Austria - Labour market statistics 2017 - June 30, 2018

Statistics Austria published its Yearbook 2017 with final data online. The report (in German, but with an English summary) reveals that the employment rate for the population aged 15 to 64 years increased to 72.2%. There were 247 900 unemployed persons, the unemployment rate amounted to 5.5%. In 2017, 47.7% of female employed and 11.9% of male employed persons worked part-time, in total 28.7% of all persons employed. A separate paragraph (2.6) provides data on the wage developments (in 2016).

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