Austria’s unemployment rate rose to 7.5% in March 2026, edging up from 7.4% a year earlier and marking the lowest level in four months. The total number of unemployed persons increased by 6,380 year-on-year to 322,727. Among them, the female jobless rate rose by 0.3 percentage points to 7.1%, with 143,503 women unemployed, while the male and other genders’ unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.9%, totaling 179,224 individuals. Dependent employment remained largely stable at 3,952,000, up slightly by 4,000 compared with March 2025. Women in dependent employment increased by 12,000 to 1,868,000, while men and other genders fell by 8,000 to 2,084,000. Including training participants, the number of unemployed and enrolled in training programs reached 400,561, a rise of 3,488 from the previous year.