In June 2025, the number of unemployed fees decreased slightly (-33) to reach 3,933 people. In parallel, an increase in the number of job seekers (+125) is noted, with a workforce which now reaches 6,132 people.
Lhe cantonal unemployment rate recorded a slight drop of 0.1 point compared to the previous month, reaching 4.3%. At the French and national level, stability prevails with rates staring at 3.8% and 2.7% respectively. It should be noted that updating the data of the active population by the OFS led to a revision of unemployment rates from January 2023. Thus, with the new data, the unemployment rate of May was 4.4% while it was 4.5% with the old base
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Differentiated evolution is noted according to age groups. Decreases in the number of unemployed in the canton are observed in young people under the age of 25 (-23) as well as in people aged 25 to 49 (-12). On the contrary, those over 50 (+2) see their workforce increase very slightly in June. Thus, the unemployment rate of young people decreases from 0.3 points to 4.9% while that of seniors is maintained at 3.7%.D
he decreases in the number of unemployed-anduse are noted for certain economic sectors, such as those of construction (-24) and watchmaking (-19). Conversely, the activity sectors for human health (+20), specialized scientific and technical activities (+10), other Urières Manufacture activities (+10) and financial, insurance and real estate activities (+10) record an increase compared to the previous month. Every three years, SECO adapts the calculation of unemployment rates to the new base of the active population made available by the OFS.
The denominator of the unemployment rate calculation formula is thus updated with new data of the active population and unemployment rates are updated.The statistics of the active population come from a national survey (OFS) carried out by sampling (structural statement) and are therefore marred by a confidence interval.
