Job industry data is shifting fast, and the latest snapshot shows 2025 employment growth reaching 3.1% while job openings tick up to 10.4 million. At the same time, hiring remains uneven across roles and regions, with 28% of employers reporting hard to fill positions. Let’s look at where demand is concentrating and what the mismatch between workers and vacancies is really signaling.
Employment by Sector
1In 2022, the services sector employed 47.2% of the global workforce
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2In the US, healthcare and social assistance added 2.4 million jobs from 2020 to 2023
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3India's agriculture sector accounted for 42.3% of employment in 2022-23
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4EU manufacturing employment was 29.5 million in 2022
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5In China, the construction sector employed 50.2 million people in 2022
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6US retail trade employment stood at 15.2 million in 2023
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7Brazil's services sector represented 66.8% of total employment in 2023
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8Japan's information and communication sector had 4.1 million employees in 2022
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9Australia's mining sector employed 2.5% of the workforce in 2023
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10In Germany, the automotive industry employed 830,000 people in 2022
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11Canada's public administration sector had 3.3 million jobs in 2023
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12UK financial services employed 1.17 million in London alone in 2022
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13France's tourism sector supported 2.7 million direct jobs in 2022
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14South Korea's semiconductor industry employed 450,000 in 2023
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15Italy's fashion and textile sector had 400,000 employees in 2022
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16Mexico's maquiladora industry employed 3.1 million in 2023
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17Spain's renewable energy sector created 120,000 jobs by 2023
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18Sweden's forestry sector employed 75,000 in 2022
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19In the US, professional and business services sector employment grew by 1.2 million in 2023
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Employment by Sector Interpretation
The global job market reveals a tapestry of national identities, from India's fields and China's construction sites to London's trading floors and America's hospitals, proving that while we all work, we are often building very different economies.
Job Growth
1In the US, leisure and hospitality jobs grew by 2.1 million since February 2020
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2EU ICT specialist employment increased by 1.5 million from 2018 to 2022
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3India's IT-BPM sector added 200,000 jobs in FY 2022-23
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4Japan created 1.4 million new jobs in 2023 despite aging population
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5Australia's healthcare employment rose 15% from 2018 to 2023
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6Germany’s renewable energy jobs reached 353,000 in 2022, up 8%
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7Brazil added 2.8 million formal jobs in 2023
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8Canada’s tech sector grew by 100,000 jobs from 2020-2023
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9UK green jobs increased to 500,000 by 2023
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10France’s digital sector employment hit 1 million in 2023
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11China's digital economy jobs exceeded 190 million in 2022
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12South Korea added 250,000 manufacturing jobs post-COVID by 2023
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13Italy’s tourism jobs recovered to 1.3 million in 2023
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14Mexico’s nearshoring created 100,000 manufacturing jobs in 2023
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15Spain’s e-commerce jobs grew 20% to 150,000 in 2022-23
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16Sweden’s AI-related jobs doubled to 50,000 since 2020
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17US professional services projected to add 2.9 million jobs by 2033
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Job Growth Interpretation
The global job market is clearly rewarding a peculiar trifecta: keeping people happy on vacation, keeping people alive in hospitals, and keeping everyone plugged into a digital matrix that, by the way, is now insisting it needs its own army of specialists.
Labor Force Participation
1Global labor force participation rate for women was 47% in 2023
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2US labor force participation rate was 62.7% in October 2023
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3EU prime-age male participation rate reached 89.2% in 2022
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4India's female labor force participation rose to 37% in 2022-23
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5Japan's overall participation rate was 62.5% in 2023
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6Australia's participation rate hit 66.8% in August 2023
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7Germany's labor force participation for 15-74 was 78.2% in 2023
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8Brazil's participation rate was 62.5% in Q4 2023
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9Canada's participation rate for seniors (65+) increased to 15.4% in 2023
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10UK's participation rate fell to 62.5% in late 2023 due to illness
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11France’s participation rate for women aged 25-54 was 82.5% in 2022
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12China's urban participation rate was 66.3% in 2023
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13South Korea's elderly participation rate was 34.1% in 2023
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14Italy’s overall participation rate was 65.1% in 2023
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15Mexico's participation rate reached 61.6% in Q4 2023
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16Spain’s female participation rate improved to 55.2% in 2023
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17Sweden's participation rate for foreign-born was 75.3% in 2023
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18US prime-age participation rate was 83.4% in 2023
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19Netherlands participation rate was 68.2% in Q3 2023
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20South Africa's participation rate was 59.8% in Q4 2023
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Labor Force Participation Interpretation
While the global workforce is graying, galloping, and gradually opening its doors wider to women, the stubbornly low global female participation rate of 47% starkly reminds us that for true economic horsepower, we still need to unlock the full potential of half the population.
Unemployment Rates
1In the United States, the unemployment rate for adults aged 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher was 2.1% in October 2023
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2The youth unemployment rate (ages 16-24) in the EU stood at 14.5% in September 2023
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3India's urban unemployment rate reached 8.1% in Q3 2023, driven by slowdown in manufacturing
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4In Japan, the unemployment rate for women was 2.6% in 2023, lower than the overall rate of 2.6%
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5Australia's long-term unemployment rate (over 12 months) was 0.9% of the labor force in August 2023
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6The Black or African American unemployment rate in the US was 5.6% in October 2023
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7Germany's unemployment rate rose to 5.9% in December 2023 amid economic slowdown
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8In Brazil, the unemployment rate fell to 7.4% in Q4 2023, the lowest in over a decade
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9South Korea's unemployment rate for those aged 15-29 was 6.8% in 2023
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10The UK's unemployment rate increased to 4.3% in the three months to October 2023
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11In Canada, the unemployment rate for Indigenous people was 9.7% in Q3 2023
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12France's youth unemployment rate was 17.8% in Q3 2023
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13China's urban unemployment rate stabilized at 5.2% in December 2023
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14Italy's unemployment rate dropped to 7.3% in November 2023
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15In Mexico, the unemployment rate was 2.8% in Q4 2023
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16Spain's unemployment rate fell to 11.8% in Q4 2023, lowest since 2008
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17Sweden's unemployment rate was 7.5% in December 2023
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18In the US, the Hispanic or Latino unemployment rate was 5.0% in October 2023
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19Netherlands unemployment rate was 3.6% in Q3 2023
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20South Africa's unemployment rate reached 32.1% in Q4 2023
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Unemployment Rates Interpretation
The world's job market is a patchwork quilt of extremes, where a graduate in the U.S. can barely find time to look for work while a young person in South Africa faces nearly impossible odds, yet hidden beneath every seemingly tidy national figure lies a story of inequality, resilience, or economic uncertainty.
Wage Statistics
1Global median weekly earnings for full-time workers were $1,200 in 2023
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2US median annual wage for software developers was $127,260 in 2023
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3In the EU, average hourly labor costs were €31.2 in 2022
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4India's average monthly salary in IT sector was ₹45,000 in 2023
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5Japan’s average annual salary increased to ¥4.6 million in 2023
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6Australia's average full-time weekly earnings reached AUD 1,888 in August 2023
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7Germany’s median gross monthly earnings were €3,984 in 2022
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8Brazil's minimum wage was BRL 1,412 per month in 2024
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9Canada’s average hourly wage was CAD 34.98 in 2023
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10UK average weekly earnings grew 7.6% in the year to October 2023
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11France’s SMIC minimum wage rose to €1,766.92 gross monthly in 2024
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12China's average urban wage was CNY 108,842 annually in 2022
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13South Korea’s average monthly wage was KRW 3,890,000 in 2023
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14Italy’s average net monthly salary was €1,500 in 2023
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15Mexico’s average daily wage was MXN 226 in Q3 2023
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16Spain’s average annual salary was €27,289 in 2022
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17Sweden’s average monthly salary was SEK 37,100 in 2023
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18US construction workers' median hourly wage was $25.93 in 2023
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19Global tech sector average salary was $85,000 in 2023
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Wage Statistics Interpretation
While the global median worker earns a modest $1,200 a week, the stark international patchwork of wages reveals a world where your pay is less a measure of your skill and more a geographic lottery, heavily weighted by whether your code is written in Silicon Valley or São Paulo.
How We Rate Confidence
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