Labour market - FUAs — Labour force in Zürich
Zürich: Labour market - FUAs — Labour force was 819,194 Persons in 2013. ▲ Rising
Labour market - FUAs — Labour force in Zürich, 2000–2013
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
The most recent figure for labour market - fuas — labour force in Zürich is 819,194 Persons, measured in 2013. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labour market - fuas — labour force in Zürich peaked at 819,194 Persons in 2013 and was at its lowest, 721,171 Persons, in 2000.
That places Zürich 94th out of 579 regions with data for 2013, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 721,171 Persons | 721,171 Persons | 721,171 Persons | 1 |
| 2010s | 802,550 Persons | 790,693 Persons | 819,194 Persons | 4 |
More work & labour data for Zürich
- Labour market - FUAs — Employment 785,268 Persons (2013)
- Economy - FUAs — Employment at place of work 1.07 million Persons (2021)
- Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 1,223 (2025)
- Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 35.7 (2025)
- Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 920.9 (2025)
- Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 75.3 (2025)
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 920.9 (2025)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 82.2 (2025)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 82.2 (2025)
- Persons in full-time/part-time employment by professional status and 920.9 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labour market - fuas — labour force in Zürich?
- Labour market - fuas — labour force in Zürich was 819,194 Persons in 2013, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest labour market - fuas — labour force recorded in Zürich?
- The highest recorded value was 819,194 Persons in 2013.
- What is the lowest labour market - fuas — labour force recorded in Zürich?
- The lowest recorded value was 721,171 Persons in 2000.
- How does Zürich rank for labour market - fuas — labour force?
- Zürich ranks 94th out of 579 regions with data for 2013.
- Is labour market - fuas — labour force rising or falling in Zürich?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zürich data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Labour market - FUAs — Labour force. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p align="justify">This dataset provides labour market indicators for FUAs of more than 250 000 inhabitants, including labour force, participation rate, employment, employment to population ratio, unemployment and unemployment rate.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> When labour statistics are unavailable at a more granular level than FUAs (e.g. municipal level), the indicators are estimated by adjusting the regional (OECD TL2 and TL3 regions) values to the FUA boundaries, based on the population distribution in each region. Regional values (labour force, employment and unemployment) in TL3 regions are used as data inputs and combined with gridded population data <a href=https://doi.org/10.2760/098587>(European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023)</a>. FUA boundaries are intersected with TL3 borders to compute the share of the regional population that lives within FUAs in each region. This share is then applied to the variable of interest (e.g. employment) and allocated to the FUA. In case several regions intersect the FUA, the adjusted values of intersecting regions are summed. For countries where TL3-level data is not available, data for TL2 regions is used. This approach assumes that the variable of interest has the same spatial distribution as population. Therefore, the modelled indicators should be interpreted with caution.<br /><br /> When a more granular level is available, data is aggregated for each FUA. For example in the United States, labour market data is available at the county-level (<a href=https://www.bls.gov/lau/#cntyaa>US Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>), and then aggregated by FUA. </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/1dx">Labour market - FUAs</a>), <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>