Austria Jobless Rate Holds at 6.9% in July
2026-08-03 07:13
By
Nicole Aliyah
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Austria’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.9% in July 2026 from the previous month, while edging up from 6.7% in the corresponding month a year earlier.
The total number of unemployed persons rose by 8,917 year-on-year to 298,885.
Among them, the female unemployment rate went up by 0.3 percentage points to 6.9%, with the number of unemployed women increasing by 8,038 to 142,244, while the rate for men and other genders remained broadly steady at 6.8%, with the number of unemployed individuals increasing by 879 to 156,641.
Dependent employment increased by 9,000 from a year earlier to 4,044,000.
Employment among women rose by 6,000 to 1,901,000, whereas employment among men and other genders increase by 3,000 to 2,143,000.
Including training participants, the total number of unemployed persons and those enrolled in labour market programs reached 364,202, up by 4,828 from the previous year.