There was a 7% fall in the number of people on the Live Register in Donegal in September, compared to a year earlier.
The Live Register records the number of people registered to receive jobseeker payments, pay-related benefits, or social welfare credits.
Every social welfare office in the county recorded a year-on-year decrease.
The largest decrease was in Dungloe, where the number fell from 787 people on the Live Register to 686, representing a 12.8% decrease.
The social welfare office in Donegal Town saw a fall of 11.7% in the number of people on the Live Register going from 452 to 399.
There were 855 people on the Live Register in Ballybofey last month, down from 940 in September 2025, a fall of 9%.
Dunfanaghy saw a 7.9% drop, with the figure falling from 457 to 421 year-on-year.
The number of people on the Live Register in Letterkenny fell by 6.7%, from 2,124 to 1,982.
In Ballyshannon, the number fell by 5.6% compared to September last year, going from 789 to 745.
At the social welfare office in Killybegs, the number decreased from 363 to 346, representing a 4% drop.
In Buncrana, the number fell by 2%, from 1,377 to 1,350.
