Unemployment rate falls slightly, but job vacancies remain low

The number of available resident jobseekers registered with ADEM stood at 17,886 on 30 June 2025, an increase of 803 people (or 4.7%) compared with June 2024. 

This increase particularly concerns jobseekers aged over 45 and the most highly qualified jobseekers (higher education graduates) In terms of occupations, the biggest rises were in accounting (category ROME M12) and road transport driving (category N41). 

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate calculated by STATEC fell back to 5.9%. 

The number of new resident registrations rose. In fact, 2,402 residents registered with ADEM during the month of June 2025, an increase of 224 people or 10.3% compared to June 2024.  

The number of resident jobseekers receiving full unemployment benefit fell by 216 people or 2.1% year-on-year, to 9,862 at 30 June. The number of beneficiaries of an employment measure stood at 4,452, down slightly (2.3%) compared with June 2024. 

During the month of June 2025, employers reported 2,954 vacancies to ADEM, which corresponds to a decrease of 4.4% compared to June 2024. The total number of vacancies at the end of the month stood at 6,867 at 30 June 2025, down (-9.5%) on June 2024. This decline particularly concerns jobs in accounting (ROME category M12), law (category K19), banking/finance (C12 and C13), as well as business organisation and economic research (M14).

• An available resident jobseeker is a person registered with ADEM who resides on Luxembourg territory and who on the date of the statistical statement is neither in employment, nor assigned to an employment measure, nor on sickness or maternity leave.
• A resident jobseeker is a person registered with ADEM who resides in Luxembourg and who, on the date of the statistical report, is assigned to an employment measure.
• An available non-resident jobseeker is a person registered with ADEM who does not reside in Luxembourg and who, on the date of the statistical report, is neither in employment, nor assigned to an employment measure, nor on sickness or maternity leave.
• A jobseeker with reduced capacity for work is a person who benefits from an external reclassification decision pursuant to articles L.551-1 et seq. of the Labour Code.
• A recipient of full unemployment benefit is a person who is registered with ADEM and who is receiving benefit under article L. 521-1 et seq. of the French Labour Code.
• A beneficiary of a waiting allowance or a waiting professional allowance is a person registered with ADEM and receiving compensation under application of article L. 551-5 of the Labour Code.
• The unemployment rate is the ratio between the number of available resident jobseekers and the resident active population.

More detailed interactive tables relating to the above data can be found in the ‘Key figures’ section of the ADEM website.

Raw data are also available on the Statistics Portal via the ‘Open Data’ portal.

Data for July 2025 will be published on 20 August 2025.