Ireland - Labor Force

Ireland: Labor Force

Mnemonic	LBF.IIRL
Unit	Ths. #, NSA
Adjustments	Not Seasonally Adjusted
	Quarterly	0.49 %
Data	2022 Q4	2,686
	2022 Q3	2,673

Series Information

Source	Central Statistics Office (CSO)
Release	Labour Force Survey f.k.a. Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS)
Frequency	Quarterly
Start Date	12/31/1997
End Date	12/31/2022

Ireland: Labor

	Reference	Last	Previous	Units	Frequency
Labor Force	2022 Q4	2,686	2,673	Ths. #, NSA	Quarterly
Labor Force Employment	2022 Q4	2,574	2,554	Ths. #, NSA	Quarterly
Primary Industries Employment	2022 Q4	100.8	94.6	Ths. #, NSA	Quarterly
Secondary Industries Employment	2022 Q4	486.2	501.4	Ths. #, NSA	Quarterly
Tertiary Industries Employment	2022 Q4	1,978	1,947	Ths. #, NSA	Quarterly
Unemployment	2022 Q4	112	119.1	Ths. #, NSA	Quarterly
Unemployment Rate	2022 Q4	4.2	4.5	%, NSA	Quarterly
Wage & Salaries	2018 Q3	740.32	745.09	EUR, NSA	Quarterly
Agriculture Employment	2017	121,178	125,994	#	Annual

Release Information

Description

For Ireland, labor force status by sex, employment by industry and sex, for the upper two subnational levels, quarterly.

The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) replaced the annual April Labor Force Survey (LFS) in 1997, and in turn was replaced by a new Labor Force Survey in 2018. The QNHS transition served to conform to international standards that required quarterly labor force surveys as opposed to annual. The QNHS addresses employment, unemployment and the labor force, plus important social topics.

Properties

Active:

Framework: IESS
Industry classification: NACE Rev. 2
Measurements:
- Thousands of persons (Ths. #)
- Percent (%)
Adjustments:
- Seasonally adjusted (SA)
- Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
Native frequency: Quarterly
Start dates: Between 1997Q4 and 2012Q1
Geo coverage:
- Country
- All 3 region/NUTS 2 areas (IIRL_^^)
- All 8 regional authority/NUTS 3 areas (IIRL_^^^)

Predecessors:

LFS (2) with partial IESS - 1998 to 2020
QNHS and NACE Rev. 2 - 1997 to 2017
QNHS and NACE Rev. 1 - 1997 to 2008
LFS (1) annual

Methodology

Information for this survey is collected through the means of face-to-face interviews by team members using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) on laptop computers. The source collects information throughout the year by surveying households each week in each quarter. The goal is to sample 26,000 households on a quarterly basis, however the actual survey sample varies depending on the level of response. Participation in the survey is voluntary.

The survey population includes individuals aged 15 and older living in private households. Excluded persons from the survey includes institutionalized persons and persons with no fixed abode. The source collects demographic information, geographic information, highest level of eduction, ILO status, NACE Rev. 2 industrial activity classification, occupation and employment status.

The source selects households to participate in the survey by breaking geographic regions into smaller sections and chosing households in each section. Households are asked to take part in the survey for five consecutive quarters before being replaced by other households in the same geographic section.

Moody's Analytics supplements

For all subnational geos, we produce seasonally adjusted counterparts to the LFS quartet (four concepts, 11 geos). We directly adjust employment and unemployment, and compute labor force and unemployment rate as identities.

Revisions

Data is generally final upon release and not subject to revision, however in the past the source has revised data if more information was found or if data was found to be errant.