Unemployment in Gävleborgs län is the highest in Sweden and at the same time, the level of education in the county is the lowest. Low mental health is also noteworthy among the county's residents. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the county’s future labor market. The study results also show how different phenomena on the labor market such as precarious employment, work incarceration and digitization can affect the county's residents from a psychological perspective. The result shows that the county suffers from a structural unemployment and that the county is facing a structural change. This is a result from the workforce incapability to adapt to digitization and globalization, which puts great demands and desirability on the workforce to be flexible. The county, as well as the rest of Sweden has high immigration which leads to great challenges in managing integration of the new arrivals. The result of the study shows both challenges, opportunities and changes in the future labor market of Gävleborgs län.