The number of unemployed persons in Austria rose by 5,536 year-on-year to 301,676 in May 2026. Among them, the female unemployment rate went up by 0.3 percentage points to 7.0%, with the number of unemployed women rising by 6,643 to 140,381, while the rate for men and other genders remained broadly steady at 7.1%, with the number of unemployed individuals falling by just 1,107 to 161,295. source: Arbeitsmarktservice Oesterreich
Unemployed Persons in Austria averaged 179581.23 from 1960 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 522253.00 in April of 2020 and a record low of 22344.00 in August of 1974. This page provides the latest reported value for - Austria Unemployed Persons - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Austria Unemployed Persons - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2026.