Skip to content

News

Jobless rate, including Covid-19 payouts, falls to 6.9% – CSO

The unemployment rate, including people receiving temporary Covid-19 jobless benefits, fell to 6.9% in November from 7.9% in October, the latest Central Statistics Office figures show today.

The CSO said this measure of unemployment had stood at 20.4% the same time last year.

Excluding those on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, which will be withdrawn in February, the country’s unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.2% in November compared to October.

Today’s CSO figures show that the monthly unemployment rate was 5.3% for men and 5.2% for women in November.

Breaking the results down by broad age group, the jobless rate for those aged 15 to 24 years was 10.9% while it was 4.3% for those aged 25 to 74 years.

The figures also show that the Covid adjusted measure of unemployment shows a jobless rate of 7.2% for men and 6.7% for women.

Breaking the results down by age group, this measure of unemployment indicated a rate of 10.2% for those aged 15 to 24 years and 6.5% for those aged 25 to 74 years.

Article Source – Jobless rate, including Covid-19 payouts, falls to 6.9% – CSO – RTE

Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000

Please enter your phone number
and we call you back soon

We are calling you to phone

Thank you.
We are call you back soon.

Contact us