KTM not yet included

Upper Austria has the lowest unemployment rate

The current AMS figures from November do not yet take into account the layoffs due to KTM and co

(Bild: APA//ROBERT JAEGER)

The unemployment rate in Upper Austria in November was 0.8 percentage points higher than in the previous year. This is the lowest rate in the country - but only for the time being. The current redundancies at KTM and Co are not yet included in the current figures, a significant increase is to be expected.

The bankruptcy of motorcycle giant KTM and all the associated redundancies are currently dominating the media. However, as these are not yet included in the labor market data, Upper Austria is in first place: The unemployment rate here is only 4.9 percent, although the unemployed increased by 19.6 percent or 5882. Nationwide, the figure is 7.1 percent. The leader is Vienna with 11.3 percent, followed by Carinthia (7.6 percent) and Burgenland with 6.6 percent. 

Larger increase among women
According to AMS data, 698,000 Upper Austrians are in employment and 35,884 are unemployed. Of these, 20,192 are men (+19.1 percent) and 15,692 women, an increase of 20.3 percent. There was a particularly strong increase in the number of long-term unemployed people, which rose by 33 percent to 8058, and apprenticeship seekers, which increased by 35.9 percent to 841. 

Significantly fewer vacancies
Unemployment rose similarly sharply among people aged 50 to 54 (+20 percent), people aged 55 and over (+19.5 percent) and people with health restrictions (+18.3 percent). The rate also rose less sharply, but still significantly, for people under the age of 25 - with an increase of 11%. Job vacancies fell by 19.5 percent and immediately available apprenticeships by 14.9 percent.