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Total employment is now at 2,506,000 - almost 150,000 higher than prior to the pandemic, according to recent employment data figures for 2021 recently released by the CSO.
The figures enable a comparison with two years previously before the start of the pandemic, and also revealed that the total number of hours worked is now marginally higher. The employment numbers included 41,000 persons on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
Sectoral Job Trends Within the total employment there are sectoral job gains and losses. There have been significant job gains within the Information and Communications, Professional Scientific and Technical; Financial Insurance, Real Estate; and Public Administration and Social Security sectors, and steady job gains within Education, Industry, Health & Social Work and Construction. Meanwhile, the Administration & Support Services, Accommodation and Food, Cultural and Recreational and to a lesser extentfalse
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