Switzerland’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 3.0% in August 2026, unchanged from the prior month. The number of unemployed people rose by 2,268 from a month earlier to 141,544. Unemployment rose across most cantons, with the largest increases recorded in Waadt (+879), Genf (+365), Zürich (+347), and Aargau (+193). The rise in unemployment was concentrated in the services sector (+1,895), particularly in health and social services. The jobless rate among young people aged 15 to 24 rose to 3.4%, the highest since March 2021, from 2.8% in July, with the number of unemployed youth rising by 2,384 to 14,678. The unemployment rate for workers aged 50 to 64 was steady at 2.7%, with the number of unemployed people in this age group falling by just 62 to 38,683. The number of registered job seekers edged up by 48 to 227,248, while reported job vacancies fell by 1,423 to 43,733. Seasonally adjusted, the jobless rate was unchanged at 3.1% for the fourth month in a row. source: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Unemployment Rate in Switzerland remained unchanged at 3 percent in August. Unemployment Rate in Switzerland averaged 3.09 percent from 1995 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 5.70 percent in January of 1997 and a record low of 1.50 percent in May of 2001. This page provides - Switzerland Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Switzerland Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Switzerland remained unchanged at 3 percent in August. Unemployment Rate in Switzerland is expected to be 2.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Switzerland Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 3.00 percent in 2027 and 2.80 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.