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The workforce potential in Berlin

Berlin is Germany's biggest labor market

(Source: Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office, 2025 - numbers rounded) Berlin labor market Berlin residents 3.9 million Catchment area capital region 6.4 million Students 200,000 (about 30,000 graduate annually) 32% of the population is between 18-40 years old with an average age of 42.8 years. Of the approx. 197,000 new residents 64% came from abroad. 25% foreign residents from about 170 nations live and work in Berlin. About 24% of the students at Berlin's universities come from abroad, most of them from China, India and Turkey.

The labor market benefits from the advantages of a commuting belt with almost 6.4 million inhabitants in the entire capital region. The attractiveness of Berlin attracts nationally an internationally well-trained workers. Of the 2.2 million people in employment, around 1.7 million subject to social insurance contributions. With nearly 972,000 foreign residents and an average age of the population of 42.8 years, Berlin is a cosmopolitan and young city.

People from about 170 nations live in Berlin

(Source: own diagram based on data provided by the Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office 2024 - as at 12.31.2023)

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