Based on empirical researches this comparative study gives a portrait of the labour market situation in Macedonia. It gives a static analysis of the Macedonian economy compared to western Balkan countries. Besides high economic growth rates in the last five years, unemployment rate remained almost unchanged. This situation of “jobless growth” was common at the beginning of the 90’s in Central European countries. After reforming of the labour market in their economies, active labour market policies play major role in fighting unemployment.