3rd quarter 2022: the number of employed persons rose by 0.8%, the unemployment rate based on ILO definition fell to 4.3%
Neuchâtel, 17.11.2022 - In the 3rd quarter of 2022, the number of employed persons in Switzerland increased by 0.8% compared with the same quarter of 2021 and the number of actual hours worked per week, per employed person, increased by 2.0%. During the same period, the unemployment rate as defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO) fell from 5.1% to 4.3% in Switzerland and from 6.7% to 6.0% in the EU. These are some of the results of the Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS) conducted by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below)
Address for enquiries
Rongfang Li, FSO, Labour Force section, tel.: +41 58 463 64 86, email: rongfang.li@bfs.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch
