New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Ireland's unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.6% in February after data for January was revised down from 4.7%.
The rate is up from 4.4% in February last year, the CSO added.
Today's figures show that the monthly unemployment rate for men in February was 4.7%, down from 4.8% in January but up from a rate of 4.4% in February 2025.
The monthly unemployment rate for women was 4.4%s, down from 4.5% during the previous month and the same time last year.
The CSO added that the youth unemployment rate rose to 12.4%, up from a revised rate of 11.9% in January.
According to the CSO, the seasonally adjusted number of people who were unemployed was 137,500 in February, compared with 137,800 in January. There was an increase of 8,300 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in February 2026 when compared with the same month last year.
Jack Kennedy, senior economist at hiring platform Indeed, said the latest revisions by the CSO shows the jobless rate has now remained at 4.6% for the last four months and has averaged below 5% for 16 consecutive quarters in a row.
"The figure highlights the ongoing robust strength of the Irish economy and the resilience of the labour market despite a sustained but now stabilising softening in the level of jobs on offer," Mr Kennedy said.
He also noted that the latest CSO Labour Force Survey, for the fourth quarter of 2025, showed there are now more than 2.83 million people at work in Ireland - the highest amount ever recorded in the State.
The Indeed economist said that its Irish Job Postings Index, a real-time measure of employer demand, has reduced by 47% from a post-pandemic peak of 204.5 in 2022.
The data also shows that the level of Irish job postings has remained stable since April of last year, remaining at or close to 8% above the February 1, 2020 pre-pandemic baseline.
He said the slowdown in the number of available jobs has possibly eased some of the pressure on employers who have struggled to recruit workers due to the tight labour market.
