Braunau loses top position: the increase in unemployment creates worries!

Braunau am Inn verzeichnet 2025 einen Anstieg der Arbeitslosigkeit auf 6 %, erstmals nicht mehr Spitzenreiter in Oberösterreich.
In 2025, Braunau am Inn recorded an increase in unemployment to 6 %, for the first time no longer leaders in Upper Austria. (Symbolbild/ANAGAT)

Braunau loses top position: the increase in unemployment creates worries!

In the Braunau district, there is a surprising occasion for discussion: For the first time, the region is no longer the leader in Upper Austria in terms of unemployment. At the end of June 2025, 2,885 people without work in Braunau, including 1,363 women and 1,522 men. This results in an unemployment rate of six percent, which rose significantly compared to the same month in the previous year, when the quota was still 4.9 percent. Above all, the increase in 484 unemployed people compared to June 2024 is noticeable, which means an increase of 20.2 percent, as https://www.tips.at/nachrichten/braunau/wirtschafts-politik/689647-Buirk-braunau-erichs-nicht-nicht- more unemployment) reports.

What does that mean for the economy in the district? According to Stefan Seilinger, the deputy. Head of the AMS Braunau, the labor market suffers from various uncertainty factors that make corporate planning difficult. Nevertheless, there is also positive news: at the end of June, 1,464 vacancies were advertised, which shows that there is demand. Especially at this time when the laborover of workers shows a dynamic development at the beginning of the summer, the increase in unemployment could soon be stopped.

focus and challenges

The compulsory school leavers and people between the ages of 30 and 39 and 50 to 59 are particularly affected by unemployment. It is striking that most unemployed people live in Braunau themselves (766), followed by Mattighofen with 370 and Helpfau-Antendorf with 175 unemployed people. The AMS has set itself the goal of specifically supporting young adults and making long -term unemployed easier to re -enter their professional life. The insolvency foundation for former employees of KTM relies on professional qualifications to improve the situation, such as [meinbezirk.at

In June 2025, 935 people took part in training, which awakens hope for a better qualification level. Against the background of the figures mentioned above, it can be seen that despite the current problems as a whole, the labor market is perceived as robust and receptive. A positive dynamic in the temporary employment agency could help reduce unemployment and offer people new opportunities.

A look at the statistics

In order to get a holistic picture of the situation, it makes sense to look at the current demographies and statistics that statistics.at published). These show not only the distribution of unemployment, but also associated trends in the area of ​​open spots and vocational training.

Overall, it can be said that the development of unemployment in the Braunau district is worrying, but also holds opportunities. If the unemployment figures are in sight, the economy could be in sight and the economy could receive new impulses for the future.

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