The Unemployment in Austria rises and rises. There has been no recovery since April 2023, the numbers have increased 32 times in a row. The status quo: It was almost the end of November 400,000 people at the AMS reported as unemployed or in training. This is an increase of 4 percent compared to the previous year.
An end to the negative trend is not really in sight. The Inflation is still high and the international indicators remain poor. The AMS does not expect a decline until mid-2026. Until then, the numbers will probably continue to rise.
How serious is the situation? Labor market but actually? See for yourself: This is how high the unemployment rate is in your district.
Unsurprisingly, what stands out most is this Wien out, in Favorites and Brigittenau The unemployment rate is highest at 16.9 percent. In the other federal states show Landeck (12,4%), Steyr (12.2%) and Wiener Neustadt (11.4%) had the highest values. Unemployment, however, is lowest in Rohrbach in Upper Austria (1.9%).
Favorites before Graz
As far as the absolute numbers are concerned, Vienna and Favoriten are once again in the lead. In Vienna’s 10th district, 17,355 people were registered as unemployed at the end of October. Around 60 percent of them are foreign citizens.
Behind favorites is the City of Graz a: At the end of September, the AMS reported almost 15,500 unemployed there.
Unemployment in Austria and the EU
While unemployment in Austria has risen steadily in recent months, it has changed little in the EU and the euro area. According to Eurostat figures, the rate in the EU remained unchanged at 6.0 percent compared to the previous month and slightly above 5.9 percent from September 2024. In the euro area, at 6.3 percent, it remained the same as in August 2025 and September 2024.
According to Eurostat calculations, the rate in Austria was 5.5 percent, which puts it in the middle of the European range between Slovakia and Cyprus.
The countries with the highest unemployment rates remain Spain (10.5 percent) and Finland (9.6 percent). The Czech Republic and Malta performed best with 3 percent each.