Press release No. 434 of 7 December 2016
WIESBADEN – The number of persons employed in professional and technical services increased by 2.4% in the third quarter of 2016 compared with the same quarter of 2015. Based on first calculations, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that employment in this sector of economic activity has been consistently higher in each quarter year-on-year since the second quarter of 2006. Turnover increased by a nominal 1.8% in the third quarter of 2016 from the same quarter of the previous year.
Economic activities in professional and technical services include, for example, legal and accounting activities, architectural and engineering activities, technical testing and analysis, management consultancy activities, advertising and market research, design and photographic activities, and translation and interpretation activities.
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.