Short-term indicators
Labour market

Persons engaged in economic activity1
1,000
Year, month Non-adjusted value Calendar adjusted and seasonally adjusted using X 13 JDemetra+
Value Change on the previous month in % Change on the corresponding month of the previous year in % Value Change on the previous month in %
1: Persons resident in Germany. Results of employment estimates as part of national accounts.
2025 Apr 45,758 0.2 -0.1 45,848 0.0
Mar 45,681 0.1 -0.1 45,848 0.0
Feb 45,627 0.0 -0.1 45,843 0.0
Jan 45,616 -0.8 -0.1 45,833 -0.0
2024 Dec 45,973 -0.3 -0.1 45,847 0.0
Nov 46,097 0.0 -0.0 45,845 -0.0
Oct 46,096 0.3 0.0 45,846 0.0
Sep 45,977 0.4 0.0 45,839 -0.0
Aug 45,809 -0.1 0.1 45,854 -0.1
Jul 45,850 -0.1 0.1 45,882 -0.0
Jun 45,909 0.0 0.2 45,890 -0.1
May 45,907 0.2 0.3 45,922 0.0
Apr 45,819 0.2 0.3 45,914 0.0
Mar 45,734 0.1 0.3 45,905 0.0
Feb 45,679 0.0 0.4 45,898 0.0
Jan 45,677 -0.7 0.5 45,894 0.0
2023 Dec 46,010 -0.2 0.5 45,883 0.1
Nov 46,115 0.1 0.5 45,860 0.1
Oct 46,088 0.3 0.5 45,830 0.0
Sep 45,968 0.4 0.6 45,821 -0.0
Aug 45,782 -0.0 0.7 45,822 -0.0
Jul 45,797 -0.1 0.8 45,830 0.0
Jun 45,831 0.1 0.8 45,817 0.0
May 45,774 0.2 0.8 45,797 0.0
Apr 45,679 0.2 0.9 45,782 0.0
Mar 45,584 0.2 0.9 45,763 0.1
Feb 45,508 0.1 0.9 45,727 0.1
Jan 45,469 -0.6 0.9 45,683 0.1
2022 Dec 45,762 -0.2 1.0 45,633 0.1
Nov 45,864 0.0 1.1 45,606 0.0
Oct 45,851 0.3 1.2 45,587 0.1
Sep 45,711 0.5 1.2 45,556 0.1
Aug 45,477 0.1 1.2 45,513 0.1
Jul 45,424 -0.1 1.2 45,455 -0.0
Jun 45,476 0.2 1.4 45,468 0.1
May 45,407 0.3 1.6 45,438 0.1
Apr 45,289 0.3 1.6 45,398 0.1
Mar 45,173 0.2 1.6 45,361 0.1
Feb 45,085 0.1 1.5 45,304 0.1
Jan 45,048 -0.6 1.4 45,260 0.2
2021 Dec 45,308 -0.2 1.1 45,177 0.1
Nov 45,383 0.1 1.0 45,120 0.1
Oct 45,324 0.3 0.8 45,055 0.1
Sep 45,182 0.5 0.8 45,019 0.1
Aug 44,945 0.1 0.8 44,975 0.1
Jul 44,881 0.1 0.7 44,912 0.2
Jun 44,836 0.3 0.6 44,836 0.3
May 44,688 0.2 0.3 44,721 0.1
Apr 44,585 0.2 -0.3 44,696 0.0
Mar 44,480 0.2 -1.1 44,677 0.1
Feb 44,406 -0.1 -1.5 44,624 -0.0
Jan 44,431 -0.8 -1.4 44,642 -0.1
2020 Dec 44,809 -0.3 -1.2 44,677 0.0
Nov 44,935 -0.1 -1.2 44,668 -0.1
Oct 44,972 0.3 -1.1 44,703 0.1
Sep 44,836 0.5 -1.1 44,667 0.1
Aug 44,599 0.1 -1.1 44,625 0.1
Jul 44,567 0.0 -1.2 44,595 0.1
Jun 44,562 -0.0 -1.2 44,567 -0.1
May 44,565 -0.3 -1.2 44,597 -0.5
Apr 44,713 -0.6 -0.6 44,822 -0.8
Mar 44,969 -0.2 0.3 45,177 -0.3
Feb 45,064 -0.0 0.7 45,296 -0.0
Jan 45,068 -0.7 0.8 45,297 0.1

Updated on 2025-05-28

As at 28 May 2025