Austria Jobless Rate Rises to 8.3%

2026-03-02 09:58 By Kyrie Dichosa 1 min. read

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.



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Austria Jobless Rate Rises to 8.3%
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.
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