Employed up, so too unemployed

February 4, 2014 by

The unemployment rate for September 2013 was 14.9 percent compared to 14.0 percent in September 2012 but males unemployment rate was well below the national average at 10.6 percent but that for females at 20 percent was way over the average.

Employed up | The Employed Labour Force for September 2013 was 1,110,700 or 6,700 more than the 1,104,000 recorded in September 2012. For males, it increased by 6,400 (1.0 percent) to 637,800 and for females there was no noticeable movement.

The Unemployment rates among youths aged 14-24 years was 37.7 percent in 2013, an increase of 3 percentage points compared with 34.7 percent in September 2012. At the same time, male unemployment rate for youths was 31.4 percent compared to 46.2 percent for females.

The main findings of the 2013 Labour Force Survey, conducted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) and covers the reference week of September 22-28.

JobSearch600x250pxClerks got jobs | While the unemployment rate moved up in September, it was not all doom and gloom as the Occupation group ‘Clerks’ in the Employed Labour Force increased by 14.3 percent or 12,800 persons, from 89,400 in September 2012 to 102,200 in September 2013. The group ‘Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers’ had the largest decline for the same period, moving from 225,900 to 215,300 in September2013 resulting in a decline of 10,600 (4.7 percent) persons.

In September 2013 the largest percentage increase in employment occurred in the industry group ‘Health & Social Work’ where the number of persons employed increased by 32.1 percent or 8,400 persons moving from 26,200 in September 2012 to 34,600. During the same period, the industry group ‘Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activities’ declined by 3,900 (6.1 percent).

Increased unemployed | The number of unemployed persons increased by 14,100 (7.8 percent) moving from 179,900 in September 2012 to 194,000 in September2013. Over the same period the number of unemployed males increased by 1,400 (1.9 percent) and the number of females by 12,700 (12.0 percent).

The number of persons in the Labour Force was 1,304,800, which was 20,900 (1.6 percent) higher than the 1,283,900 recorded in September 2012. The male labour force increased by 7,900 (1.1 percent) from 705,700 in September 2012 to 713,600 in September 2013, and the female labour force increased by 13,000 (2.2 percent) moving from 578,200 to 591,200 during the same period.

Outside labour force | Persons classified as Outside the Labour Force in September 2013 was 774,300. This represents a decrease of 15,200 (1.9 percent) when compared to 789,500 in September 2012. Over the same period, the number of males Outside the Labour Force declined by 5,100 (1.6 percent) moving from 311,700 to 306,600 and females by 10,100 (2.1 percent) moving from 477,800 to 467,700.

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  1. diGJamaica says
    March 10, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    Great information. Check out our charts with labour force analysis, unemployment rate, also broken down by gender from 2010 to 2013 goo.gl/Mz3R4q

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