Research · 19 May 2026
Young talent in Piacenza
Ten companies from the Piacenza area, two local institutions and a research report compared: which profiles are missing, which HR levers are really used, and what about the area keeps qualified young people — or drives them away.
Editorial bites
- Entry salaries in Piacenza run at €35,000-40,000 a year against an Italian average of €32,000. It still is not enough to attract engineers.
- 62% of young people say life in Piacenza is good. 35% want to leave anyway.
- Only 5.1% of the young people surveyed moved to Piacenza in the past five years.
- Eighty square metres in the centre cost up to €559 a month against a regional average of €392: 41% of graduates cannot find housing at a fair price.
- More sophisticated HR levers do not automatically bring more talent: the territory weighs as much as the company.
A research report produced under Emilia-Romagna Regional Law 2/2023 on attracting and developing highly specialised talent. The HR lever configurations, the full sample and the seven proposed lines of action are in the complete document.