- Switzerland December seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 3.0% vs 3.0% expected
- Prior 3.0%
The reading meets estimates, so there's nothing all too much to talk about. The number of registered unemployed persons did see a slight rise though to 147,275 people. And that is up from the 138,860 unemployed persons seen in November 2025. As for job vacancies, December saw a figure of 35,940 reported and that is also seen up from 32,670 in November.
But as the year draws to a close, perhaps it is better to look at how the Swiss jobless rate fared as a whole for the period during 2025.
The unemployment rate ends the year at 3.0% and that is up from 2.6% seen back in December 2024. Meanwhile, the number of registered unemployed persons have also increased to 147,275 from 130,293 back in December 2024. As for job vacancies, the figure back at the end of 2024 was 30,422.
Overall, the trend is rather clear. There is some slack coming back into the labour market and that's seeing conditions soften further during the course of last year. And that is expected to carry on to the new year as well, with the jobless rate now currently hovering at the highest since July 2021.
