EU
Czechia
~29%
Work in exposed occupations
~1.52 m · estimate · 2025
3.2%
Unemployment
−0.1 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
12.0%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
1.9%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
82.9%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
18%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.65
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
5.23 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
CzechiaEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Czechia
- 51Not exposed
- 20Minimal
- 4Low
- 11Medium
- 9High
- 5Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+2.6%
Change 2025→2035
1.50 m
Total expected openings
2025–2035
1.36 m
Replacement demand
+143 k
Expansion
- Administrative and commercial managers+38.1%
- Science and engineering professionals+37.4%
- Business and administration professionals+36.0%
- Personal care workers+34.5%
- Information and communications technology professionals+30.2%
- Chief executives, senior officials and legislators+15.4%
- Protective services workers−17.9%
- Other clerical support workers−18.1%
- Health associate professionals−19.1%
- Customer services clerks−21.1%
- Numerical and material recording clerks−32.5%
- Handicraft and printing workers−56.4%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
13%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
30%
of skills will change
global: 39%
82%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.