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In total, 234,800 individuals were employed in the Icelandic labour market in June 2026, according to register-based data. The number of employed decreased by around 600 between years, which corresponds to a decrease of 0.2%. The number of employed females in June was around 109,500 and the number of males around 125,
In total, 3,540 jobs were vacant in the Icelandic labour market in the second quarter of 2026, according to Statistics Iceland’s Job Vacancy Survey. During the same period, about 247,560 jobs were occupied and the job vacancy rate was 1.4%.
Publication of a news release on the labour market in the second quarter of 2026, which was scheduled today 6 August 2026, has been postponed until further notice.
In June 2026, there were 11,500 unemployed individuals aged 16 to 74 according to seasonally adjusted results from Icelandic Labour force survey. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5%, the employment rate 74.4%, and the activity rate 78.4%. Seasonally adjusted unemployment decreased by 0.6 percentage points between May and June, the employment rate decreased by 1.9 percentage points,…
In total, 227,700 individuals were employed in the Icelandic labour market in May 2026, according to register-based data. The number of employed increased by around 1,200 between years, which corresponds to an increase of 0.5%. The number of employed females in May was around 106,700 and the number of males around 121,000.
In May 2026, there were 13,100 unemployed individuals aged 16 to 74 according to seasonally adjusted results from the Icelandic Labour Force Survey. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.6%, the employment rate 76.5%, and the activity rate 81.1%. Overall, these indicators remained largely unchanged from the previous month, although there was a slight increase in both the employment rate…
In total, 219,600 individuals were employed in the Icelandic labour market in April 2026, according to register-based data. The number of employed females in April was around 102,800 and the number of males around 116,800.
In April 2026, there were 13,500 unemployed individuals aged 16 to 74 according to seasonally adjusted results from Icelandic Labour force survey. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.8%, the employment rate 75.4%, and the activity rate 80%. Seasonally adjusted unemployment decreased by 0.5 percentage points between March and April, the employment rate increased by 0.5 percentage…
In total, 3,840 jobs were vacant in the Icelandic labour market in the first quarter of 2026, according to Statistics Iceland’s Job Vacancy Survey. During the same period, about 229,870 jobs were occupied and the job vacancy rate was 1.6%.
The main results of the Labour force survey of Statistics Iceland for the first quarter of 2026 show that an average of 234,900 people aged 16 to 74 were in the labour force. Of these, 217,800 were employed, and 17,100 were unemployed and actively seeking work. The activity rate was 80.3%, the employment rate was 74.4%, and the unemployment rate was 7.3% of the total labour force aged 16 to 74.