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Iceland job market

Official market size and labour demand, compared with the active job listings JobLake currently observes across employers, agencies and portals.

JobLake coverage

1,069

deduplicated active jobs

Updated Aug 2026

Population

392,404

Period ending Dec 2025

Labour force

242,507

Period ending Dec 2025

Unemployed

8,791

Period ending Dec 2025

Calculated from sources

Unemployment rate

3.6%

Period ending Dec 2025

Vacancy rate

1.3%

Period ending Dec 2025

Available jobs

3,190

Period ending Dec 2025

Coverage snapshot

What JobLake sees now

Listings are deduplicated across sources. The observed-listing ratio compares today's JobLake catalog with the latest published available-jobs measure; it is directional because one available job can produce multiple advertisements, and some are never advertised online.

1,069

Active jobs

5

Added in 24h

412

Added in 7 days

555

Companies

2

Agencies

0

Job portals

0

Duplicates collapsed

33.5%

Listings / available jobs

5

With known salary

Jobs by industry

Where hiring is concentrated

Healthcare247 · 23.1%
Education199 · 18.6%
Public sector97 · 9.1%
Retail & e-commerce93 · 8.7%
Hospitality & tourism75 · 7%
Transport & logistics56 · 5.2%
Other45 · 4.2%
Food & beverage43 · 4%
Construction42 · 3.9%
Software & IT31 · 2.9%

Main job posters

Companies

  1. 01Reykjavík City72
  2. 02Landspítali69
  3. 03Heilsugæsla höfuðborgarsvæðisins19
  4. 04Reykjavík City19
  5. 05Sjúkrahúsið á Akureyri15
  6. 06Hafnarfjarðarbær14
  7. 07Landspítali13
  8. 08NPA miðstöðin13
  9. 09Heilbrigðisstofnun Suðurlands11
  10. 10Alvotech10

Recruitment market

Agencies

  1. 01KLETOR Sverige AB3
  2. 02Global Enterprise Partners1

Distribution

Job portals

No portal ranking is available yet.

Sources and methodology

Trace every headline number

Population

World Bank World Development Indicators / UN

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Labour force

World Bank World Development Indicators / ILO

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Unemployed

JobLake derivation from World Bank/ILO indicators

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Derived from official data

Unemployment rate

World Bank World Development Indicators / ILO

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Vacancy rate

Eurostat job vacancy statistics

Oct 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Available jobs

Eurostat job vacancy statistics

Oct 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Labour-market indicators update on their source's release schedule. JobLake catalog data refreshes hourly, and historical snapshots are retained so coverage can be measured over time.