Employment Employees subject to social insurance contributions by sections of economic activity

Employees subject to social insurance contributions at place of work by sections of economic activity on 30th September 20241
Sections of economic activity2TotalMaleFemale
1: The Federal Employment Agency has in January 2024 revised the employment statistics. For more information please refer to: "Beschäftigungsstatistik - partielle Revision 2023" (only in German) by the Federal Employment Agency.
2: Classification of Economic Activities, edition 2008 (WZ 2008).
3: Including the persons "without information" of the section of economic activity.
Source: Statistics of the Federal Employment Agency - provisional result.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 258,763 171,881 86,882
Mining and quarrying 57,671 49,825 7,846
Manufacturing6,780,2465,045,9341,734,312
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 288,777 208,122 80,655
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 283,746 228,707 55,039
Construction2,007,3811,727,957 279,424
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles4,599,0172,328,2022,270,815
Transportation and storage1,987,4251,520,170 467,255
Accommodation1,115,757 546,003 569,754
Information and communication1,358,926 896,784 462,142
Financial and insurance activities1,003,611 459,698 543,913
Real estate activities 312,878 154,736 158,142
Professional, scientific and technical activities2,600,1561,277,0171,323,139
Administrative,and support service activities2,259,3821,344,389 914,993
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security2,110,798 751,0691,359,729
Education1,474,161 410,2201,063,941
Human health and social work activities5,483,8761,291,1404,192,736
Arts, entertainment and recreation 313,740 160,130 153,610
Other service activities 861,747 287,654 574,093
Households 43,227 7,819 35,408
Extraterritorial organisations and bodies 16,218 9,631 6,587
Total335,220,29418,878,87016,341,424

As at 30 April 2025

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