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Press release No. 236 of 1 July 2025 Employment continued to stagnate in May 2025

Roughly 45.8 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in May 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment therefore remained almost …

Date: October 14, 2024 Explanations on the labour market

Date: June 10, 2025 Atypical Employment

The table on the subject: Core of persons in employment by type of employment, results of the microcensus, in 1,000

Date: June 10, 2025 Atypical Employment

This table contains: Core of persons in employment by type of employment and other persons in employment, results of the microcensus, in 1,000

Date: June 10, 2025 Atypical employment

The table on the subject: Core of persons in employment in different types of employment by socio-demographic variables and sections of economic activity 2024 in 1,000

Press release No. 189 of 28 May 2025 Employment unchanged in April 2025 after seasonal adjustment

Roughly 45.8 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in April 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment therefore remained …

Date: May 26, 2025 Commuter

Tables on the subject: This table contains: Commuter 2024 in %

Date: May 26, 2025 Education Commuter

Tables on the subject: This table contains: Commuter 2024 in %

Date: May 21, 2025 Data on online job advertisements in ESSnet WIN

The demand for readily available data on short-term developments in the labour market is growing. The Federal Statistical Office has been analysing the potential of online job advertisements in this regard for several years. Various feasibility …

Date: May 19, 2025 Labor force participation

This table contains: Employed and employment rate by sex and age

Date: April 30, 2025 Structural data on employees subject to social insurance contributions

Tables on the subject: Structural data on employees subject to social insurance contributions at the place of their employment on 30th September 2024

Date: April 30, 2025 Employees subject to social insurance contributions by occupational activity

Tables on the subject: Employees subject to social insurance contributions by occupational activity as categorised in the Classification of Occupations (KldB 2010) on 30th September 2024

Date: April 30, 2025 Employees subject to social insurance contributions by occupational activity

Tables on the subject: Employees subject to social insurance contributions by occupational activity as categorised in the Classification of Occupations (KldB 2010) on 30th September 2024

Date: April 30, 2025 Employees subject to social insurance contributions by age group

Tables on the subject: Employees subject to social insurance contributions at the place of their employment by age group on 30th September 2024

Press release No. 156 of 30 April 2025 Little movement in employment figures in March 2025

Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in March 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment was almost unchanged …

Press release No. 120 of 28 March 2025 Employment down slightly in February 2025

Roughly 45.6 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in February 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment decreased slightly by …

Press release No. 077 of 28 February 2025 Employment down slightly in January 2025

Roughly 45.6 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in January 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment fell slightly by 9,000 …

Press release No. 041 of 31 January 2025 Employment stagnates in December 2024

Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in December 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose only marginally by …

Press release No. 002 of 3 January 2025 Employment in November 2024 slightly up on the previous month

Roughly 46.1 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in November 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 24,000 …

Press release No. 001 of 2 January 2025 Number of persons in employment reaches new high in 2024

On an annual average, there were roughly 46.1 million persons in employment in 2024 whose place of employment was in Germany. This was the highest number of persons in employment since German unification in 1990. According to a first estimate of the …

Press release No. 451 of 29 November 2024 Employment almost unchanged in October 2024

Roughly 46.1 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in October 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment remained virtually …

Press release No. 407 of 30 October 2024 Employment down slightly in September 2024

Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in September 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment fell slightly by 18,000 …

Date: June 4, 2020 Structures of the German labour market in the light of the COVID-19-pandemic

The measures introduced in Germany to push back the COVID-19-pandemic have also lead to a significant reduction of economic activities and consequently have effects on the labour market. For persons in employment this can mean reduced working times, …

Date: October 22, 2024 The nursing and care labour market and demographic change - Methodology and results of nursing and care staff projection

The rising number of people in need of care and the discussion surrounding the shortage of nursing and caring professionals illustrate the challenges currently facing the nursing and care segment of the labour market. Demographic change is impacting …

Press release No. 371 of 27 September 2024 Employment down slightly in August 2024

Roughly 45.9 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in August 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment declined slightly by …

Press release No. 331 of 30 August 2024 Employment up slightly in July 2024

Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in July 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 5,000 …

Press release No. 293 of 31 July 2024 Employment slightly up in June 2024

Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in June 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 8,000 …

Press release No. 254 of 28 June 2024 Employment in May 2024: slight upward trend continues

Roughly 45.9 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in May 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment was up by 20,000 (0.0%) …

Press release No. 217 of 4 June 2024 Number of persons in employment continued to increase in April 2024

Roughly 45.8 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in April 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose by 25,000 (+0.1%) on …

Date: July 27, 2017 Methodological aspects of the microcensus 2016 – Labour market

Since the reference year 2016, the microcensus sample has had a new basis. For the first time, the sample is now based on the data of the 2011 Census. Due to this changeover, the comparability of the results of the microcensus 2016 with those of …

Press release No. 171 of 30 April 2024 Rate of increase in employment continued to slow in March 2024

Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in March 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 8,000 …

Press release No. 127 of 28 March 2024 Employment in February 2024: slight upward trend continues

Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in February 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 14,000 …

Press release No. 075 of 29 February 2024 Employment continues to increase in January 2024

Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in January 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose by 57,000 (+0.1%) on …

Date: October 6, 2015 Microcensus weighting based on 2011 Census results

The microcensus (with the integrated labour force survey) is a sample survey covering roughly 1% of the population in Germany each year. To obtain information on the total population from the data collected, these have to be weighted accordingly.

Press release No. 040 of 31 January 2024 Slight increase in employment in December 2023

Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in December 2023. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 23,000 …

Press release No. 002 of 3 January 2024 Employment rises again slightly in November 2023

Roughly 46.1 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in November 2023. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 19,000 …

Press release No. 001 of 2 January 2024 CORRECTION: Employment reaches a new high in 2023

CORRECTION: On an annual average, there were roughly 45.9 million persons in employment in 2023 whose place of employment was in Germany. This was the highest level since German unification in 1990. According to a first estimate of the Federal …

Press release No. 459 of 30 November 2023 Employment up slightly in October 2023

Roughly 46.1 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in October 2023. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 14,000 …

Press release No. 424 of 2 November 2023 Employment at a new high in September 2023

Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in September 2023. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 1,000 …

Press release No. 391 of 29 September 2023 Employment up slightly in August 2023

Roughly 45.8 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in August 2023. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose by 34,000 (+0.1%) on …

Press release No. 345 of 31 August 2023 Employment remained stable in July 2023

Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in July 2023. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment increased slightly by 15,000 …

Press release No. 303 of 1 August 2023 CORRECTION: Employment unchanged in June 2023 compared with previous month

Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in June 2023. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment declined slightly by 1,000 …

Press release No. 259 of 30 June 2023 Employment growth slowed in May 2023

Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in May 2023. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment decreased slightly by 4,000 …

Press release No. 208 of 31 May 2023 Employment in April 2023 stable at high level

Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in April 2023. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose by 15,000 (0.0%) on …

Press release No. 189 of 16 May 2023 1^st quarter of 2023: positive development of employment in Germany continues

Roughly 45.6 million people were in employment in Germany in the first quarter of 2023.According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose by 150,000 (+0.3%) …

Press release No. 168 of 28 April 2023 Employment remained on a solid upward trend in March 2023

Roughly 45.6 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in March 2023.According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment increased by 57,000 (+0.1%) …

Press release No. 131 of 31 March 2023 Employment in February 2023 up 0.1% on the previous month

Roughly 45.5 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in February 2023. The seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment continued to rise on the previous month, by 31,000 or +0.1%, according to provisional calculations of the …

Press release No. N 020 of 23 March 2023 Short-distance transport: Proportion of the 55 plus age group among bus and tram drivers above average

Smoothly running short-distance transport is crucial for the envisaged transformation of mobility. This requires bus and tram drivers especially for the introduction of the Germany ticket in public short-distance passenger transport. However, many of …

Date: March 20, 2023 Detailed structure of labour costs in industry and the services sector in 2020

Tables on the subject: Labour cost survey 2020

Date: March 20, 2023 Net labour costs per hour at industry and the services sectors by länder 2008 to 2020

Tables on the subject: Net labour costs per hour at industry and the services sectors by länder 2008 to 2020