May’s rate of unemployment at 2,502

Data provided by the National Statistics Office

Data provided by Jobsplus for May indicate a decrease of 943 persons registering under Part I and a decrease of 66 among those registering under Part II of the unemployment register, when compared to May 2016. All age groups except those of under 20 registered decreases.

When compared to May 2016, registrants for work decreased irrespective of how long they had been registering. The largest decrease was recorded among persons who had been registering for less than 21 weeks. The number of persons with a disability who were registering for work also decreased by 66 to 283. Males accounted for 67.5 per cent of total registrants with a disability.

The largest share of males and females on the unemployment register sought occupations as clerical support workers with 19.3 per cent and 38.8 per cent respectively.

The registered unemployment rate in December 2016 stood at 1.6 per cent of the labour supply, (excluding part-time employment) and varied from 1.8 per cent among men to 1.1 per cent among women.