Área Euro Variação do Emprego

The number of employed persons in the Euro Area rose by 0.1% from the previous quarter to 172.049 million in the third quarter of 2025, maintaining the growth rate from the earlier period, and aligned with market expectations. It was the 18th consecutive period of employment growth in the currency bloc, extending the slow but consistent trend of increasing jobs in the European labor market. Among the largest economies, employment grew 0.7% in Spain and 0.1% in France. On the other hand, it contracted by 0.1% in Germany to mark nine consecutive quarters without significant employment growth. From the previous year, employment in the Eurozone grew by 0.5%, the softest pace since the post-Covid recovery began in the second quarter of 2021.