According to EURES (the European Employment Services website) Luxemburg has one of the employment rate in Europe at more than 70% and, impressively, its GDP per capita exceeds the European average, standing at more than 118,000 euro (compared to the average of just over 35,000 euro across European Union members). 2023 data showed that women’s employment rate was 66.8% and men’s employment rate was 73.6%, but youth employment was 29%, much lower than the EU average of 35%.

The industries with the highest employment in Luxemburg include:

• wholesale and retail trade;
• hospitality;
• transport and logistics;
• legal;
• IT;
• healthcare;
• professional, scientific and technical activities and
• financial and insurance activities.

Luxemburg’s job market attracts many cross-border workers, who make up about half of the country’s workforce. Jobs in banking make up about 30% of the national employment in Luxemburg.

In Demand Remote Jobs in Luxemburg

Some of the most in demand remote jobs in Luxemburg include:

• Bilingual Business Analyst with English and Spanish;
• Financial Manager;
• Medical Writer;
• Product Marketing Manager High Frequency Trading;
• Senior HFT Quantitative Trader/Researcher – Digital Assets;
• Local Regulatory Affairs Manager Benelux;
• Data Engineer;
• Europe Commercial Communication Specialist with English, French, German and Spanish;
• Machine Learning Engineering Manager.

Highest Paying Remote Jobs in Luxemburg

The banking and IT sectors offer the highest salaries. For example, a Compliance Specialist can earn up to €10,609 per month and a Financial Analyst can earn up to €8,402; a C++ Programmer can earn up to €10468 per month and an iOS Developer up to €12037 per month.

According to Glassdoor, LinkedIn and Indeed these are some of the best remote jobs to get in Luxemburg in terms of salary:

• Senior Fund Lawyer working for an asset management company paying a salary of up to €130,000 a year;
• Senior Finance & Fund Operations Officer with English and Spanish working for a US investment firm paying a salary of up to €75,000 a year;
• AI Developer earning up to €60,000 a year;
• Translator, paid up to €50 an hour;
• Policy Analyst, paid up to €70 an hour;
• Content Analyst, paid up to $80 an hour;
• Investment Specialist, paid up to $80 an hour;
• Legal Specialist, paid up to $180 per hour.

Advantages of Working in Luxemburg

The job market is very dynamic in Luxemburg with high employment rates.

The country is very cosmopolitan and multicultural, so international workers find it easy to fit in. Its central location is convenient for further travel to other European countries.

The cost of living in Luxemburg is high but this is compensated by good quality services, especially healthcare and public transport, including high speed trains. Public transport is free to all since 2020 (buses, trams and trains).

Many European financial institutions and global banks have offices in Luxemburg.

Languages Spoken in Luxemburg

The official languages spoken in Luxemburg are Luxembourgish, German and French.

Foreign languages spoken in Luxemburg include English, Italian and Portuguese. 80% of the population speaks English as a second language.

The population of Luxemburg is just over 670,000 people and about half of population is international, ie, about 50% of the people who live in Luxemburg were not born there.

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