Unemployment rate unchanged and stability in new registrations

The number of available resident job seekers registered with ADEM stood at 18,065 on 31 August 2025, an increase of 330 people (or 1.9%) compared to August 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 driving (category N41).

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

The number of new registrations by residents remains stable. In fact, 2,460 residents registered with ADEM in August 2025, representing a change of +0.2% compared to August 2024.

The number of resident jobseekers receiving full unemployment benefit fell by 464 people, or 4.5%, over one year, to 9,762 as at 31 August. The number of beneficiaries of an employment measure stood at 4,049, a slight decrease (-2.4%) compared to August 2024. During August 2025, employers reported 2,636 job vacancies to ADEM, which corresponds to a decrease of 6.5% compared to August 2024. The total number of positions available at the end of the month stood at 6,536 on 31 August 2025, down (-9.8%) compared to August 2024. This decline particularly affected the accounting (ROME category M12), construction (categories F16 and F17) and business organisation and economic studies (M14) sectors.

• 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.

The data for September 2025 will be published on 20 October 2025.