Employment In the Euro Area increased by 0.20 in December of 2025. Employment Change in Euro Area averaged 0.21 percent from 1995 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 1.10 percent in the third quarter of 2021 and a record low of -2.80 percent in the second quarter of 2020. source: EUROSTAT

Employment Change in Euro Area is expected to be 0.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Euro Area Employment Change is projected to trend around 0.40 percent in 2027 and 0.30 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-02-13 10:00 AM
Employment Change QoQ Prel
Q4 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
2026-03-06 10:00 AM
Employment Change QoQ Final
Q4 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
2026-05-13 09:00 AM
Employment Change QoQ Prel
Q1 0.2% 0.3%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Employment Change 0.20 0.20 percent Dec 2025
Full Time Employment 127641.00 128292.80 Thousand Dec 2025
Labor Force Participation Rate 75.60 75.90 percent Dec 2025
Labour Cost Index YoY 126.70 115.80 points Dec 2025
Long Term Unemployment Rate 2.00 2.00 percent Dec 2025
Part Time Employment 32257.00 31766.70 Thousand Dec 2025
Population 351.38 350.18 Million Dec 2025
Productivity 104.09 104.48 points Dec 2025
Unemployed Persons 10770.00 10954.00 Thousand Jan 2026
Unemployment Rate 6.10 6.20 percent Jan 2026
Wage Growth YoY 3.00 3.20 percent Dec 2025
Wages 2654.00 2626.00 EUR/Month Sep 2025
Youth Unemployment Rate 14.80 15.00 percent Jan 2026


Euro Area Employment Change
In the Euro Area, employment change refers to the quarterly change in the number of persons who work for pay or profit, or perform unpaid family work. Estimates include both full-time and part-time employment.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
0.20 0.20 1.10 -2.80 1995 - 2025 percent Quarterly
SA, WDA

News Stream
Euro Area Employment Growth Maintains Momentum
The number of employed persons in the Euro Area rose by 0.2% from the previous quarter to 172.6 million in the final quarter of 2025, confirming the preliminary estimate, to maintain the growth rate from the previous period and beat the initial market expectations of a 0.1% expansion. It was the bloc's 19th consecutive period of employment growth, extending the slow but consistent trend of increasing jobs in the European labor market, despite concerns that a stronger euro would reduce orders for major employers. Among the Eurozone's largest economies, job growth remained sharp in Spain (0.8% vs 0.7% in Q3) and Italy (0.3% vs 0.2%), offsetting a second month of contraction for Germany (-0.1% vs -0.1%). Germany remained without a significant increase in employment growth for the 10th straight quarter.
2026-03-06
Euro Area Employment Rises More than Expected
The number of employed persons in the Euro Area rose by 0.2% from the previous quarter to 176.13 million in the final quarter of 2025, ahead of the market expectations of a 0.1% increase, according to a preliminary estimate. It was the bloc's 19th consecutive period of employment growth, extending the slow but consistent trend of increasing jobs in the European labor market, despite concerns that a stronger euro would reduce orders for major employers. Among the Eurozone's largest economies, job growth remained sharp in Spain (0.8% vs 0.7% in Q3) offsetting a second month of contraction for Germany (-0.1% vs -0.1%). Germany remained without a significant increase in employment growth for the 10th straight quarter.
2026-02-13
Eurozone Employment Revised Higher
The number of employed persons in the Euro Area rose by 0.2% in the from the previous quarter to 172.21 million in the third quarter of 2025, revised higher from the preliminary estimate of a 0.1% and ahead of the initial market expectations of a 0.1% increase. It was the 18th consecutive period of employment growth in the currency bloc, extending the slow but consistent trend of increasing jobs in the European labor market. Among the largest economies, employment grew 0.7% for a second period in Spain and 0.1% in France, while that from Italy also edged 0.1% higher to erase the pullback in June. On the other hand, employment contracted by 0.1% in Germany to mark nine consecutive quarters without employment growth. From the previous year, employment in the Eurozone grew by 0.6%, the softest pace since the post-Covid recovery began in the second quarter of 2021.
2025-12-05