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Labour force projections

Labour force (Trend Variant)
2050
4.73 million
Sunk +22 000 persons compared to 2022
Working-age population
2050
5.76 million
Sunk –216 000 persons compared to 2022

The labour force projection is based on an extrapolation of age- and sex-specific labor force participation rates by five-year age groups. Multiplied by the main variant of the current population projection, this yields the projected labour force figures. The underlying labour force participation rates are based on the ILO concept (ILO: International Labor Organization) and thus include all persons who work at least one hour a week for pay or as self-employed persons or family workers, or who are unemployed. Persons undertaking military or civilian service are also included. The labour force participation rates are extrapolated at the national level, using annual averages of the labour force according to the Microcensus Labour Force Survey. The Register-based Census / Register-based Labour Market Statistics are used to estimate the labour force in institutional households. The projection is disaggregated by federal province, based on regional differences in labour force participation rates according to the Register-based Census / Register-based Labour Market Statistics.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Labour force projection 2023. Compiled on November 22 2023. - Labour force according to the international concept (ILO), including those in military and civilian service and those in non-private households. - In order to estimate the labour force in the federal provinces, the ratios of the age- and sex-specific labour force participation rates of the federal provinces to the values for Austria are determined using data from the Register-based Labour Market Statistics (AEST) and applied to the labour force participation rates calculated for Austria from the microcensus Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the AEST. The labour force figures for the federal provinces are the product of these regionalised labour force participation rates and the annual average population by federal province.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Labour force projection 2023. Compiled on November 22 2023. - Labour force according to the international concept (ILO), including those in military and civilian service and those in non-private households. - In order to estimate the labour force in the federal provinces, the ratios of the age- and sex-specific labour force participation rates of the federal provinces to the values for Austria are determined using data from the Register-based Labour Market Statistics (AEST) and applied to the labour force participation rates calculated for Austria from the microcensus Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the AEST. The labour force figures for the federal provinces are the product of these regionalised labour force participation rates and the annual average population by federal province.

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