Overview

• Italy added 432,000 jobs year-on-year in Q1 2025, marking a 1.8% increase in total employment.
• Workers aged 50–64 saw their employment rate climb by 2.2% over the past year.
• Permanent contracts grew by 4% annually while temporary roles declined by 6.7%, indicating a shift toward more stable jobs.
• Unemployment remained steady at 6.1% and labour costs per full-time equivalent rose by 1.5% quarter-on-quarter.
• Employment ranged from 70.1% in the North to 49.5% in the South and from 83.6% among graduates to 44.3% for those without a diploma.