Work & Labour in Germany 1,018 indicators covering work & labour for Germany. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Employees 38,953 2025 up 8.4% 8th Employment and unemployment by five-year age group and sex - levels 42,553 Persons 2025 up 5.8% 9th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 42,312 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.6% 1st Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev. 2) 42,312 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.6% 1st Labour market slack by NUTS 2 region 3,582 Thousand persons 2025 down 20.4% 7th Unemployment of previously employed persons 1,194 2024 down 36.1% 13th Unemployed population — Unemployment 1,692 Persons 2025 down 13.2% 10th Average annual hours actually worked per worker — Hours worked 1,332 Hours per year per person 2025 down 5.0% 36th Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment 38,822 Persons 2025 up 8.4% 6th Employment by professional status 42,726 Persons 2025 up 6.3% 6th Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Number of strikes and lockouts 3,036 2024 up 376.6% 1st Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 42,312 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.6% 1st Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 42,312 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.6% 1st Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 22,619 Thousand persons 2025 up 19.2% 1st Incidence of unemployment by duration 21.88 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 38.5% 22nd Annual population and employment, national concept — Total employment 45,827 Persons 2025 up 6.4% 4th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 33.27 2024 down 5.6% 96th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 32.91 2024 down 4.4% 96th Youth unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 501.12 2024 down 12.8% 19th Monthly unemployment levels 1,666 Persons 2025 down 7.1% 8th Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts 417.7 2024 up 623.0% 11th Gender share of part-time employment 75.34 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 4.7% 3rd Full-time and part-time employment 29,262 Persons 2025 up 1.0% 7th Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition 29,262 Persons 2025 up 1.0% 7th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on national 68.76 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 4.5% 38th Youth employees 8,061 2024 up 6.9% 9th Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts 472,565 2024 up 205.4% 15th Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person 34.33 2024 down 2.7% 85th Average weekly hours usually worked per employee 34.01 2024 down 1.3% 86th Monthly unemployment rates 3.77 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 down 13.6% 27th Annual population and employment, national concept — Employees 42,161 Persons 2025 up 9.0% 4th Annual population and employment, national concept — Self employed 3,666 Persons 2025 down 16.9% 7th Average monthly earnings of employees 4,413 2022 up 72.5% 64th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on 77.23 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 0.7% 34th Minimum relative to average wages of full-time workers 43.95 Percentage of average wage of full-time employees 2025 up 3.3% 12th Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition 32,679 Persons 2025 up 4.9% 8th Average monthly earnings of employees 4,413 2022 up 72.5% 62nd Days lost due to cases of occupational injury with temporary 10.24 million 2024 — 5th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 10.6% 2026 down 18.5% 10th Infra-annual registered unemployment and job vacancies 2.95 million Persons 2025 up 5.5% 3rd Long usual weekly working hours — Employment 2,055 Persons 2025 down 40.1% 12th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Population 72.16 million Persons 2026 up 2.3% 7th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT -40.6% 2026 down 50.4% 27th Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked — Share of 4.86 Percentage of workers in the same age, sex and employment status 2025 down 43.3% 34th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.357 2022 down 2.7% 36th Median monthly earnings of employees 3,774 2022 up 61.8% 56th Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 18.2% 2024 down 7.2% 14th Female share of employment in senior and middle management 27.7% 2024 up 0.1% 72nd Median monthly earnings of employees 3,774 2022 up 61.8% 55th Median monthly earnings of employees 3,774 2022 up 61.8% 55th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 1,673 Thousand persons 2024 up 1.9% 1st Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 0.38 2024 unchanged 176th Own-account workers, total 5.6% 2016 down 10.1% 174th Incidence of involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time 1.52 Percentage of employment 2025 down 57.7% 25th STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment 61,259 Hours 2025 up 1.3% 2nd Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 34.48 Hours per week per person 2025 down 2.4% 35th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 88.52 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 1.8% 19th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 11.48 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 12.3% 19th Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 47.89 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 1.1% 23rd ← Previous Page 6 of 17 Next →