Accessible table of the time series of the European Labor Market Barometer
European Labour Market Barometer moves upwards in small steps
After rising by 0.3 points, the leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the IAB has reached the neutral mark of 100 points in September. The component forecasting unemployment rose by 0.6 points compared to the previous month, but remains slightly pessimistic at 99.8 points. The employment component, on the other hand, is stabilising in the slightly positive range and rose minimally by 0.1 points to 100.2 points. "A European labour market upturn is not to be expected, but at least the outlook is now more stable," explains Enzo Weber, IAB head of forecast.
The time series of the European Labour Market Barometer, including its components for all 18 participating employment services, is available at www.iab.de/Presse/elmb-components. More information on the European Labour Market Barometer is available in our Magazine IAB-Forum: Launch of the “European Labour Market Barometer".
Run by the European Network of Public Employment Services and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the European Labour Market Barometer is based on a survey of the local or regional employment agencies in 18 PES services. A leading indicator of employment and unemployment in labour markets, the survey has been carried out jointly by the employment services and the IAB since June 2018. Agencies are asked to assess both the unemployment and employment outlook for the next three months, resulting in two components and one barometer for each PES. The European barometer is then derived from these national scores in the form of a weighted average.
Participating countries include: Belgium (German-speaking community, Wallonia), Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Cyprus. Latvia has been participating since June 2025.
Taken from: Labour market barometer helps predict (un)employment trends | European Social Fund Plus (europa.eu)
Release Dates
- 28 October 2025
- 26 November 2025
- 30 December 2025
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Period surveyed
June 2018 until September 2025
Date of publication
2025/9/26
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The data on the European Labour Market Barometer are published under the following Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Publications
- Leading indicators for unemployment and employment in Europe: Launch of the “European Labour Market Barometer“Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo (2020): Leading indicators for unemployment and employment in Europe: Launch of the 'European Labour Market Barometer'. (IAB-Kurzbericht, 21/2020), 4 p.
- Launch of the "European Labour Market Barometer"Weber, Enzo; Hutter, Christian (2020): Launch of the "European Labour Market Barometer". In: IAB-Forum, 20.10.2020, without pagination.