​The Social Security Department compiles information on people registered as ASW in Jersey. The States of Jersey Statistics Unit independently analyses this anonymised data and publishes monthly reports of the figures.

On 31 August 2016:

• on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) was:
• 30 higher than the previous month
• 40 lower than the average for the preceding three months
• 60 lower than a year earlier
• the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,340; this total is​ 10 higher than in the previous month and 60 lower than a year earlier
• the total number of long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) was 250; this total is 10 higher than the previous month and 60 higher than a year earlier
• there were 430 individuals registered as ASW but engaged in some form of paid employment and classified as underemployed; this includes 110 individuals also classified as long-term ASW

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