Unemployment Figures, April 2012

Job-seekers
223,797
Compared with previous month
-1,137
Compared with same month last year
-14,412
 
 
Unemployment Rate
12.9%
Unemployment Rate previous month
13.0%
Unemployment Rate same month last year
13.9%
 
 
Vacancies notified
19,699
Compared with previous month
1,375
Compared with same month last year
8,696

(Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit [Federal Employment Office], 05/2012)

Unemployment according to Professional Qualification

Total (11/2011)
210,946
Service sector
99,285
Office communication specialists
18,992
Engineers, mathematicians, physicists, chemists
2,528
Technicians, technical specialists
1,945
Computer specialists
2,667
Participants of continuing vocational trainig programmes
14,378

(Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit [Federal Employment Office], 12/2011)

Unemployment according to Industry

Youth Unemployment Figures

  • Number of unemployed under 25: 16,950 (13.0%)
  • Number of unemployed under 20: 3,998 (12.1%)
(Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit [Federal Employment Office], 06/2011)