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April 2010 Employment Data

01 Apr 2010

April 2010 Employment Data

The CSO has released employment information in Ireland for the Fourth Quarter of 2009 (Q4 2009). The Quarterly National Household Survey provides more detailed information to supplement the monthly Live Register data.

Headline information Q4 2009 (Q4 2008)

• Employment in Ireland:1,887,700 (2,054,600) -166,900
• Unemployed 267,400 (169,700) +97,700
• Labourforce: 2,155,200 (2,224,300) -69,100

The decline in the labourforce of 69,100 (-3.1%) is due in part (approx 15,400) to the changing demographics of Ireland. Employment has fallen by 8.1% in the year Q4-Q4. Employment amongst men has fallen by 127,200 (11%) and amongst women by 39,600 (4.3%). Unemployment has increased by 97,700 (+57.6%) in the same year. Male unemployment has increased by 72,000 (61.5%) and female unemployment by 25,800 (+49%) Currently, the unemployment rate amongst those with a Third Level degree or further is 6.1%

The largest decrease in employment was in the construction sector which saw its employment levels fall from 216,300 in Q4 2008 to 136,700 in Q4 2009 (-79,600, -36.8%). Of those construction job losses, 59,000 were classed as employees (as opposed to employers or assisting family members).

Nationality

There are 422,800 non-Irish nationals of working age in Ireland in Q4 2009, a decline of 41,500 (-8.9%) in the year. Of this number, approximately 303,100 are in the labourforce, a decline of 33,600 (-10%) in the year. Irish nationals account for 86.4% of employment (85.1% Q4 2008). In construction, Irish nationals account for 89.4% of employment, an increase from 85.2% in Q4 2008.