Ireland Employment Change

Employment in Ireland increased by 0.6 percent quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter of 2018. Employment Change in Ireland averaged 0.57 percent from 1995 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 2.50 percent in the third quarter of 1998 and a record low of -3.70 percent in the first quarter of 2009.

Employment Change in Ireland is expected to be 0.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employment Change in Ireland to stand at 0.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Ireland Employment Change is projected to trend around 0.40 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Ireland Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.40	5.60	17.30	3.90	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	2272.20	2265.00	2272.20	1567.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	128.80	143.80	356.20	69.90	Thousand	[+]
Unemployment Change	-4527.00	-2693.00	36254.00	-32270.00	Persons	[+]
Part Time Employment	461.40	455.70	499.90	268.40	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	1815.00	1795.50	1815.00	1299.00	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.20	62.10	66.70	59.80	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	2.10	2.00	9.80	1.20	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.40	13.80	31.60	6.30	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	74.20	72.10	119.10	71.10	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	9.80	9.55	9.80	5.58	EUR/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	877.30	855.00	893.00	37.03	EUR/Week	[+]
Population	4.84	4.78	4.84	2.82	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	66.00	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	66.00	65.00		[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	34563.00	36359.00	196988.00	20203.00	Persons	[+]
Productivity	147.10	145.30	147.10	57.80	Index Points	[+]
Wage Growth	4.10	3.50	4.10	-2.90	percent	[+]
Wages	761.65	742.75	761.65	676.58	EUR/Week	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	23.46	22.62	23.46	20.52	EUR	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	32.50	32.80	32.80	30.90		[+]
Employment Change	0.60	0.40	2.50	-3.70	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	69.10	69.10	72.50	59.30	percent	[+]

In Ireland, employment change refers to the quarterly change in the number of persons who work for pay or profit, or perform unpaid family work. Estimates include both full-time and part-time employment. This page provides - Ireland Employment Change- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Ireland Employment Change - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	0.60	0.40	2.50	-3.70	1995 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	SA, WDA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	25655.00	Mar/19	10717	99141 : -74913	Persons
Canada	-7.20	Mar/19	55.9	94 : -125	Thousand
Euro Area	0.30	Dec/18	0.2	0.8 : -0.7	%
France	0.10	Sep/18	0.1	0.7 : -0.5	%
Germany	0.30	Sep/18	0.2	1 : -0.8	%
Italy	-0.30	Sep/18	0.6	1.1 : -0.9	%
Netherlands	0.50	Sep/18	0.5	1.2 : -0.9	%
Singapore	16.90	Dec/18	19.3	73.2 : -26	Thousands Person
Spain	0.70	Dec/18	0.4	1.8 : -2.3	%
Switzerland	0.50	Sep/18	0.3	1.2 : -0.6	%
United Kingdom	179.00	Jan/19	222	311 : -279	Thousand