Press release No. 509 of 8 November 2021
WIESBADEN - In 2019 roughly 153,000 people were employed in a performing arts profession in Germany. Based on the microcensus, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that they accounted for 0.4% of the population in employment. The profession includes, for example, roughly 30,700 persons in employment in a performing arts profession (e.g. actors, dancers), 21,600 in other performing arts (e.g. circus performers, presenters) and 101,000 in theatre production (e.g. event and stage technicians, make-up artists, stage designers). Theatre production thus accounted for the largest share.These and other results are released in the new Performance Arts sector review which assesses the current state of this sector in Germany.
