Press release No. 310 of 7 September 2016
WIESBADEN – The number of persons employed in the information and communication sector was up by 3.5% in the second quarter of 2016 compared with the same period a year earlier. Based on first calculations, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that employment has been higher in each quarter year-on-year since the second quarter of 2007. Turnover increased by 5.5% in nominal terms in the second quarter of 2016 compared with the same period a year earlier.
Basic data and long time series are available in tables Turnover indices in the service sector (47414-0001) and Employment indices in the service sector (47414-0008) in the GENESIS-Online database.