Austria’s unemployment rate rose to 8.3% in February 2026, up from 8.1% a year earlier. The total number of unemployed persons increased by 10,094 year-on-year to 357,518. Among them, the female jobless rate rose by 0.4 percentage points to 7.2%, with 144,775 women unemployed, while the male and other genders’ unemployment rate edged up by 0.1 percentage points to 9.4%, totaling 212,743 individuals. Dependent employment remained largely stable at 3,929,000, down slightly by 4,000 compared with February 2025. Women in dependent employment increased by 7,000 to 1,872,000, while men and other genders fell by 11,000 to 2,057,000. Including training participants, the number of unemployed and enrolled in training programs reached 436,160, a rise of 6,220 from the previous year. source: Public Employment Service Austria (AMS)
Unemployment Rate in Austria decreased to 8.30 percent in February from 8.80 percent in January of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Austria averaged 5.24 percent from 1960 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 12.80 percent in April of 2020 and a record low of 0.80 percent in August of 1974. This page provides the latest reported value for - Austria Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Austria Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Austria decreased to 8.30 percent in February from 8.80 percent in January of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Austria is expected to be 7.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Austria Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 7.10 percent in 2027 and 6.90 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.