Moving to Austria
Austria country facts, largest cities, hub labels and reports.
Across 198 passports, 93 passports enter visa-free and 105 passports need a visa for Austria. Check your passport below.
- Visa-free
- 93
- Visa required
- 105
Visa and entry rules
Sources checked through 3 Sept 2026.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Austria?
The national unemployment rate was 5.7 % in 2025. Source: Eurostat — Unemployment by sex and age — annual data (une_rt_a)14
This is the Eurostat labour-force survey series used as the canonical national answer. Other published definitions exist and are shown in the table below.
What is the median gross salary in Austria?
The median gross salary was about 3,026 EUR/month in 2023.
Half of employees earn less than this. Mean gross and national-accounts averages use different definitions and are shown in the table below. national-accounts average — shown in the table below.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median gross salary, monthly | 3,026 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2023 | Statistics Austria — General Income Report 2024, Austria median gross annual employee income 202337Official · national figure |
| National unemployment rate | 5.7 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Eurostat — Unemployment by sex and age — annual data (une_rt_a)14Official · national figure |
Typical city (median): about 4.7%
Unemployment rate (%)
Typical city (median): about 10.0 µg/m³
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Public employment service in Austria
Official job-search, registration, counselling and training routes. Private recruitment agencies are not included.
Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich — Public employment service
A national service does not prove that an office exists in every city. City pages show an office only after an exact address is linked to that city. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Taxes in Austria
National rates and comparable published scenarios. Personal tax depends on income, household and residence circumstances.
What does an average earner take home in Austria?
A single person on an average wage keeps about 42,574 EUR/year of about 63,054 EUR/year gross per year — 67.5% of pay.
Standardized OECD Taxing Wages (standardized scenario): single person, no children, earning the average wage. The same scenario is published for every covered country, so take-home shares compare directly.
| Component | Amount / year |
|---|---|
| Net wage earnings, kept | 42,574 |
| Employee social contributions | −11,304 |
| Income taxes | −9,176 |
| Gross wage earnings | 63,054 |
- Gross-to-net pay for a sample household: single person no children — 63,054 gross → 42,574 net a year (2025, national currency) · Taxing Wages 2026 — labour taxation decomposition
Benefits newcomers may qualify for in Austria
Public schemes where an official source defines an eligible migration or residence status. Amounts and conditions are kept in their native terms.
| Programme | Published amount | Source and application |
|---|---|---|
Arbeitslosengeld — Unemployment support | Percentage-based / Daily | |
Eligibility and amount detailsBasic daily unemployment benefit is 55% of daily net income; the official page states the current 2026 assessment basis and supplements are added separately where applicable. The official Austrian government page says that the unemployment-allowance rules also apply to all EU citizens in Austria. It requires employment subject to mandatory unemployment insurance: generally 52 weeks in the previous two years for a first claim, or 26 weeks for a first claim by a person under 25. This is the bounded profile of an EU citizen in Austria with the source-defined mandatory unemployment-insurance record; the remaining statutory availability and claim conditions also apply. | ||
Familienbeihilfe — Family and child support | 138.4–200.4 EUR / Monthly | |
Eligibility and amount detailsPer child and month for calendar years 2026 and 2027: EUR 138.40 from birth, EUR 148 from age 3, EUR 171.80 from age 10, and EUR 200.40 from age 19. Sibling supplements and the EUR 70.90 Kinderabsetzbetrag are separate components. The Austrian official page identifies EU/EEA/Swiss cross-border family-benefit cases ('Bürgerinnen aus EU-, EWR-Staaten und der Schweiz') where the family's centre of life and residence are in Austria and the EU social-security coordination rules apply. | ||
Grundversorgung (basic provision) — Arrival and reception support | Amount set per household by formula | |
Eligibility and amount detailsThe current official BBU page states that the operational implementation of Grundversorgung for vulnerable and protection-needing foreigners covers ‘Asylwerberinnen und Asylwerber, Asylberechtigte, Vertriebene und andere aus rechtlichen oder faktischen Gründen nicht abschiebbare Menschen’. , recognized_refugee_in_austria_under_basic_provision and displaced_person_in_austria_under_basic_provision, retaining the source’s protected-person and basic-provision scope and not broadening the row to every foreign resident or to the excluded categories of the separate Sozialhilfe scheme. RIS Grundversorgungsvereinbarung Art. 9, valid from 2025-01-01, publishes separate cost ceilings: EUR 25 per person per day for organised accommodation and food; EUR 260 per adult per month, EUR 145 per minor per month and EUR 260 per unaccompanied minor per month for food in individual accommodation; EUR 165 per single person per month or EUR 330 per family per month for rent; EUR 40 pocket money per person per month; EUR 370 one-time return bridging aid; and the additional listed care, school, leisure, course and clothing components. | ||
Oberösterreichische Wohnbeihilfe — Housing support | Amount set per household by formula / Monthly | |
Eligibility and amount detailsThe current Upper Austria Wohnbeihilfe is the difference between the eligible housing cost and the reasonable housing cost, paid for a maximum of one year, with a maximum of EUR 300 per month. For approvals beginning in 2026 the page states that the applicable income threshold is increased by EUR 100 from 1 January 2026. The current official Upper Austria Wohnbeihilfe page states that non-EWR nationals may receive the housing benefit only when they have more than five years of uninterrupted lawful main residence in Austria, Austrian taxable income or Austrian statutory social-insurance income/benefits with the source-defined insurance-period record, and proof of German language skills. The source wording is: ‘Personen, die nicht Staatsangehörige eines EWR-Staates sind’ must have ‘ununterbrochen und rechtmäßig mehr als fünf Jahre in Österreich ihren Hauptwohnsitz’, qualifying Austrian taxable income or social-insurance periods and German-language proof. household, income, lease, residence and other statutory conditions still apply. | ||
Sozialhilfe — Minimum-income support | Amount set per household by formula / Monthly | |
Eligibility and amount detailsThe current official Austrian Sozialhilfe page states that the individual Bundesländer have different Sozialhilfe rules and formulas. No single national amount is published in the retained source; the payable amount follows the applicable federal-state rule and the household income, asset, work-readiness and household-composition conditions. The current official Austrian Sozialhilfe page states in its section ‘Staatsbürgerschaft’: ‘EU- bzw. EWR-Staatsangehörige haben nur vollen Anspruch auf Sozialhilfe, wenn sie als Arbeitnehmende in Österreich tätig sind oder wenn sie seit mehr als fünf Jahren in Österreich wohnen’; ‘Drittstaatsangehörige haben grundsätzlich nur nach mehr als fünfjährigem legalen Aufenthalt Anspruch’; ‘Asylberechtigte bekommen Sozialhilfe ab dem Zeitpunkt der Anerkennung als Flüchtling’; ‘Asylwerbende bekommen sie gar nicht’; and ‘Subsidiär Schutzberechtigte bekommen nur Kernleistungen aus der Sozialhilfe, die das Ausmaß der Grundversorgung nicht übersteigen’. , third_country_national_with_more_than_five_years_legal_residence_in_austria, recognized_refugee_in_austria and subsidiary_protection_beneficiary_in_austria_entitled_only_to_core_social_assistance; it does not broaden the excluded asylum-seeker or displaced-person categories into eligibility. | ||
ImmigrationDB shows published rules; it does not decide personal eligibility. Confirm your status, contribution record and household circumstances with the responsible authority before applying. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.
Can migrants receive medical care in Austria?
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Austria when the official insurance or residence conditions are met.
Language courses and integration in Austria
Government programmes, public integration services and exact provider records. The section expands only from fields present in the source; missing prices, refunds or contacts are not replaced with estimates.
ÖIF German-learning and integration centres — Welcome Program
Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (ÖIF)
For migrants and newcomers.
ÖIF individual language-course funding and partner institutes — State Language Course
Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (ÖIF)
For eligible migrants.
Startpaket Deutsch & Integration — Integration course
Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (ÖIF)
For newcomers, people covered by the Integration Act.
Living and moving context for Austria
Austria had GDP per capita of US$62,930 in 2025 and life expectancy of 82.0 years in 2024. There were 5.515 doctors per 1,000 people in 2023. Total unemployment was 5.7% in 2025. The 2024 groceries price level index was 108.9 on an EU27=100 basis. Monthly estimates put groceries at €348 and utilities at €113; household electricity was €0.305/kWh and gas was €0.112/kWh. Average gross salary was €3,683 per month in 2024, and national median net income was €2,343 per month. Household net-income estimates were €2,792 per month for one person, €3,357 for a couple and €3,851 for a family. The national crime rate was about 5,845 offences per 100,000 people in 2025. For 2024, the employee calculation gave €12,073 a year in income tax and €9,878 in social contributions.
Austria cities by population
The largest published cities appear first. Population is taken from the reusable official city layer; hub labels come from the existing city taxonomy.
All published cities in Austria
Reports with this country
Accepted report pages with a row for this country.
Austria facts
Current source-backed observations, grouped the way the city pages are, with geographic scope and observation periods.
Population and profile
How many people live in Austria?
The published population was 9,177,982 people in 2024. Source: World Bank42
National, resident population scope. Foreign-resident and migration-background figures are separate metrics in the table below.
How many foreign residents live in Austria?
The foreign-resident population was 1,838,533 people in 2025. Source: Eurostat8
Residents without Austria citizenship. The migration-background population is a broader measure and appears in the table below.
Legal, tax and other context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public healthcare access for foreign residents | Conditional | 3 Aug 2026 | Österreichische Gesundheitskasse (ÖGK)32Official · national figure |
| Area | 83,879 km² | 31 Dec 2023 | World Bank43Official · national figure |
| Broker Fee Bearer | Varies | 31 Dec 2023 | RIS Austrian Legal Information System36Official · AT country |
| Cost level against the capital | 108.9 index (EU27=100) | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat — Comparative price levels and HICP (prc_ppp_ind, prc_hicp_midx)10Official · national |
| Gross-to-net pay for a sample household | single person no children — 63,054 gross → 42,574 net a year (2025, national currency) | 31 Dec 2025 | Taxing Wages 2026 — labour taxation decomposition38Official · country household scenario |
| Population by year | 8,822,267 people (2018) | 1 Jan 2018 | Population on 1 January by age and sex (DEMO_PJAN)34Official · country annual series |
| Religious affiliation of residents | Old Catholic Church — 0.182 % (2001) | 31 Dec 2001 | UNdata Table 28 — Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence39Official · country religion category |
| Salary by profession | Service and sales workers — 2,296 EUR/month (2022) | 31 Dec 2022 | Mean monthly earnings by sex, occupation and size class of the enterprise (2022)22Official · country occupation |
| Doctors per 1,000 residents | 5.52 per 1,000 | 31 Dec 2023 | World Bank indicator SH.MED.PHYS.ZS46Official · national figure |
| Household electricity price | 0.305 EUR/kWh | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat — Household energy prices (nrg_pc_204 electricity, nrg_pc_202 gas)12Official · national |
| Employer social contribution rate | 20.98 % | 8 Aug 2026 | Austrian social insurance2Official · AT country |
| People employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing | 136,500 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in mining and quarrying | 5,510 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in manufacturing | 688,520 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning | 30,400 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in water supply, sewerage and waste management | 25,960 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in construction | 317,300 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in wholesale and retail trade; motor vehicle and motorcycle repair | 693,530 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in transportation and storage | 230,950 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in accommodation and food services | 301,840 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in information and communication | 152,910 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in finance and insurance | 129,970 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in real estate | 73,300 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
| People employed in professional, scientific and technical services | 324,460 people | 2024 | ec.europa.eu4Official · national figure |
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
What is the unemployment rate in Austria?
The national unemployment rate was 5.7 % in 2025. Source: Eurostat — Unemployment by sex and age — annual data (une_rt_a).
How many people live in Austria?
The published population was 9,177,982 people in 2024. Source: World Bank.
What is the median gross salary in Austria?
The median gross salary was about 3,026 EUR/month in 2023. Source: Statistics Austria — General Income Report 2024, Austria median gross annual employee income 2023.
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Every number above comes from one of these records. Open the original source for its geographic scope and publication date.
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