Austria’s unemployment rate edged up to 7.1% in September 2026, 0.1 percentage points higher than a year earlier. The total number of unemployed persons increased by 7,444 year-on-year to 306,624. Among them, female unemployment rose 6.0% to 147,168, while male and other genders’ unemployment decreased 0.6% to 159,456. Long-term unemployment also remained elevated, with those unemployed for more than 12 months increasing 22.1% to 56,432.