Income and Purchasing Power of the Population
Residents of the Berlin capital region in gainful employment (2010):
Labor Force: - Employed persons - Unemployed persons Persons not in the labor force | 52.4% of the population 45.2% of the population 7.2% of the population 47.6% of the population |
Consumer price index for Berlin in 2010: 1.5% increase over the previous year
- Prices for clothing, shoes and home electronics increased.
- Prices for heating oil went down.
- Prices for accommodations such as all-inclusive trips, hotel rates and vacation apartments went down.
(Source: Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office (Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg), 2010)