Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) latest results were published 10 September 2024.
The survey date for Quarter 2 was 3 June 2024.
Latest results
- Latest estimates show the number of seasonally adjusted employee jobs reached a new series high of 826,130 in June 2024. This was an increase of +1,950 jobs (+0.2%) over the quarter and an increase of +10,080 jobs (+1.2%) over the year from June 2023.
- Quarterly increases in employee jobs were seen within the manufacturing (+50 jobs), construction (+810 jobs), services (+970 jobs) and other industry (+120 jobs) sectors. Employee jobs within the services (673,140) and other industry (24,760) sectors reached a new series high in June 2024.
- There were increases in employee jobs over the year within the construction (+3,800 jobs), services (+6,310 jobs) and other industry (+300 jobs) sectors. Employee jobs decreased over the year within the manufacturing sector (-320 jobs).
- Public sector jobs decreased over the quarter (-520 jobs) but increased over the year (+280 jobs) to June 2024, reaching 224,230 jobs.
- Private sector jobs increased over the quarter (+4,620 jobs) and over the year (+9,870 jobs) to June 2024 reaching a new series high of 603,160 jobs.
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Scroll through our scrollytelling article to see how NI employee jobs have changed over the years.
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