VIENNA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- The unemployment rate in Austria declined 4.6 percent year-on-year for the month of October, the social affairs ministry stated on Thursday.
This equates to 393,029 people in the country presently registered as jobless.
The number of non-self-employed persons increased by 65,000 compared to October of last year, the ministry report stated, while the number of available job positions at the Public Employment Service (AMS) is currently over 59,000, a 44.5 percent year-on-year increase.
The unemployment drop was seen across all states in the country other than Vorarlberg, where a slight 0.3 percent increase was recorded.
Also notable in the new figures was a 0.7 percent decline in unemployment for persons aged 50 and over, the first time a decline has been seen in this segment of the working population in six years.
