EU27
European Union (EU27)
~33%
Work in exposed occupations
~67.8 m · estimate · 2025
6.1%
Unemployment
±0.0 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
15.4%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
2.0%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
76.1%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
20%
Firms using AI
2025
208 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
European Union (EU27)Eurostat 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 — European Union (EU27)
- 48Not exposed
- 19Minimal
- 4Low
- 12Medium
- 10High
- 7Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+3.0%
Change 2025→2035
63.3 m
Total expected openings
2025–2035
56.7 m
Replacement demand
+6.58 m
Expansion
- Information and communications technology professionals+28.9%
- Business and administration professionals+27.9%
- Production and specialised services managers+27.8%
- Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals+22.7%
- Food preparation assistants+18.7%
- Numerical and material recording clerks+18.5%
- Metal, machinery and related trades workers−7.8%
- Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and related trades workers−8.5%
- Handicraft and printing workers−14.5%
- Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers−21.8%
- Other clerical support workers−23.9%
- Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers−26.8%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
No WEF profile for this country.