Unemployment in Horn is increasing: An overview of new numbers and trends

Unemployment in Horn is increasing: An overview of new numbers and trends

The Situation on the job market in Horn shows a worrying increase in unemployment. At the end of September 2024, a total of 325 people were registered with the AMS in Horn as unemployed, which means an increase of 39 people or 13.6 % compared to the previous year. If you also include the training participants, you get a sum of 467 job -seeking people who are 15.6 % increased compared to the previous year.

The Horn district recorded a total of 12,379 employees, including 5,880 women and 6,499 men. This corresponds to a decline of 0.9 % in the year. Interestingly, the unemployment rate in the Horn district is 2.9 %, which makes it one of the better districts of Lower Austria, where the general rate is 5.8 % and 6.6 % across Austria.

development of long -term unemployment

Ferdinand Schopp, the head of the AMS in Horn, explained that in the past five years they have succeeded in a remarkable success in the fight against long -term unemployment. At the end of September 2024, the proportion of long -term unemployed in the district was only 1.5 %, while the quota across Lower Austria is 13.7 %. Schopp emphasizes that long -term unemployment is not an inevitable fate and that AMS wants to help people find people back into the labor market even in difficult times.

The increase in unemployment was primarily an increase in women (+42). In contrast, there was a slight decline in men around 3. Older people over 50 years (+34) and young people up to 24 years (+6) are particularly affected. In the main employing age there was a decline of 1 person, which is against the trend in Lower Austria.

The industries with the strongest increase in unemployment are the accommodation and catering area (+150 %), construction (+45.5 %) and the traffic (+45.5 %). Despite a slight decline in the open positions by 35 to 244, the range of jobs remains high. In order to offer the right qualifications to the job seekers, the AMS relies on an extensive range of qualification measures.