European Working Conditions Survey 2024 – Highlights

Parent-Thirion, Agnès; Cabrita, Jorge; Eiffe, Franz Ferdinand; Riso, Sara; White, Christopher; Fric, Karel; Hurley, John

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European Working Conditions Survey 2024 – Highlights

Published: 14 April 2026

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Agnès Parent-Thirionand 6 other authors

Working conditions

Job quality

Gender equality

This digital story presents the highlights from the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 overview report. It explores key findings from each chapter of the report focusing on the European workforce, workplace practices, measuring job quality, trends over time in job quality, as well as the quality of working life in the EU.

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14 April 2026

European Working Conditions Survey 2024: Overview report

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Agnès Parent-Thirionand 6 other authors

Now in its eighth edition, the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 maps changes in working life over more than three decades. This high-quality, probability-based survey covers 35 European countries, including the 27 EU Member States, Norway, Switzerland, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia. Over 36,600 face-to-face interviews, each lasting approximately 45 minutes, took place as part of the survey.