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Employment, redundancies, vacancies, work quality, hours and earnings; disability and work-related benefits; NI Civil Service workforce
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Labour Market Overview
The Monthly Labour Market Report provides the latest labour market stats from household and business surveys, plus administrative sources.
Claimant Count
The new experimental Claimant Count includes Jobseeker's Allowance claimants and unemployed Universal Credit claimants.
Labour Force Survey
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a quarterly sample survey carried out by interviewing people about their personal circumstances and work.
Disability Benefits
Claimant numbers for Disability Benefits in Northern Ireland, produced by the Department for Communities (DfC).
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
The ASHE is a UK survey offering data on earnings by gender, work patterns, industry, occupation, and public vs. private sector pay comparisons.
Annual Employee Jobs Surveys
There were two annual employee job surveys: the Census of Employment and the Business Register and Employment Survey, run in alternate years.
ASHE Pensions Results
ASHE is a UK wide survey that provides a wide range of information on earnings, including workplace pension type by gender, age, and sector.
Employment Programme
Statistical publications on The Department for Communities' Employment Programmes
Quarterly Employment Survey
The QES provides short-term job estimates for NI, used by the ONS to calculate UK-wide quarterly workforce job estimates.
Redundancies
By law, under the Employment Rights (NI) Order 1996, employers must notify the Department of plans to make 20+ employees redundant at one site.
NI Civil Service Human Resources
NICS Human Resource statistics are published regularly throughout the year on Workforce, Sickness Absence, Pay and Recruitment.
Work quality
Work quality statistics, based on the Labour Force Survey and earnings data from ASHE, provide key indicators on employment and earnings trends.
COVID-19 related analysis
This page links to analysis on COVID-19's impact on the NI labour market, published in response to user requests or ONS/HMRC reports.
The Transformation of Labour Market Statistics in Northern Ireland
NISRA is transforming the LFS and labour market stats for NI, in parallel with the ONS's work on transforming the LFS for GB.
User requested data
Labour market statistics are published regularly, with bespoke tables available upon request for data not already published.
Labour Market Statistics User Engagement
Full details of all Labour Market Statistics user engagement is available on this page.
Good Jobs in Northern Ireland
One of the key objectives of the Economy Minister’s Economic Vision is to increase the proportion of the working age population in Good Jobs.