Work & Labour in Southern 44 indicators covering work & labour for Southern. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 78.0% 2025 up 8.3% 158th Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 918.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 36.8% 209th Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 68.1% 2025 up 16.2% 92nd Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 74.6% 2025 up 16.4% 151st Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 918.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 36.8% 209th Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 1,349 Thousand persons 2025 up 17.7% 229th Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 1,349 Thousand persons 2025 up 17.7% 229th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 78.0% 2025 up 8.3% 158th Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 959.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 27.5% 211th Labour force by NUTS 2 region 959.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 27.5% 211th Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 71.1% 2025 up 8.4% 95th Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 918.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 36.8% 209th Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 34.3 Hour 2025 down 2.6% 324th Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 918.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 36.8% 209th Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 74.6% 2025 up 16.4% 151st Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by NUTS 2 region 35.2 Hour 2025 down 1.7% 348th Unemployment rates by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 4.2% 2025 down 60.7% 281st Unemployed persons by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 40.6 Thousand persons 2025 down 49.6% 241st Unemployed persons by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 40.6 Thousand persons 2025 down 49.6% 241st Unemployment rates by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 4.2% 2025 down 60.7% 281st Unemployed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 40.6 Thousand persons 2025 down 49.6% 241st Unemployment rates by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 4.2% 2025 down 60.7% 281st Real Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 93.6 Index, 2020=100 2024 up 86.8% 290th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 206,700 Euro 2024 up 148.4% 2nd Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 82.3% 2025 up 13.0% 145th Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region 882.22 Thousand 2024 up 36.9% 175th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 3 region 206,700 Euro 2024 up 148.4% 4th Employment (thousand hours worked) by NUTS 2 region 1.41 million Thousand 2023 up 29.6% 151st Compensation per employee and hours worked per employed person by 57,700 Euro 2023 up 33.9% 36th Compensation of employees by NUTS 2 region 41,142 2023 up 86.5% 107th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 5.6% 2025 down 62.4% 374th Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by educational 10.7 Thousand persons 2025 down 76.5% 253rd Youth employment rate by NUTS 2 region 29.3% 2025 up 84.3% 128th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 5.6% 2025 down 62.4% 373rd Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 5.6% 2025 down 62.4% 373rd Youth unemployment ratio by NUTS 2 region 5.2% 2025 down 23.5% 136th Youth unemployment rate by NUTS 2 region 15.0% 2025 down 49.7% 247th Youth long-term unemployment rate (12 months or more) by NUTS 2 region 2.5% 2019 down 81.8% 179th Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev. 2) 918.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 36.8% 206th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 918.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 36.8% 206th Labour market slack by NUTS 2 region 126.7 Thousand persons 2025 down 8.1% 184th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 4.7% 2026 unchanged 196th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT 106.5% 2026 down 77.4% 5th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 21.7 Thousand persons 2024 up 16.7% 224th