Figures

Selected key figures – worldwide and for Linz. Every figure comes with its source and date; we only include what we have checked at the original source.

Worldwide

25% of workers worldwide are in an occupation exposed to generative AI May 2025 · roughly one in four; exposed does not mean replaced Source: ILO, Generative AI and Jobs: A 2025 Update, 20.05.2025 · checked on 29/10/2026

78 m net additional jobs by 2030, as expected by employers worldwide January 2025 · 170m new jobs, 92m jobs displaced Source: WEF, Future of Jobs Report 2025, 01/2025 · checked on 29/10/2026

542,000 industrial robots newly installed worldwide in 2024 2024 · more than twice as many as ten years earlier; 54% of them in China Source: IFR, World Robotics 2025, 25.09.2025 · checked on 29/10/2026

19% less employment for 22- to 25-year-olds in AI-exposed occupations August 2026 · US, relative to less exposed peers; a correlation, not a proven causal effect Source: Brynjolfsson, Chandar, Chen: Canaries in the Coal Mine?, rev. 12.08.2026 · checked on 29/10/2026

132 industrial robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers (global average) 2024 · leader South Korea: 1,220 Source: IFR, Roboterdichte, 08.04.2026 · checked on 29/10/2026

88% of organisations use AI 2025 · up from 55% in 2023 Source: Stanford AI Index 2026, Economy · checked on 29/10/2026

35% expect AI is likely to replace their job within the next five years 2025 · average across 30 countries; highest in Thailand, lowest in the US Source: Ipsos AI Monitor 2025, 06/2025 · checked on 29/10/2026

40% of global employment is exposed to AI, according to the IMF January 2024 · precisely: almost 40%; advanced economies about 60%, emerging markets 40%, low-income countries 26% Source: IWF/IMF, Staff Discussion Note 2024/001 (Blog K. Georgieva), 14.01.2024 · checked on 29/10/2026

14.2% of jobs in high-income countries at risk of automation by generative AI August 2026 · 4.5% in low- and middle-income countries Source: Weltbank/World Bank, World Development Report 2026, 04.08.2026 · checked on 29/10/2026

Linz and Upper Austria

214,987 inhabitants of Linz 2025 Source: WKO Linz-Stadt: Aktuelles (Stand Jänner 2026; Quellen Statistik Austria, WKOÖ, AMS, Dachverband der SV) · checked on 28/10/2026

8.7% unemployment rate Linz 2025 · previous year 8.4% Source: WKO Linz-Stadt: Aktuelles (Stand Jänner 2026; Quellen Statistik Austria, WKOÖ, AMS, Dachverband der SV) · checked on 28/10/2026

104,033 employees in the commercial economy in Linz July 2025 Source: WKO Linz-Stadt: Aktuelles (Stand Jänner 2026; Quellen Statistik Austria, WKOÖ, AMS, Dachverband der SV) · checked on 28/10/2026

€199.4 m local payroll tax collected by Linz 2024 · 2023: €187 million Source: WKO Linz-Stadt: Aktuelles (Stand Jänner 2026; Quellen Statistik Austria, WKOÖ, AMS, Dachverband der SV) · checked on 28/10/2026

11,795 unemployed in the Linz labour-market district December 2025 · +4.5% on previous year Source: AMS Oberösterreich: Arbeitsmarkt Oberösterreich 12/2025 · checked on 28/10/2026

681,000 employees in Upper Austria December 2025 Source: AMS Oberösterreich: Arbeitsmarkt Oberösterreich 12/2025 · checked on 28/10/2026

56% of Linz chamber members are one-person businesses 2025 Source: WKO Linz-Stadt: Aktuelles (Stand Jänner 2026; Quellen Statistik Austria, WKOÖ, AMS, Dachverband der SV) · checked on 28/10/2026

36,500 m² area of the Urfahr fairground 2018 · about three times the main square Source: Stadt Linz / Mein Linz: Abschlussbericht Urfahrmarkt (2018) · checked on 28/10/2026

5,000 student places at the planned IT:U campus November 2025 Source: IT:U: IT:U expands its campus … (24.11.2025) · checked on 28/10/2026