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

On 30 June 2014:

• on a seasonally adjusted  basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey was 10 lower than a month earlier (May 2014), 30 lower than the average for the preceding three months and the lowest for more than two years (December 2011)
• the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,510. This latest total is 20 lower than in the previous month (May 2014) and the lowest ASW total recorded for more than two years, since October 2011
• long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) accounted for around a sixth of total ASW, the number of long-term ASW (250 individuals) was 40 lower than the previous month (May 2014) and was the lowest number recorded for three years, since June 2011
• 190 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW, 20 more than the previous month, which had recorded the lowest number for this age group for five years.