Unemployment rate remains stable and job seekers increase at a more moderate pace

The number of registered job seekers residing in Luxembourg and registered with ADEM stood at 18,396 on 31 July 2025, an increase of 495 people (or 2.8%) compared to July 2024.

This increase mainly concerns job seekers over the age of 45 and the most highly qualified job seekers (higher education graduates). In terms of occupations, the largest increases were in accounting (ROME category M12), secretarial and administrative work (category M16), IT (category M18) and road transport (category N41).

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, calculated by STATEC, remains stable at 5.9%.

The number of new resident registrations is increasing. In fact, 2,857 residents registered with ADEM in July 2025, an increase of 301 people or 11.8% compared to July 2024.

The number of resident job seekers receiving full unemployment benefits fell by 319 people, or 3.1%, over one year, to 9,929 as at 31 July. The number of people benefiting from an employment measure stood at 4,203, a slight decrease (2.8%) compared to July 2024. During July 2025, employers reported 3,328 job vacancies to ADEM, which corresponds to a decrease of 4.1% compared to July 2024. The total number of jobs available at the end of the month stood at 6,747 on 31 July 2025, down (-10.5%) compared to July 2024. This decline particularly affects accounting (ROME category M12), construction (categories F16 and F17) and road transport drivers (category N41).

• 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 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 August 2025 will be published on 22 September 2025.