Labour Market 2018

Employment and unemployment Total Men Women
Employment with compulsory insurance altogether 1.047.033 540.344 506.689
Gainful employment total 941.142 476.278 464.864
Gainful employment, standard forms 848.531 434.824 413.707
among them freelance service contracts 6.631 3.367 3.264
Minimal employment and minimal freelance service contracts 92.611 41.454 51.157
Self-employment total 105.891 64.066 41.825
Persons registered as unemployed 118.501 68.560 49.941
Participants in training programmes 29.191 15.526 13.665
Unemployment rate (registered rate) in % 12,3 13,3 10,8
Unemployment rate (EU rate) in % 10 11,1 8,7

Source: Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions, Social Insurance Institution for Farmers, Social Insurance Institution for Trade and Industry, Vienna Labour Market Service (AMS).

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