April 18, 2023
In 2022, compared with the previous year the number of employment relationships increased by 1.6% in the trade sector and by 6.6% in the service sector, according to Statistics Austria.
Hours worked increased in both the trade sector (+4.9%) and the service sector (+9.8%). Likewise, gross wages and salaries recorded an increase up 6.5% in the trade sector and 11.9% in the service sector compared with 2021. When making comparisons with the prior-year period, it should be noted that a large proportion of companies were affected to varying degrees by closures and other restrictions due to the measures taken against the Corona pandemic.
Source: Statistics Austria
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