Austria’s unemployment rate climbed to 8.8% in January 2026 from 8.6% a year earlier, marking its highest level since March 2021. The increase reflected a rise in the total number of unemployed persons, which rose by 14,025 year-on-year to 379,771 and by 16,765 compared with the previous month. By gender, the female jobless rate grew by 0.4 percentage points to 7.3% from January 2025, while the male unemployment rate edged up by 0.2 percentage points to 10.2%. Meanwhile, around 456,192 people were registered as unemployed or training participants in January. source: Public Employment Service Austria (AMS)
Unemployment Rate in Austria increased to 8.80 percent in January from 8.40 percent in December of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Austria averaged 5.23 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 February of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Austria increased to 8.80 percent in January from 8.40 percent in December of 2025. 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.