| Classification of Occupations, 2010 | Total | Fulltime employees | Parttime employees | No voca- tional quali- fication attained | With a recognised vocational qualification2 | Vocational qualification with an academic degree3 | Vocational qualification unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: Sum of the categories "With a recognised vocational qualification" and "Master craftsman’s or technician’s qualification or equivalent trade and technical school certificate". 3: Sum of the categories "Bachelor’s degree", "Diploma/Magister/Master’s degree/state examination" and "Doctor’s degree". Source: Statistics of the Federal Employment Agency - provisional result. | |||||||
| Total | 35,018,375 | 24,248,794 | 10,769,577 | 4,689,486 | 20,340,015 | 7,070,255 | 2,918,619 |
| Agriculture, forestry, animal production and horticulture | 493,095 | 378,920 | 114,175 | 89,687 | 282,504 | 46,970 | 73,934 |
| Raw materials extraction, production and manufacturing | 6,987,123 | 6,214,546 | 772,577 | 1,044,710 | 4,428,791 | 932,334 | 581,288 |
| Construction, architecture, surveying and building technology | 2,070,040 | 1,813,266 | 256,774 | 296,359 | 1,271,592 | 253,789 | 248,300 |
| Natural sciences, geography and computer science | 1,629,715 | 1,397,250 | 232,465 | 147,201 | 665,133 | 737,152 | 80,229 |
| Transport, logistics, protection and security | 4,627,947 | 3,250,543 | 1,377,404 | 1,026,849 | 2,544,360 | 224,494 | 832,244 |
| Commercial services, commodity trade, distribution, hotels and tourism | 4,012,236 | 2,301,129 | 1,711,107 | 671,168 | 2,455,266 | 484,194 | 401,608 |
| Business organisation, bookkeeping, law and administration | 7,195,000 | 4,787,770 | 2,407,230 | 491,063 | 4,189,913 | 2,190,556 | 323,468 |
| Healthcare and social occupations, teaching and education | 6,861,136 | 3,278,986 | 3,582,150 | 726,950 | 4,135,263 | 1,743,048 | 255,875 |
| Linguistics, literature, humanities, social sciences and economics, media, art, culture and design | 967,901 | 673,030 | 294,871 | 95,792 | 350,302 | 456,173 | 65,634 |
| Other / No data provided | 174,182 | 153,354 | 20,824 | 99,707 | 16,891 | 1,545 | 56,039 |
As at 01 August 2025