Press release No. 021 of 16 January 2020
WIESBADEN – At the end of November 2019, 5.7 million people worked in local units of manufacturing with 50 or more persons employed in Germany. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results, that was about 21,000 persons or 0.4% less than in November 2018.
The number of hours worked in November 2019 decreased 4.2% from a year earlier, reaching 726 million – here it has to be considered that there was one working day less than in November 2018.
The earnings amounted to 30.5 billion euros; that was 1.4% less than in November 2018.
Basic data and long time series are available in tables Persons employed and turnover of local units in manufacturing 42111-0002 and 42111-0004 in the GENESIS-Online database.
