Labor market in Scheibbs: Unemployment increases dramatically to 3%!

Labor market in Scheibbs: Unemployment increases dramatically to 3%!

In the Scheibbs district, the labor market situation is currently tense. According to Meinzirk.at , 553 people are currently registered unemployed at the labor market service (AMS), which corresponds to an unemployment rate of around 3 percent. This represents an alarming increase of 25.5 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and shows that the trend towards unemployment cannot be overlooked here either.

In the first half of the year 2025, a similar picture shows: the increase in unemployment was around 3 percent compared to the previous year. While the Austrian average is 8.1 percent, there are significant differences in Lower Austria and thus also in the district. Forecasts indicate that the unemployment rate in Lower Austria could increase to around 3.6 percent, which strongly underpins the worries about a growing labor market.

long -term unemployment in focus

The increase in long -term unemployment is particularly worrying. This rose by a terrifying 60 percent to 37 people in the first half of the year. In the first six months, only seven long -term unemployed were able to find a new job, more than twice as many as in the previous year. This shows that the measures for reintegration into the labor market must gain importance.

Another problem is the falling number of apprenticeships. Despite the high demand for specialists in the region, there are increasingly fewer offers. The ratio of apprenticeship seekers to available apprenticeships has now deteriorated from 1: 5 to 1: 1. This presents the young people with great challenges, since more and more of them are active in search of curriculum.

regional and national developments

The current labor market situation does not only look dark in the Scheibbs district. work plus reports that a total of 288,545 people were registered for the AMS in June 2025, while another 75,874 people take part in training. Compared to the previous year, this corresponds to an increase of 26,368 people, which illustrates the challenges on the labor market.

In the area of ​​long -term employmentlessness, 92,423 people are registered as long -term employment, which is an increase of 12.6 percent compared to the previous year. With a share of 32 percent in the entire unemployed, this group is particularly challenged, which makes it clear that both the then and the current labor market mechanisms must be covered.

Changes in the labor market require flexibility and adjustments. According to AMS , the vacancies come from the regional branches of the AMS. The differences in availability are not insignificant here: immediately available positions are to be filled quickly, while not immediately available positions are only accessible later. This is intended to help those responsible to make the job placements more efficient and to better meet the needs.

The concerns about the labor market in the Scheibbs district and all over Austria are great, and it remains to be seen how those responsible react and what steps are taken to master this challenging situation.