A vibrant job market
In recent years, many international companies have chosen Luxembourg as their headquarters, joining numerous EU institutions, agencies and bodies.
Currently boasting the world’s third highest GDP per capita and the largest private banking centre in the Eurozone, Luxembourg has become increasingly attractive to skilled professionals. The country’s expanding international job market is highly appealing to spouses of EU civil servants in search of attractive work opportunities.
Luxembourg’s economic growth and development has fueled a population increase and created an open society where everyone feels at home. Cultures and languages mix seamlessly and families and singles alike can easily make friends.
In this multilingual nation, English, French, German and Luxembourgish are the four most spoken languages. With expats making up almost half of the total population, daily life also unfolds in Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Swedish, Finnish, Romanian, amongst others.
In addition to a flourishing economy, Luxembourg offers a wide range of benefits, such as:
- A comprehensive, generous and effective social security system. This includes family benefits like birth allowance, maternity and paternity leave, adoption and parental leave, 20 hours of free childcare per week for every child, pensions, education assistance, financial aid to purchase an electric or hybrid vehicle, financial aid for housing (renting or constructing), generous family allowance & child benefits, among many others.
- An exceptionally safe and family-friendly environment, highly popular with the expat community.
- A multilingual education system - including educational structures for children with specific needs - that is mostly free and state-run. Two European Schools for EU staff children and six accredited European Schools are part of this network. At a higher educational level, the University of Luxembourg is one of Europe’s most international, multilingual and interdisciplinary academic institutions, attracting students from 130 countries.
- The world’s first – and only – countrywide free public transport, built on an ever increasing tram and bus network.
- Housing allowance for eligible EU staff based in Luxembourg