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Monthly Unemployment September 2025

The Monthly Unemployment rate for September 2025 was 4.7%, unchanged from August 2025

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CSO statistical release, 01 October 2025, 11am

Key Findings

In September 2025, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7%, unchanged from August 2025. On an annual basis, the unemployment rate increased from 4.1% in September 2024 to 4.7% in September 2025.
Breaking down the results by sex, the monthly unemployment rate for males in September 2025 was 4.8%, down from 4.9% in August 2025, and up from a rate of 4.1% recorded in September 2024.
The monthly unemployment rate in September 2025 was 4.5% for females, unchanged from August 2025, and up from 4.2% in September 2024.
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 12.1% in August 2025.
The monthly unemployment rate for people aged 25-74 years was 3.6%, unchanged from the rate in August 2025.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (01 October 2025) published Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for September 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 September 2025 was 4.7%, unchanged from the rate in August 2025, and up from 4.1% in September 2024. In September 2025, the unemployment rate for males was 4.8% and for females it was 4.5%.

The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed was 138,200 in September 2025, compared with 138,600 in August 2025. There was an increase of 18,900 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in September 2025 when compared with September 2024.

The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed males fell to 75,500 in September 2025, compared with 76,100 in August 2025. The seasonally adjusted number of unemployed females in September 2025 was 62,700, up from 62,600 in August 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 September 2025 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q2 2025 for the monthly estimates up to June 2025. The estimates for July, August and September 2025 have been forecasted. Forecasted figures are subject to revision.

Key Figures

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
September 2024	119,300	4.1
August 2025	138,600	4.7
September 2025	138,200	4.7
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	-400	0.0
Change in year	18,900	0.6

Open in Excel: Monthly Unemployment September 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	September	67,900	59,900	127,800	4.6	4.5	4.6
	October	66,000	61,800	127,800	4.5	4.7	4.5
	November	62,900	61,900	124,800	4.2	4.6	4.4
	December	63,300	61,900	125,200	4.3	4.6	4.4

2024	January	63,200	61,500	124,800	4.3	4.6	4.4
	February	60,200	57,100	117,300	4.1	4.3	4.2
	March	61,800	57,500	119,300	4.2	4.3	4.2
	April	65,200	58,800	124,000	4.4	4.4	4.4
	May	66,100	59,500	125,600	4.4	4.4	4.4
	June	65,600	60,300	125,900	4.4	4.4	4.4
	July	65,300	65,000	130,200	4.3	4.7	4.5
	August	60,200	58,800	119,000	4.0	4.3	4.1
	September	62,200	57,100	119,300	4.1	4.2	4.1
	October	67,000	54,700	121,800	4.4	4.0	4.2
	November	68,000	53,300	121,300	4.5	3.9	4.2
	December	72,300	56,300	128,600	4.7	4.1	4.4

2025	January	68,100	60,500	128,500	4.5	4.4	4.4
	February	67,100	62,300	129,400	4.4	4.5	4.4
	March	68,900	63,100	132,000	4.5	4.5	4.5
	April	72,400	62,100	134,500	4.7	4.5	4.6
	May	73,700	60,500	134,200	4.7	4.4	4.6
	June	75,000	59,100	134,100	4.8	4.3	4.6
	July	77,700	65,000	142,700	5.0	4.7	4.8
	August	76,100	62,600	138,600	4.9	4.5	4.7
	September	75,500	62,700	138,200	4.8	4.5	4.7

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	September	21,000	21,700	42,700	11.4	12.2	11.8
	October	19,600	21,300	40,900	10.5	11.8	11.1
	November	18,800	21,100	39,900	10.0	11.5	10.7
	December	19,600	20,400	39,900	10.3	11.1	10.7

2024	January	20,500	20,000	40,500	10.8	11.0	10.9
	February	20,000	17,800	37,800	10.6	10.0	10.3
	March	20,300	17,000	37,300	10.8	9.7	10.3
	April	20,500	16,600	37,100	10.9	9.6	10.3
	May	20,400	16,400	36,800	10.8	9.5	10.2
	June	19,900	16,800	36,700	10.5	9.6	10.0
	July	20,800	19,600	40,400	10.8	10.8	10.8
	August	19,200	18,400	37,500	10.1	10.3	10.1
	September	20,200	18,800	39,000	10.6	10.5	10.5
	October	21,600	18,400	40,000	11.3	10.6	11.0
	November	22,200	18,400	40,600	11.6	10.8	11.2
	December	23,800	19,600	43,400	12.4	11.5	11.9

2025	January	20,300	21,000	41,300	10.8	12.0	11.4
	February	20,000	21,800	41,800	10.5	12.3	11.4
	March	20,300	21,700	42,000	10.7	12.2	11.4
	April	21,600	20,700	42,200	11.2	11.6	11.4
	May	21,800	19,500	41,300	11.3	11.0	11.2
	June	22,600	18,600	41,100	11.9	10.7	11.3
	July	24,200	21,200	45,400	12.5	11.9	12.2
	August	24,300	20,700	45,000	12.6	11.7	12.1
	September	23,600	21,300	44,900	12.3	12.0	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	September	46,900	38,200	85,100	3.6	3.3	3.5
	October	46,400	40,500	86,900	3.6	3.5	3.6
	November	44,100	40,800	84,900	3.4	3.5	3.5
	December	43,700	41,600	85,300	3.4	3.6	3.5

2024	January	42,700	41,500	84,300	3.3	3.6	3.4
	February	40,200	39,400	79,600	3.1	3.4	3.2
	March	41,500	40,500	82,000	3.2	3.5	3.3
	April	44,600	42,300	86,900	3.4	3.6	3.5
	May	45,700	43,100	88,800	3.5	3.6	3.6
	June	45,600	43,500	89,100	3.5	3.7	3.6
	July	44,500	45,300	89,800	3.4	3.8	3.6
	August	41,000	40,500	81,500	3.1	3.4	3.2
	September	42,000	38,300	80,300	3.2	3.2	3.2
	October	45,400	36,400	81,800	3.4	3.1	3.3
	November	45,800	35,000	80,700	3.5	2.9	3.2
	December	48,500	36,700	85,300	3.6	3.1	3.4

2025	January	47,800	39,500	87,200	3.6	3.3	3.4
	February	47,100	40,500	87,600	3.5	3.3	3.4
	March	48,600	41,400	90,000	3.6	3.4	3.5
	April	50,800	41,400	92,200	3.7	3.4	3.6
	May	51,800	41,000	92,800	3.8	3.4	3.6
	June	52,400	40,600	92,900	3.8	3.4	3.6
	July	53,500	43,900	97,400	3.9	3.6	3.8
	August	51,700	41,800	93,600	3.8	3.5	3.6
	September	51,900	41,400	93,300	3.8	3.4	3.6

Monthly Unemployment September 2025