Employment Atypical employment

Core of persons in employment1 in different types of employment by socio-demographic variables and sections of economic activity 2024 in 1,000
SpecificationWage and salary earners
persons
in
standard
employ­ment
Persons in atypical employment
to­getherviz.2
persons
with
fixed­term
con­tract
part­time-
employ-
ees
per­sons in margi­nal
employ­ment
temporary
employees
First results of the microcensus 2024.
1: Employees aged 15 to 64 years, excl. persons in education, training or in voluntary service.
2: Data can not be summed up as the groups overlap.
3: Semi-skilled training or vocational traineeship (born in/after 1954); pre-vocational training year.
4: Semi-skilled training or vocational traineeship (born before 1954); preparatory service for the intermediate service in public administration;
completion of an apprenticeship; certificate of a school of health and social professions.
5: Master craftsman's or technician's qualification or equivalent degree; certificate of a specialised or engineering school in the
GDR degree from a university of applied sciences or a college of public administration; university degree; doctorate.
6: Classification of Economic Activities, edition 2008 (WZ 2008).
/ = No figure due to limited reliability.
( ) = Low reliability.
Total27,9006,4042,1884,0851,568 709
Women12,1354,3851,0563,4081,141265
Men15,7652,0191,133 677 426 444
Former,territory of the Federal Republic (West) excluding Berlin22,3385,5731,7933,6921,386 598
New Länder (East) including Berlin5,562 830 396 393 181 111
Aged from ... to under ... years
15 to 251,243 466 308 164 124 81
25 to 355,9341,336 750 542 218 209
35 to 456,9801,620 5211,068 319 181
45 to 556,7141,365 340 983 343 136
55 to 657,0281,615 2681,328 564 102
By Citizenship
German24,2374,8551,4753,3201,118 336
EU 27 foreigners1,723 576 249 273 137 147
Non EU foreigners1,940 972 464 491 312 225
By type of training
Without recognized vocational qualification33,8541,845 6781,118 664 297
With vocational qualification414,0262,859 7122,051 699 239
Tertiary qualification510,0211,699 798 916 205 173
Sections of economic activity6
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A) 18348(10)35 20/
Mining and quarrying; manufacturing; electricity, gas,
steam and air conditioning supply, water supply; sewerage,
waste management and remediation activities (B,C,D,E)
6,822 773 337 314 125 205
Construction (F)1,836 231 62 136 62 41
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (G)3,319 931 262 671 296 78
Transportation and storage (H)1,485 301 127 152 68 62
Accommodation and food service activities (I) 672 364 107 266 168 38
Information and communication (J)1,241 138 56 75 26 18
Financial and insurance activities, real estate activities (K,L)1,197 187 37 147 33 8
Professional, scientific and technical activities; Administrative and
support service activities (M,N)
2,330 795 250 534 266 109
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security,
activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (O,U)
2,522 383 201 188 24 16
Education (P)1,699 608 257 404 74 29
Human health and social work activities (Q)3,7141,212 352 848 240 72
Arts, entertainment and recreation, other service activities,
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods and
services producing activities of households for own use (R,S,T)
 879 431 131 317 166 28

As at 10 June 2025

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