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Job vacancies

Job vacancies
First quarter 2026
133 100
Increased +11.2% compared to fourth quarter 2025
Job vacancy rate
First quarter 2026
3.1%
Increased +0.3 percentage points compared to fourth quarter 2025

Statistics on job vacancies provide information on the unmet demand for labour in Austria. A job vacancy is defined as a newly created, vacant or soon to be vacant paid position for which active steps are being taken to find a suitable applicant outside the company.

Job vacancies are presented both quarterly and as a yearly average, structured by economic sectors according to OENACE-2025 (production, retail and service,  public and social sector). Furthermore, the yearly average of job vacancies is illustrated by occupation, minimum education, apprenticeship, extent of working time, registration with the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS), duration of search and expected gross income. The results also include the registered job vacancies of the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS) by occupation and federal state.
 

Source: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Job Vacancy Survey. – OENACE 2008, B–S.

Source: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Job Vacancy Survey. – until Q4 2025 OENACE 2008, B-S; as of Q1 2026 OENACE 2025, B-T.

Date Title PDF download
2026-05-06 file Slight increase in job vacancies in Q1 2026
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2026-02-05 file Number of job vacancies down again in 2025
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2025-11-05 file Less job vacancies in Q3 2025
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2025-08-01 file Fewer job vacancies again in Q1 2025
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2025-05-08 file Number of vacancies continues to drop
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2025-02-06 file Fewer job vacancies again in 2024
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2024-11-07 file Number of job vacancies fell further in Q3
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2024-08-01 file Significantly fewer job vacancies in Q2 2024
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2024-05-08 file Number of vacancies up again
105.4 KB
2024-03-19 file One out of five persons working full-time would like to work less
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2024-02-27 file Fewer job vacancies in 2023
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2023-11-07 file Fewer job vacancies in Q3 2023
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2023-08-04 file 214 000 job vacancies in Q2 2023
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2023-06-06 file 228 300 job vacancies in Q1 2023
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Date Title result SDDS+ Special Data Dissemination Standards PR PR press release
2026-11-05 calendar-alt Job Vacancies 3rd Quarter 2026
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2026-08-06 calendar-alt Job Vacancies 2nd Quarter 2026
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Last updated on 2026-05-06.