Key figures

German labour market to Year 2010 and 2011
Specification Data of the Federal Statistical Office	unit	2010	2011
Unless otherwise stated, all figures are rounded annual average results; last updated: December 2011. ¹ All residents who are active in the labour market (unemployed and persons in employment). ² According to the international ILO employment status concept. Rate defined as share of total labour force. ³ Persons in employment whose place of residence is in Germany. ⁴ Persons in employment whose place of work is in Germany. ⁵ Including unpaid family workers. ⁶ As at 30 June of each year. ⁷ Unemployed as a proportion of the total civilian labour force. ⁸ Vacancies to be filled immediately; survey of the Institute for Employment Research.
Labour force¹, ²	Mill.	43.45	43.54
Persons in employment (national concept)², ³	Mill.	40.51	41.04
Persons in employment (domestic concept)⁴	Mill.	40.55	41.09
Self-employed⁵	Mill.	4.49	4.55
Employees	Mill.	36.07	36.55
By industries⁴
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Mill.	0.65	0.66
Production industry (incl. construction)	Mill.	9.94	10.11
Services	Mill.	29.96	30.32
Unemployed²	Mill.	2.95	2.50
Unemployment rate²	%	6.8	5.7
Data of the Federal Employment Agency
Employees subject to social insurance contributions⁶	Mill.	27.71	28.38
Persons exclusively in marginal employment⁶	Mill.	4.92	4.89
Registered unemployed	Mill.	3.24	2.98
Rate of registered unemployment⁷	%	7.7	7.1
Reported job vacancies	Mill.	0.36	0.47
Overall number of job vacancies⁸	Mill.	0.57	...