Short-term indicators
Persons engaged in economic activity

ILO labour market statistics
Persons engaged in economic activity¹
Monthly average
1,000

Year, month		with place of residence in Germany	Change on the corresponding month of the previous year
			in %	in 1,000
1: Persons resident in Germany. Results of employment estimates as part of national accounts.
2025	Apr	45,758	-0.1	-61
	Mar	45,681	-0.1	-53
	Feb	45,627	-0.1	-52
	Jan	45,616	-0.1	-61
2024	Dec	45,973	-0.1	-37
	Nov	46,097	-0.0	-18
	Oct	46,096	0.0	8
	Sep	45,977	0.0	9
	Aug	45,809	0.1	27
	Jul	45,850	0.1	53
	Jun	45,909	0.2	78
	May	45,907	0.3	133
	Apr	45,819	0.3	140
	Mar	45,734	0.3	150
	Feb	45,679	0.4	171
	Jan	45,677	0.5	208
2023	Dec	46,010	0.5	248
	Nov	46,115	0.5	251
	Oct	46,088	0.5	237
	Sep	45,968	0.6	257
	Aug	45,782	0.7	305
	Jul	45,797	0.8	373
	Jun	45,831	0.8	355
	May	45,774	0.8	367
	Apr	45,679	0.9	390
	Mar	45,584	0.9	411
	Feb	45,508	0.9	423
	Jan	45,469	0.9	421
2022	Dec	45,762	1.0	454
	Nov	45,864	1.1	481
	Oct	45,851	1.2	527
	Sep	45,711	1.2	529
	Aug	45,477	1.2	532
	Jul	45,424	1.2	543
	Jun	45,476	1.4	640
	May	45,407	1.6	719
	Apr	45,289	1.6	704
	Mar	45,173	1.6	693
	Feb	45,085	1.5	679
	Jan	45,048	1.4	617
2021	Dec	45,308	1.1	499
	Nov	45,383	1.0	448
	Oct	45,324	0.8	352
	Sep	45,182	0.8	346
	Aug	44,945	0.8	346
	Jul	44,881	0.7	314
	Jun	44,836	0.6	274
	May	44,688	0.3	123
	Apr	44,585	-0.3	-128
	Mar	44,480	-1.1	-489
	Feb	44,406	-1.5	-658
	Jan	44,431	-1.4	-637
2020	Dec	44,809	-1.2	-559
	Nov	44,935	-1.2	-561
	Oct	44,972	-1.1	-493
	Sep	44,836	-1.1	-482
	Aug	44,599	-1.1	-512
	Jul	44,567	-1.2	-553
	Jun	44,562	-1.2	-550
	May	44,565	-1.2	-520
	Apr	44,713	-0.6	-262
	Mar	44,969	0.3	153
	Feb	45,064	0.7	322
	Jan	45,068	0.8	346

As at 28 May 2025