Austria's unemployment rate climbs to 6.7 per cent, above the euro area average

1 October 2026

Eurostat's release of 1 October 2026 puts Austria's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 6.7 per cent in August 2026, up from 6.2 per cent in July 2026 and 6.0 per cent in August 2025.
The number of unemployed persons in Austria rose to 319 thousand in August 2026, from 295 thousand in July.
The euro area rate was 6.4 per cent in August 2026, stable compared with July and up from 6.3 per cent a year earlier, so Austria now stands above the euro area average.
The European Union rate was 6.1 per cent, also stable on the month.
Eurostat estimates that 13.600 million persons in the European Union, of whom 11.357 million in the euro area, were unemployed in August 2026.
Youth unemployment was 15.4 per cent in the European Union and 15.0 per cent in the euro area.
The figures use the International Labour Organisation definition, which counts as unemployed those without a job who have actively sought work in the last four weeks and can start within two weeks.