09 January 2019

The registered unemployment report for the fourth quarter of 2018 has been released by Statistics Jersey.
The Social Security Department compiles data on people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey. Statistics Jersey independently analyses this anonymised data and publishes a quarterly report.
On 31 December 2018:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) was:
- 40 lower than at the end of the previous quarter
- 60 lower than at the end of the corresponding quarter in 2017 (Q4 2017)
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 890; this total is 80 lower than at the end of the previous quarter and 60 lower than a year earlier
- the total number of long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) was 210; this total is 10 higher than the previous quarter and 20 lower than a year earlier
- there were 280 individuals registered as ASW but engaged in some form of paid employment and classified as underemployed; this includes 90 individuals also classified as long-term ASW
Registered Actively Seeking Work - Fourth Quarter 2018