According to recent Statec figures on employment, just one in four employees in the Grand Duchy is Luxembourgish.

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the number of cross-border employees rose 0.9% compared to the second quarter (221,595), while the number of resident employees increased by just 0.7% (251,606).

The biggest increase came for cross-border workers from France, with a 1.3% increase compared to the previous quarter.

Annually, the number of non-EU residents increased by 17.9% compared to an increase of 1.8% for Luxembourg residents.

Out of 473,201 salaried jobs, just 122,875 people are of Luxembourgish nationality, representing around a quarter of all salaried workers in Luxembourg.

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the salaried employment market increased by 0.8% compared to the third quarter of 2022. The financial and insurance sectors showed the most significant quarterly increases compared to in the third quarter of 2022, with an increase of 1.1%.

Specialist activities and support services, and administration and public services, represented the most dynamic changes in comparison, with 4.5% and 4.2% increases respectively over the past year. Accounting and head office roles saw more favourable development for the former, while the latter recorded significant growth for central administration positions.

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