Press release: 12. 07-047/20
Vienna, 2020-03-18
– 4.355 million people were employed in Austria in 2019, according
to the Labour Force Survey carried out by Statistics Austria. Compared
to 2018, the number of employees (3.825 million,
+24 800) and self-employed people (482 700,
+17 600) increased while the number of unpaid
family workers fell (46 900, -6 500). In 2019, the number of full-time
employees (+21 800) increased, the number of part-time employees remained
at the previous year's level. Both sexes benefited from the increase
in employment (men +9 400, women +15 400). Furthermore, the rise in the
number of employees was especially high for citizens of the 28 EU member
states (+21 100), for elder employees (age group 55-59: +20 400) and persons
with higher education.
In 2019, the number of unemployed
people (204 600) was lower than in the previous year (2018: 220 100).
This resulted in an unemployment rate of 4.5% in 2019, less than 2018
(4.9%). Both women and men benefited from this decrease.
During the fourth quarter
of 2019, 4.384 million people were employed and 190 200 unemployed,
according to international definitions. Compared to the fourth quarter
of 2018, there was a slight increase of employees (+18 400), with the
growth being much stronger for full-time employees (+13 500) than for
part-time workers (+4 900). The increase in full-time employment (+12 600)
benefitted mainly to men, whereas women predominantly saw an increase
in part-time jobs (+8 400). The number of unemployed people and the unemployment
rate were lower than in the fourth quarter of 2018 (-20 800 people, -0.4
percentage points).
Both data on employment and unemployment are based
on ILO definitions. The results refer to the annual average over all
calendar weeks.
For more detailed information please refer to the German
version.
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