Luxembourg’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reached 6.4% in June. ADEM counted 19,619 available resident jobseekers, 9.7% more than a year earlier, even as the number of declared vacancies increased.
Lose your job in Luxembourg through no fault of your own and the State pays full unemployment benefit (indemnité de chômage complet): 80% of your prior gross salary, or 85% with a dependent child. You must register with ADEM within four weeks, apply within two weeks of registering, have worked at least 182 days in the previous 12 months, and be a resident aged 16 to 64. Benefit runs for up to 12 months and is applied for online.
The Comité de conjoncture gave positive opinions on 53 short-time-work applications for June 2026, potentially covering 2,776 full-time-equivalent jobs.
Luxembourg's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 6.3% in April 2026, while ADEM reported 20,140 available resident jobseekers and continued growth in vacancies.
ADEM recorded 20,491 resident jobseekers available for work at 31 March 2026. The unemployment rate remained 6.3%, but increases among highly qualified workers, 30-44 year-olds and non-residents show a changing labour market.
Luxembourg could face a major administrative and budget shift if new EU rules require it to pay unemployment benefits for former cross-border workers.
A possible EU change would affect frontaliers who worked at least 26 weeks in Luxembourg before becoming unemployed.
ADEM’s 2025 report shows more than 42,000 registered jobseekers, a 25% rise since 2022 and growing pressure from cross-border unemployment rules.
ADEM reported a stable 6.3% unemployment rate in early 2026 with 21,255 resident jobseekers. From 1 January 2026, all unemployment benefit applications must be filed online; March vacancies were up 18.8% year-on-year.