In June 2026, there were small changes in the labor market, with unemployment remaining at a higher level but part-time workers increasing. According to the Swedish Statistical Office (SCB), 5,398,000 people were employed (non-seasonally adjusted), with an average of 165.7 million working hours per week. Unemployment totaled 592,000, equivalent to a 9.9% unemployment rate. Seasonally adjusted data showed a 8.7% unemployment rate. The employment rate was 69.3%, with 70.6% of the working-age population (15–74 years) employed. Part-time workers increased seasonally adjusted and smoothed data, according to SCB statistician Ludvig Renberg. Women accounted for 2.6 million employed, men 2.8 million. The labor force participation rate was 78.4%, with 76.0% of women and 80.7% of men participating.
© Statistics Sweden (SCB).
The text is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) – the same licence that applies to most of the SCB website’s content, with open‑data items additionally covered by CC 0 1.0 Universal.
This article is a summary of content originally published by SCB.
Full text can be viewed at:
Made by AI. If you spot anything of concern write us at contact@cybach.com. We’ll promptly correct irregularities.