Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) latest results were published 11 June 2024.
The survey date for Quarter 1 was 4 March 2024.
Latest results
- Latest estimates show the number of seasonally adjusted employee jobs reached a new series high of 824,300 in March 2024. This was an increase of +4,580 jobs (+0.6%) over the quarter and an increase of +9,470 jobs (+1.2%) over the year from March 2023.
- Quarterly increases in employee jobs were seen within the construction (+810 jobs), services (+3,730 jobs) and other industry (+160 jobs) sectors. Employee jobs decreased over the quarter within the manufacturing sector (-120 jobs).
- There were increases in employee jobs over the year within the manufacturing (+880 jobs), construction (+3,050 jobs), services (+5,400 jobs) and other industry (+150 jobs) sectors over the year.
- Public sector jobs increased over the quarter (+390 jobs) and over the year (+1,260 jobs) to March 2024, reaching 224,600 jobs.
- Private sector jobs increased over the quarter (+3,240 jobs) and over the year (+8,110 jobs) to March 2024 reaching a new series high of 598,450 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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