{"id":84857,"date":"2025-08-21T11:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/84857\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:46:07","slug":"employment-in-irish-labour-market-surpasses-2-8m-for-first-time-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/84857\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment in Irish labour market surpasses 2.8m for first time \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The number of people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/work\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/work\/\">employed<\/a> in the State has eclipsed 2.8 million for the first time, new figures show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The latest Labour Force Survey (LFS) indicated employment rose by 63,900 (or 2.3 per cent) to 2.82 million in the second quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">This is equivalent to the entire population of the Republic in 1961.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Despite slowing global demand and increased trade uncertainty linked to US tariffs, the Irish labour market continues to perform strongly with ongoing demand for workers being met by increased levels of immigration and participation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The CSO said the labour force (the total number of people aged 15-89 years who were either employed or unemployed) stood at 2.95 million in the second quarter, up by 2.5 per cent (73,500) on the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/08\/11\/jump-in-unemployment-dismissed-as-statistical-noise-by-davy\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jump in unemployment dismissed as \u2018statistical noise\u2019 by DavyOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Changes in the labour force are typically influenced by shifts in the size of the working-age population, also known as the demographic effect. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In recent years, this has been driven by immigration, which the CSO said added 49,200 workers to the labour force in the year to the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Another driver was increased participation (by both men and women), which rose to 66.4 per cent, up from 66 per cent, contributing to a positive participation effect of 24,300.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The estimated total number of hours worked per week in the second quarter increased by 1.6 million hours to stand at 88.9 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The data comes in the wake of separate report last week which indicated workers here were on average working two hours less a week than before pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">According to the LFS, the sector that saw the largest year-on-year growth in employment was construction, which rose by 29,600 or 18 per cent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The largest decrease in employment was in the information and communication sector, which fell by 7,700 people (-4.1 per cent).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The CSO said there were 140,800 people classified as unemployed in the second quarter which gave rise to an unemployment rate of 4.8 per cent, up from 4.6 per cent for the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The survey indicated that an estimated 582,000 or 20.7 per cent of those in employment worked part-time, and 153,600 or 26.4 per cent of those in part-time employment were classified as underemployed, meaning \u201cthey would like to work more hours for more pay\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The number of people employed in the State has eclipsed 2.8 million for the first time, new 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