	-1,700	-0.1
Change in year	26,800	0.8

Open in Excel: Monthly Unemployment October 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	October	65,700	61,300	126,900	4.4	4.6	4.5
	November	62,800	61,800	124,600	4.2	4.6	4.4
	December	63,500	61,800	125,300	4.3	4.6	4.4

2024	January	63,500	61,700	125,200	4.3	4.6	4.4
	February	60,200	56,800	117,100	4.1	4.3	4.2
	March	61,800	58,000	119,700	4.2	4.3	4.2
	April	65,100	59,400	124,400	4.4	4.4	4.4
	May	66,000	60,000	126,100	4.4	4.4	4.4
	June	65,700	60,600	126,300	4.4	4.5	4.4
	July	65,500	65,000	130,500	4.3	4.7	4.5
	August	60,000	58,600	118,600	4.0	4.3	4.1
	September	61,900	56,400	118,300	4.1	4.1	4.1
	October	66,600	54,100	120,600	4.4	4.0	4.2
	November	68,200	53,300	121,500	4.5	3.9	4.2
	December	72,600	56,300	128,900	4.8	4.1	4.5

2025	January	68,400	60,800	129,200	4.5	4.4	4.4
	February	67,100	62,100	129,200	4.4	4.5	4.4
	March	68,900	63,400	132,200	4.5	4.6	4.5
	April	72,400	61,900	134,300	4.7	4.5	4.6
	May	73,500	60,700	134,200	4.7	4.4	4.6
	June	74,900	60,600	135,500	4.8	4.4	4.6
	July	77,900	69,000	146,900	5.0	5.0	5.0
	August	77,200	68,200	145,400	5.0	4.9	5.0
	September	79,400	69,600	149,100	5.1	5.0	5.1
	October	77,500	69,900	147,400	5.0	5.0	5.0

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	October	19,400	21,100	40,500	10.4	11.7	11.0
	November	18,700	21,000	39,800	10.0	11.6	10.8
	December	19,600	20,300	39,900	10.4	11.2	10.8

2024	January	20,600	20,000	40,600	10.9	11.1	11.0
	February	20,000	17,800	37,900	10.7	10.1	10.4
	March	20,300	17,100	37,300	10.8	9.8	10.3
	April	20,400	16,600	37,000	10.9	9.6	10.3
	May	20,300	16,500	36,800	10.7	9.5	10.2
	June	20,100	16,900	36,900	10.5	9.6	10.1
	July	21,100	19,700	40,900	10.9	10.8	10.8
	August	19,000	18,400	37,400	9.9	10.1	10.0
	September	20,000	18,600	38,700	10.4	10.3	10.4
	October	21,400	18,100	39,500	11.2	10.5	10.9
	November	22,400	18,400	40,800	11.8	10.9	11.4
	December	23,800	19,500	43,400	12.5	11.5	12.0

2025	January	20,300	21,000	41,300	10.8	12.1	11.5
	February	19,900	21,900	41,800	10.6	12.4	11.5
	March	20,300	21,800	42,100	10.7	12.3	11.4
	April	21,700	20,800	42,500	11.3	11.7	11.5
	May	21,700	19,600	41,300	11.3	11.1	11.2
	June	22,400	18,600	41,000	11.7	10.7	11.2
	July	24,300	21,200	45,500	12.7	12.2	12.5
	August	25,100	21,300	46,300	13.1	12.3	12.7
	September	26,900	22,700	49,600	13.8	12.9	13.3
	October	24,700	23,700	48,400	13.0	13.9	13.4

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
2023	October	46,300	40,200	86,500	3.6	3.5	3.5
	November	44,100	40,800	84,900	3.4	3.5	3.5
	December	43,800	41,500	85,400	3.4	3.6	3.5

2024	January	42,900	41,600	84,600	3.3	3.6	3.5
	February	40,200	39,000	79,200	3.1	3.4	3.2
	March	41,500	40,900	82,400	3.2	3.5	3.3
	April	44,600	42,800	87,400	3.4	3.6	3.5
	May	45,700	43,600	89,300	3.5	3.7	3.6
	June	45,600	43,800	89,400	3.5	3.7	3.6
	July	44,400	45,200	89,600	3.4	3.8	3.6
	August	41,000	40,200	81,200	3.1	3.4	3.2
	September	41,900	37,800	79,700	3.2	3.2	3.2
	October	45,100	36,000	81,100	3.4	3.0	3.2
	November	45,800	34,900	80,700	3.4	2.9	3.2
	December	48,700	36,800	85,500	3.7	3.1	3.4

2025	January	48,100	39,800	87,800	3.6	3.3	3.5
	February	47,200	40,200	87,400	3.5	3.3	3.4
	March	48,600	41,600	90,100	3.6	3.4	3.5
	April	50,700	41,100	91,800	3.7	3.4	3.6
	May	51,800	41,200	93,000	3.8	3.4	3.6
	June	52,400	42,100	94,500	3.9	3.5	3.7
	July	53,700	47,700	101,400	4.0	3.9	3.9
	August	52,200	46,900	99,100	3.9	3.9	3.9
	September	52,500	47,000	99,500	3.9	3.8	3.9
	October	52,800	46,200	99,000	3.9	3.8	3.8

Monthly Unemployment October 2025