09 October 2014
The latest registered unemployment figures have been released by the States Statistics Unit.
On 30 September 2014:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey was 40 lower than a month earlier (August 2014) and 40 lower than the average (mean) for the preceding three months
- the seasonally adjusted ASW total was the lowest for almost three years (since November 2011)
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,450; this latest total is 60 lower than in the previous month (August 2014) and the lowest for three years (since September 2011)
- long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) accounted for a sixth (17%) of total ASW; the number of long-term ASW (250 individuals) was at the same level as in the previous month (August 2014)
- 240 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW; 130 teenagers were on the Advance to Work scheme, 30 more than the previous month
Download Actively Seeking Work (ASW) report for September 2014 (size 524kb)