In September, the number of job seekers increased by 4,301 to a total of 337,925, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.5%. That is 47,020 more when compared to the same period of 2024.
Among the districts, unemployment was highest in the districts of Most (9.6 %), Karviná (9.4 %), Chomutov and Bruntál (both 7.6 %), Sokolov (7.4 %) and Ostrava (7.2 %) and lowest, i.e. below 3%, in the districts of Prague-East and Prague-West, but also in Rychnov nad Kněžnou and Pelhřimov.
The labor market stagnated in September after the summer unemployment increase. This reflects the traditional seasonal increase in labor market activity after the holidays and vacation period. Companies that postponed personnel changes during the summer due to vacations have started to recruit employees again. In addition, some companies are already starting to prepare for the autumn and Christmas season. This applies primarily to logistics companies, retail, warehouses and online stores, which are starting to recruit new employees to prepare for increased demand before the Christmas holidays. The long-term demand for blue-collar workers also continues.
Companies do not want to massively lay off workers because they fear that it will be difficult to find new workers in the future. Moreover, many employees do not want to change jobs unless forced to do so by circumstances such as low evaluation or employer problems, which also contributes to the overall stagnation of the market. Companies are primarily focused on optimizing their costs and carefully considering new recruitments.
A factor that counteracts the drop in unemployment is school graduates who finish the summer bridging period and report to the employment offices. Along with them, temporary workers whose summer jobs have ended.
As at the end of September 2025, the Czech Labour Office registered a total of 95,766 vacancies. That is 649 more than in the previous month. The absolute largest number of job vacancies are repeatedly offered by employers in Prague (22,857 positions) and the Central Bohemian Region (15,368 positions). On average, there were 3.5 applicants per vacancy, with the highest number of applicants in the districts of Karviná (22.4), Sokolov (16), Děčín (15.3) and Hodonín (12.2).
According to the Czech Labour Office records, employers are most frequently interested in construction laborers, forklift operators and warehouse workers, truck and heavy goods vehicle drivers, cooks, assembly workers, and cleaners.
Unlike the statistics on registered unemployed, data on job vacancies from the labor office do not provide a comprehensive picture of the entire labor market, as many positions are advertised and filled through other platforms.
In the 2nd quarter of 2025, the average gross nominal monthly salary* (hereinafter “average salary”) was CZK 49,402, which is CZK 3,583 (7.8%) higher than in the same period in 2024. Consumer prices increased by 2.4% during this period, and real wages increased by 5.3% as a result. The amount of salaries increased by 8.2%, and the number of employees grew by 0.4%. Compared to the previous quarter, the seasonally adjusted average salary grew by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter of 2025.
Compared to the same period of the previous year, the median salary (CZK 41,115) increased by 7.2%, which corresponds to CZK 44,465 for men and CZK 37,935 for women. Eighty percent of employees received salaries between CZK 22,283 and CZK 80,856.
source: MPSV, ČSÚ, ÚP ČR
* calculated to the number of employees in the national economy