| Fulltime/parttime employmentType of qualification Citizenship | Totale | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: Including those who provided "no data". 3: Sum of the categories "With a recognized vocational training" and "Master craftsman’s or technician’s qualification or equivalent trade and technical school certificate". 4: Sum of the categories "Bachelor’s degree", "Diploma/Magister/Master’s degree/state examination" and "Doctor’s degree". 5: The way foreigners are counted has changed compared to previous publications. Stateless persons and persons with no response are now counted as foreigners. Source: Statistics of the Federal Employment Agency - provisional result. | |||
| Total2 | 35,220,294 | 18,878,870 | 16,341,424 |
| By fulltime/parttime employment | |||
| Fulltime employment | 24,494,262 | 16,339,278 | 8,154,984 |
| Parttime employment | 10,726,028 | 2,539,589 | 8,186,439 |
| Apprentices | 1,627,431 | 943,018 | 684,413 |
| By vocational qualification | |||
| No vocational qualification attained | 4,736,326 | 2,778,210 | 1,958,116 |
| With a recognised vocational qualification3 | 20,485,047 | 10,631,814 | 9,853,233 |
| Master craftsman’s or technician’s qualification or equivalent trade and technical school certificate | 1,855,625 | 1,265,908 | 589,717 |
| With an academic degree4 | 7,011,508 | 3,663,305 | 3,348,203 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 1,817,166 | 899,540 | 917,626 |
| Diploma/Magister/Master’s degree/state examination | 4,677,370 | 2,467,541 | 2,209,829 |
| Doctor’s degree | 516,972 | 296,224 | 220,748 |
| No data provided | 2,987,413 | 1,805,541 | 1,181,872 |
| By citizenship | |||
| Germans | 29,516,292 | 15,378,630 | 14,137,662 |
| Foreigners5 | 5,703,903 | 3,500,202 | 2,203,701 |
| From EU countries | 2,580,865 | 1,548,779 | 1,032,086 |
As at 30 April 2025