Employment rate, Northern Ireland

Official statistics, not accredited

Employment rate for people aged 16 to 64 in Northern Ireland, from the Labour Force Survey (rolling three months) since 1992.

Employment rate, 16–64

72.5%

Jun–Aug 2026

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:52 UTC

Employment rate, 16–64

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

412 periods, newest first

Period	Employment rate, 16–64
Jun–Aug 2026	72.5%
May–Jul 2026	72.2%
Apr–Jun 2026	72.0%
Mar–May 2026	72.1%
Feb–Apr 2026	72.0%
Jan–Mar 2026	72.4%
Dec 2025–Feb 2026	71.3%
Nov 2025–Jan 2026	71.8%
Oct–Dec 2025	71.9%
Sep–Nov 2025	71.9%
Aug–Oct 2025	70.5%
Jul–Sep 2025	71.1%
Jun–Aug 2025	71.1%
May–Jul 2025	71.8%
Apr–Jun 2025	71.5%
Mar–May 2025	72.0%
Feb–Apr 2025	71.9%
Jan–Mar 2025	71.8%
Dec 2024–Feb 2025	71.5%
Nov 2024–Jan 2025	72.3%
Oct–Dec 2024	72.0%
Sep–Nov 2024	72.5%
Aug–Oct 2024	72.1%
Jul–Sep 2024	71.9%
Jun–Aug 2024	72.4%
May–Jul 2024	72.7%
Apr–Jun 2024	72.8%
Mar–May 2024	72.5%
Feb–Apr 2024	72.9%
Jan–Mar 2024	73.3%
Dec 2023–Feb 2024	73.0%
Nov 2023–Jan 2024	72.8%
Oct–Dec 2023	72.8%
Sep–Nov 2023	72.3%
Aug–Oct 2023	72.5%
Jul–Sep 2023	72.2%
Jun–Aug 2023	72.3%
May–Jul 2023	71.3%
Apr–Jun 2023	71.5%
Mar–May 2023	71.7%
Feb–Apr 2023	72.1%
Jan–Mar 2023	71.8%
Dec 2022–Feb 2023	72.1%
Nov 2022–Jan 2023	71.9%
Oct–Dec 2022	71.7%
Sep–Nov 2022	71.2%
Aug–Oct 2022	71.0%
Jul–Sep 2022	70.2%
Jun–Aug 2022	70.3%
May–Jul 2022	69.9%
Apr–Jun 2022	69.7%
Mar–May 2022	69.9%
Feb–Apr 2022	70.0%
Jan–Mar 2022	70.6%
Dec 2021–Feb 2022	69.7%
Nov 2021–Jan 2022	69.1%
Oct–Dec 2021	68.9%
Sep–Nov 2021	68.1%
Aug–Oct 2021	68.1%
Jul–Sep 2021	68.3%
Jun–Aug 2021	69.5%
May–Jul 2021	69.5%
Apr–Jun 2021	69.3%
Mar–May 2021	68.5%
Feb–Apr 2021	69.1%
Jan–Mar 2021	68.7%
Dec 2020–Feb 2021	68.8%
Nov 2020–Jan 2021	68.7%
Oct–Dec 2020	68.3%
Sep–Nov 2020	68.9%
Aug–Oct 2020	69.3%
Jul–Sep 2020	69.6%
Jun–Aug 2020	69.9%
May–Jul 2020	69.6%
Apr–Jun 2020	69.8%
Mar–May 2020	70.1%
Feb–Apr 2020	70.0%
Jan–Mar 2020	71.2%
Dec 2019–Feb 2020	72.4%
Nov 2019–Jan 2020	72.3%
Oct–Dec 2019	72.4%
Sep–Nov 2019	72.7%
Aug–Oct 2019	72.4%
Jul–Sep 2019	72.2%
Jun–Aug 2019	71.3%
May–Jul 2019	72.1%
Apr–Jun 2019	72.3%
Mar–May 2019	71.9%
Feb–Apr 2019	71.5%
Jan–Mar 2019	71.4%
Dec 2018–Feb 2019	71.2%
Nov 2018–Jan 2019	70.9%
Oct–Dec 2018	70.3%
Sep–Nov 2018	69.8%
Aug–Oct 2018	69.5%
Jul–Sep 2018	69.4%
Jun–Aug 2018	69.8%
May–Jul 2018	70.0%
Apr–Jun 2018	69.6%
Mar–May 2018	70.0%
Feb–Apr 2018	69.8%
Jan–Mar 2018	69.8%
Dec 2017–Feb 2018	69.4%
Nov 2017–Jan 2018	69.5%
Oct–Dec 2017	68.6%
Sep–Nov 2017	69.0%
Aug–Oct 2017	68.4%
Jul–Sep 2017	68.3%
Jun–Aug 2017	68.4%
May–Jul 2017	68.3%
Apr–Jun 2017	69.4%
Mar–May 2017	68.8%
Feb–Apr 2017	68.8%
Jan–Mar 2017	68.4%
Dec 2016–Feb 2017	68.7%
Nov 2016–Jan 2017	69.1%
Oct–Dec 2016	69.8%
Sep–Nov 2016	69.2%
Aug–Oct 2016	69.7%
Jul–Sep 2016	70.1%
Jun–Aug 2016	70.1%
May–Jul 2016	69.7%
Apr–Jun 2016	69.2%
Mar–May 2016	69.0%
Feb–Apr 2016	69.8%
Jan–Mar 2016	69.2%
Dec 2015–Feb 2016	68.8%
Nov 2015–Jan 2016	68.8%
Oct–Dec 2015	68.7%
Sep–Nov 2015	68.8%
Aug–Oct 2015	68.5%
Jul–Sep 2015	67.9%
Jun–Aug 2015	67.9%
May–Jul 2015	67.9%
Apr–Jun 2015	67.8%
Mar–May 2015	67.7%
Feb–Apr 2015	68.3%
Jan–Mar 2015	68.2%
Dec 2014–Feb 2015	68.4%
Nov 2014–Jan 2015	67.6%
Oct–Dec 2014	67.7%
Sep–Nov 2014	67.8%
Aug–Oct 2014	68.1%
Jul–Sep 2014	68.4%
Jun–Aug 2014	68.2%
May–Jul 2014	67.9%
Apr–Jun 2014	68.3%
Mar–May 2014	68.1%
Feb–Apr 2014	67.9%
Jan–Mar 2014	67.7%
Dec 2013–Feb 2014	67.5%
Nov 2013–Jan 2014	67.6%
Oct–Dec 2013	67.6%
Sep–Nov 2013	67.4%
Aug–Oct 2013	66.8%
Jul–Sep 2013	67.0%
Jun–Aug 2013	66.6%
May–Jul 2013	67.5%
Apr–Jun 2013	66.3%
Mar–May 2013	66.6%
Feb–Apr 2013	67.1%
Jan–Mar 2013	66.4%
Dec 2012–Feb 2013	66.1%
Nov 2012–Jan 2013	66.4%
Oct–Dec 2012	67.1%
Sep–Nov 2012	67.2%
Aug–Oct 2012	67.3%
Jul–Sep 2012	67.3%
Jun–Aug 2012	66.7%
May–Jul 2012	66.8%
Apr–Jun 2012	67.0%
Mar–May 2012	67.5%
Feb–Apr 2012	67.1%
Jan–Mar 2012	67.4%
Dec 2011–Feb 2012	67.7%
Nov 2011–Jan 2012	68.1%
Oct–Dec 2011	67.6%
Sep–Nov 2011	67.8%
Aug–Oct 2011	67.7%
Jul–Sep 2011	67.3%
Jun–Aug 2011	67.3%
May–Jul 2011	67.1%
Apr–Jun 2011	67.7%
Mar–May 2011	67.9%
Feb–Apr 2011	67.2%
Jan–Mar 2011	66.9%
Dec 2010–Feb 2011	66.6%
Nov 2010–Jan 2011	66.0%
Oct–Dec 2010	65.9%
Sep–Nov 2010	65.2%
Aug–Oct 2010	65.7%
Jul–Sep 2010	66.2%
Jun–Aug 2010	66.4%
May–Jul 2010	66.4%
Apr–Jun 2010	66.3%
Mar–May 2010	66.0%
Feb–Apr 2010	66.1%
Jan–Mar 2010	65.9%
Dec 2009–Feb 2010	66.2%
Nov 2009–Jan 2010	65.6%
Oct–Dec 2009	65.6%
Sep–Nov 2009	65.5%
Aug–Oct 2009	65.2%
Jul–Sep 2009	64.5%
Jun–Aug 2009	64.1%
May–Jul 2009	64.2%
Apr–Jun 2009	64.0%
Mar–May 2009	63.8%
Feb–Apr 2009	64.6%
Jan–Mar 2009	64.8%
Dec 2008–Feb 2009	65.4%
Nov 2008–Jan 2009	66.0%
Oct–Dec 2008	66.8%
Sep–Nov 2008	67.4%
Aug–Oct 2008	67.8%
Jul–Sep 2008	68.1%
Jun–Aug 2008	68.4%
May–Jul 2008	68.3%
Apr–Jun 2008	68.7%
Mar–May 2008	69.2%
Feb–Apr 2008	68.9%
Jan–Mar 2008	68.2%
Dec 2007–Feb 2008	68.5%
Nov 2007–Jan 2008	68.1%
Oct–Dec 2007	68.1%
Sep–Nov 2007	67.9%
Aug–Oct 2007	68.0%
Jul–Sep 2007	68.1%
Jun–Aug 2007	67.8%
May–Jul 2007	68.7%
Apr–Jun 2007	68.9%
Mar–May 2007	69.1%
Feb–Apr 2007	69.3%
Jan–Mar 2007	68.8%
Dec 2006–Feb 2007	68.2%
Nov 2006–Jan 2007	68.5%
Oct–Dec 2006	68.0%
Sep–Nov 2006	67.7%
Aug–Oct 2006	67.4%
Jul–Sep 2006	67.5%
Jun–Aug 2006	68.2%
May–Jul 2006	68.4%
Apr–Jun 2006	68.3%
Mar–May 2006	67.5%
Feb–Apr 2006	67.0%
Jan–Mar 2006	67.5%
Dec 2005–Feb 2006	68.2%
Nov 2005–Jan 2006	67.8%
Oct–Dec 2005	67.1%
Sep–Nov 2005	67.5%
Aug–Oct 2005	68.0%
Jul–Sep 2005	68.3%
Jun–Aug 2005	68.0%
May–Jul 2005	67.6%
Apr–Jun 2005	66.9%
Mar–May 2005	67.0%
Feb–Apr 2005	66.7%
Jan–Mar 2005	67.2%
Dec 2004–Feb 2005	67.1%
Nov 2004–Jan 2005	67.0%
Oct–Dec 2004	67.5%
Sep–Nov 2004	66.6%
Aug–Oct 2004	66.3%
Jul–Sep 2004	65.5%
Jun–Aug 2004	65.6%
May–Jul 2004	65.5%
Apr–Jun 2004	65.4%
Mar–May 2004	65.5%
Feb–Apr 2004	65.6%
Jan–Mar 2004	65.5%
Dec 2003–Feb 2004	66.4%
Nov 2003–Jan 2004	66.0%
Oct–Dec 2003	65.2%
Sep–Nov 2003	65.9%
Aug–Oct 2003	66.3%
Jul–Sep 2003	66.6%
Jun–Aug 2003	66.5%
May–Jul 2003	67.1%
Apr–Jun 2003	67.6%
Mar–May 2003	68.2%
Feb–Apr 2003	68.6%
Jan–Mar 2003	68.7%
Dec 2002–Feb 2003	67.8%
Nov 2002–Jan 2003	67.5%
Oct–Dec 2002	67.1%
Sep–Nov 2002	66.7%
Aug–Oct 2002	66.3%
Jul–Sep 2002	66.0%
Jun–Aug 2002	65.9%
May–Jul 2002	65.9%
Apr–Jun 2002	66.1%
Mar–May 2002	66.1%
Feb–Apr 2002	65.9%
Jan–Mar 2002	65.3%
Dec 2001–Feb 2002	65.0%
Nov 2001–Jan 2002	64.8%
Oct–Dec 2001	65.4%
Sep–Nov 2001	65.7%
Aug–Oct 2001	66.4%
Jul–Sep 2001	66.6%
Jun–Aug 2001	66.7%
May–Jul 2001	66.6%
Apr–Jun 2001	65.9%
Mar–May 2001	65.8%
Feb–Apr 2001	65.0%
Jan–Mar 2001	65.0%
Dec 2000–Feb 2001	65.1%
Nov 2000–Jan 2001	65.8%
Oct–Dec 2000	65.5%
Sep–Nov 2000	65.5%
Aug–Oct 2000	65.1%
Jul–Sep 2000	64.9%
Jun–Aug 2000	64.2%
May–Jul 2000	63.7%
Apr–Jun 2000	63.7%
Mar–May 2000	63.6%
Feb–Apr 2000	63.5%
Jan–Mar 2000	65.0%
Dec 1999–Feb 2000	64.9%
Nov 1999–Jan 2000	65.4%
Oct–Dec 1999	65.2%
Sep–Nov 1999	65.1%
Aug–Oct 1999	65.2%
Jul–Sep 1999	65.4%
Jun–Aug 1999	65.0%
May–Jul 1999	65.1%
Apr–Jun 1999	65.1%
Mar–May 1999	65.2%
Feb–Apr 1999	65.2%
Jan–Mar 1999	65.1%
Dec 1998–Feb 1999	65.7%
Nov 1998–Jan 1999	65.6%
Oct–Dec 1998	65.4%
Sep–Nov 1998	64.9%
Aug–Oct 1998	64.7%
Jul–Sep 1998	64.5%
Jun–Aug 1998	64.8%
May–Jul 1998	65.6%
Apr–Jun 1998	65.7%
Mar–May 1998	65.4%
Feb–Apr 1998	64.8%
Jan–Mar 1998	65.0%
Dec 1997–Feb 1998	65.1%
Nov 1997–Jan 1998	65.3%
Oct–Dec 1997	65.5%
Sep–Nov 1997	65.9%
Aug–Oct 1997	65.8%
Jul–Sep 1997	65.8%
Jun–Aug 1997	65.6%
May–Jul 1997	65.4%
Apr–Jun 1997	65.6%
Mar–May 1997	65.1%
Feb–Apr 1997	64.8%
Jan–Mar 1997	64.3%
Dec 1996–Feb 1997	63.7%
Nov 1996–Jan 1997	63.5%
Oct–Dec 1996	63.1%
Sep–Nov 1996	62.8%
Aug–Oct 1996	63.4%
Jul–Sep 1996	63.4%
Jun–Aug 1996	63.2%
May–Jul 1996	62.9%
Apr–Jun 1996	62.5%
Mar–May 1996	63.1%
Feb–Apr 1996	63.4%
Jan–Mar 1996	63.9%
Dec 1995–Feb 1996	63.7%
Nov 1995–Jan 1996	63.9%
Oct–Dec 1995	63.2%
Sep–Nov 1995	62.9%
Aug–Oct 1995	62.5%
Jul–Sep 1995	62.2%
Jun–Aug 1995	61.7%
May–Jul 1995	61.9%
Apr–Jun 1995	61.4%
Mar–May 1995	61.3%
Feb–Apr 1995	61.2%
Jan–Mar 1995	60.4%
Dec 1994–Feb 1995	59.9%
Nov 1994–Jan 1995	60.0%
Oct–Dec 1994	59.9%
Sep–Nov 1994	59.8%
Aug–Oct 1994	59.7%
Jul–Sep 1994	59.8%
Jun–Aug 1994	59.6%
May–Jul 1994	59.7%
Apr–Jun 1994	59.6%
Mar–May 1994	60.0%
Feb–Apr 1994	59.7%
Jan–Mar 1994	59.8%
Dec 1993–Feb 1994	59.8%
Nov 1993–Jan 1994	59.8%
Oct–Dec 1993	59.8%
Sep–Nov 1993	59.8%
Aug–Oct 1993	59.9%
Jul–Sep 1993	60.0%
Jun–Aug 1993	60.0%
May–Jul 1993	60.1%
Apr–Jun 1993	60.1%
Mar–May 1993	60.1%
Feb–Apr 1993	60.4%
Jan–Mar 1993	60.5%
Dec 1992–Feb 1993	60.7%
Nov 1992–Jan 1993	60.8%
Oct–Dec 1992	60.9%
Sep–Nov 1992	61.0%
Aug–Oct 1992	61.2%
Jul–Sep 1992	61.4%
Jun–Aug 1992	61.5%
May–Jul 1992	61.7%
Apr–Jun 1992	61.8%
Mar–May 1992	61.9%

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LFS: Employment rate: Northern Ireland: Aged 16-64: All: %: SA (LF5Z, dataset LMS)

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Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	1 of 1 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	412 of 412 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	412 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	412 of 412 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	ONS CSV download agrees	412 of 412 figures match the CSV at https://www.ons.gov.uk/generator?format=csv&uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/timeseries/lf5z/lms
Pass	ONS series is current	last released 2026-10-19, 10 days before retrieval (limit 400); next release 17 November 2026
Pass	ONS table HI12 agrees	412 of 412 figures match column LF5Z of sheet 1_LFS_people in https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/headlinelabourforcesurveyindicatorsfornorthernirelandhi12/current/lmregtab111nirelandoctober2026.xlsx, to one decimal place rounded half up
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/timeseries/lf5z/lms – HTTP 200

Notes

Labour Force Survey estimates for Northern Ireland, which the ONS publishes from NISRA's survey and no longer accredits. Northern Ireland's sample is small, so a rolling quarter can move by more than the real change; NISRA's annual figures are not comparable with these quarterly ones.