Work & Labour in Italy 1,053 indicators covering work & labour for Italy. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average annual hours actually worked per worker — Hours worked 1,716 Hours per year per person 2025 up 1.6% 17th Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment 18,928 Persons 2025 up 11.5% 11th Employment by professional status 24,117 Persons 2025 up 7.4% 9th Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Number of strikes and lockouts 889 2009 up 18.1% 3rd Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 24,053 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.4% 6th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 24,053 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.4% 6th Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 9,641 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.1% 7th Incidence of unemployment by duration 6.92 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 36.5% 38th Annual population and employment, national concept — Total employment 26,243 Persons 2025 up 9.5% 7th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 35.96 2024 down 0.6% 81st Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 34.95 2024 up 0.9% 88th Youth unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 491.02 2025 down 56.1% 21st Monthly unemployment levels 1,571 Persons 2025 down 47.8% 10th Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts 266.53 2009 down 71.5% 14th Gender share of part-time employment 75.77 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 3.6% 2nd Full-time and part-time employment 20,126 Persons 2025 up 10.0% 11th Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition 20,126 Persons 2025 up 10.0% 11th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on national 84.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 3.5% 14th Youth employees 2,638 2024 up 22.1% 24th Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts 722,714 2008 up 24.5% 12th Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person 37 2025 up 0.0% 74th Average weekly hours usually worked per employee 36.3 2025 up 2.3% 76th Monthly unemployment rates 6.12 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 down 49.0% 13th Annual population and employment, national concept — Employees 20,133 Persons 2025 up 14.4% 7th Annual population and employment, national concept — Self employed 6,111 Persons 2025 down 4.1% 4th Average monthly earnings of employees 3,534 2025 up 170.3% 67th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on 84.51 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 3.7% 20th Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition 20,126 Persons 2025 up 10.6% 12th Average monthly earnings of employees 3,534 2025 up 170.3% 65th Days lost due to cases of occupational injury with temporary 4.67 million 2024 down 14.2% 10th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 11.3% 2026 down 1.7% 6th Long usual weekly working hours — Employment 1,675 Persons 2025 down 29.3% 13th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Population 52.12 million Persons 2026 up 0.1% 9th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT -25.4% 2026 down 264.9% 20th Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked — Share of 7.07 Percentage of workers in the same age, sex and employment status 2025 down 33.6% 24th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.322 2025 up 47.0% 54th Median monthly earnings of employees 3,123 2025 up 140.3% 58th Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 18.2% 2024 down 2.1% 15th Female share of employment in senior and middle management 25.3% 2024 up 15.3% 83rd Median monthly earnings of employees 3,123 2025 up 140.3% 57th Median monthly earnings of employees 3,123 2025 up 140.3% 57th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 842.8 Thousand persons 2024 up 6.9% 6th Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 0 2024 down 100.0% 190th Own-account workers, total 16.1% 2016 down 7.7% 124th Incidence of involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time 7.79 Percentage of employment 2025 down 34.3% 1st STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment 46,042 Hours 2025 up 12.2% 4th Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 37.2 Hours per week per person 2025 up 0.5% 24th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 86.53 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 0.6% 26th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 13.47 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 3.9% 12th Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 50.72 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 8.6% 19th Involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time employment 1,860 Persons 2025 down 30.0% 4th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 8.92 2024 down 47.8% 50th Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 620.02 2024 down 44.9% 23rd Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2.59 2024 down 48.7% 53rd Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 125.94 2024 down 92.2% 23rd Labor market, S1 - Additional requirements for collective dismissal 0.5172 2014 down 1.3% 86th Labor market, S1 - Firing costs 0.8743 2014 unchanged 15th Labor market, Overall 0.6078 2014 down 3.0% 63rd Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience 0.7104 2014 down 10.2% 58th ← Previous Page 6 of 18 Next →