In September 2026, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4 million 661 thousand. The number of unemployed persons was 224 thousand, and the unemployment rate stood at 4.6%.
In the period July–September 2026, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4 million 669 thousand, essentially unchanged from the corresponding period of the previous year. The number of employed people among males was 2 million 475 thousand, while among females it was 2 million 194 thousand.
A total of 4 million 482 thousand people worked in the domestic primary labour market, 22 thousand fewer than in the same period of the previous year. The number of public workers was 69 thousand, while that of people working abroad was 118 thousand.
Among people aged 15–64, the employment rate showed no significant change over the year and stood at 75.6%. This rate was 79.2% for men and 72.0% for women.
In the period July–September 2026, the average number of unemployed people aged 15–74 was 230 thousand, while the unemployment rate stood at 4.7%.
While the number of unemployed men stood at 116 thousand and the unemployment rate at 4.5%2, the number of unemployed women rose to 114 thousand and the rate to 4.9% over the year. Women’s employment prospects are hampered by the sectoral concentration of labour demand.
The average duration of job search was 11.6 months. Altogether, 43.1% of the unemployed had been looking for a job for less than 3 months, which is 2.5 percentage points lower than in the same period of the previous year, while the share of unemployed people who had been seeking work at least a year grew by 3.3 percentage points to 32.5%.
According to the administrative data of the National Employment Service, the number of registered job seekers at the end of September 2026 increased by 1.1% to 223 thousand compared to a year earlier.