RP2021 N°12 - Active residents- Dynamic, segmented employment

In 2021, Luxembourg will have almost 280,000 resident workers, 59.2% of whom were born abroad. The main sector of activity is public administration (31.1% of resident employment), which is made up of 70% native-born employees and 58.5% women. Luxembourgish is the most widely used language. In terms of occupations, native-born workers outnumber foreign-born workers in all sectors, but only in intermediate and administrative occupations. Next, sectors involving various types of professional services (finance, insurance, communication, specialised and scientific activities and other services) collectively account for 36.3% of resident employment. Luxembourg City and its conurbation absorb 80% of these jobs, where English is predominant, followed by French. Nine out of every ten university graduates employed in these services were born abroad. Finally, elementary, manual and technical occupations in the private sector account for almost a quarter of residents’ employment. 80% of these jobs are filled by foreignborn workers, and Portuguese is over-represented. Almost 90% of these workers are men, except in the elementary professions where women are in the majority. Overall, French is the language most used at work (69.2% of resident workers).