New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6.1% in September.
This was unchanged from the previous month and was down from 7.5% the same time last year.
It also compares to the current euro zone unemployment average of 9.1%.
Today's figures show the seasonally adjusted number of persons who were without a job stood at 133,200 in September, down from 133,400 when compared to August.
It also represented a decrease of 31,600 when compared to the same month last year.
Breaking down the figures, they showed that the seasonally adjusted youth unemployment rate fell to 14.8% in September from 15.3% in August.
They also revealed that the unemployment rate in September was 6.8% for men, down from 8.6% in September of last year.
The jobless rate for women was 5.1%, a decrease from the rate of 6.2% the same time last year.
Employment has grown strongly since the country's jobless rate peaked at 15.1% in 2012 and it has expanded at its fastest rate since the financial crisis in the first quarter of the year.
The Department of Finance has forecast that the unemployment rate will dip below 6% by the end of this year.
This means that the economy could reach full employment next year with the rate forecast to remain at 5.5% from 2018 onwards.
Commenting on the figures, Merrion economist Alan McQuaid noted that employment rose in 11 of the 14 economic sectors on an annual basis in the second quarter of 2017.
The biggest rate of increase was seen in the Information and communication sector, with employment there up 9.3%. The Construction sector also saw jobs growth of 7.7%.
The economist said that the continued pick-up in the latter is particularly encouraging given that it was the building industry that suffered the worst in the downturn.
"On the negative side, some sectors recorded job losses with the biggest annual decline coming in agriculture, forestry and fishing (down 5.4%), which may have been Brexit related," he added.
