Work & Labour in Northern and Western 45 indicators covering work & labour for Northern and Western. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 709.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 17.8% 350th Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 73.6% 2025 up 15.0% 179th Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 475 Thousand persons 2025 up 34.3% 342nd Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 34 Hour 2025 down 4.0% 338th Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 475 Thousand persons 2025 up 34.3% 342nd Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 475 Thousand persons 2025 up 34.3% 342nd Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 67.0% 2025 up 14.1% 121st Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 73.6% 2025 up 15.0% 179th Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 475 Thousand persons 2025 up 34.3% 342nd Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 709.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 17.8% 350th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 77.5% 2025 up 8.5% 173rd Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 77.5% 2025 up 8.5% 173rd Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 499 Thousand persons 2025 up 26.8% 343rd Labour force by NUTS 2 region 499 Thousand persons 2025 up 26.8% 343rd Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 70.4% 2025 up 7.8% 111th Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by NUTS 2 region 34.9 Hour 2025 down 1.4% 360th Unemployment rates by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 4.8% 2025 down 52.5% 236th Unemployment rates by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 4.8% 2025 down 52.5% 236th Unemployed persons by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 24 Thousand persons 2025 down 39.5% 325th Unemployment rates by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 4.8% 2025 down 52.5% 236th Unemployed persons by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 24 Thousand persons 2025 down 39.5% 325th Unemployed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 24 Thousand persons 2025 down 39.5% 325th Real Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 103.7 Index, 2020=100 2024 up 21.7% 210th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 102,300 Euro 2024 up 60.6% 52nd Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 81.5% 2025 up 13.0% 174th Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region 439.43 Thousand 2024 up 32.8% 324th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 3 region 102,300 Euro 2024 up 60.6% 175th Employment (thousand hours worked) by NUTS 2 region 708,507 Thousand 2023 up 26.9% 242nd Compensation per employee and hours worked per employed person by 52,300 Euro 2023 up 34.8% 69th Compensation of employees by NUTS 2 region 18,607 2023 up 85.8% 198th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 6.7% 2025 down 57.1% 337th Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by educational 5.8 Thousand persons 2023 down 81.1% 346th Youth employment rate by NUTS 2 region 28.6% 2025 up 83.3% 136th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 6.7% 2025 down 57.1% 336th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 6.7% 2025 down 57.1% 336th Youth unemployment ratio by NUTS 2 region 4.0% 2018 down 63.0% 202nd Youth unemployment rate by NUTS 2 region 17.8% 2018 down 56.6% 220th Youth long-term unemployment rate (12 months or more) by NUTS 2 region 3.5% 2018 down 71.3% 120th Employed persons commuting to work by country of work and NUTS 2 7 Thousand persons 2025 down 11.4% 141st Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev. 2) 475 Thousand persons 2025 up 34.3% 337th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 475 Thousand persons 2025 up 34.3% 337th Labour market slack by NUTS 2 region 72.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 3.4% 280th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 6.1% 2026 down 50.0% 165th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT -47.7% 2026 down 186.7% 180th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 10.5 Thousand persons 2024 up 25.0% 317th