The labour market at a glance - current developments in brief - October 2024

Employees subject to social insurance (August 2024): 34.922.000
    green arrow (up) - positive trend
196.000 in comparison with previous month
    green arrow (up) - positive trend
118.000 in comparison with previous year
    red arrow (down) - negative trend
-9.000 in comparison with previous month (seasonally adjusted)
Unemployed: 2.791.000 (unempl. rate: 6,0 %)
    green arrow (down) - positive trend
-16.000 in comparison with previous month
    red arrow (up) - negative trend
183.000 in comparison with previous year
    red arrow (up) - negative trend
27.000 in comparison with previous month (seasonally adjusted)
Underemployment (without short time work: 3.558.000 (underempl. rate: 7,5 %)
    green arrow (down) - positive trend
-8.000 in comparison with previous month
    red arrow (up) - negative trend
121.000 in comparison with previous year
    red arrow (up) - negative trend
13.000 in comparison with previous month (seasonally adjusted)

The labour market at a glance - key figures


Selected attributes October 24 September 24 August 24 changes in comparison to previous year (unempl. rate: previous year's value)
absolut in %
Underemployment (without short time work) 3.558.302 3.566.548 3.611.341 121.367 3,5
Underemployment rate (without short time work) 7,5 7,5 7,6 7,3 -
Unemployment (stock) 2.790.529 2.806.361 2.871.913 183.413 7,0
Unemployment rate 6,0 6,0 6,1 5,6 -
Employees subject to social insurance contributions - - 34.921.800 118.100 0,3
Minor employment - - 7.637.600 52.500 0,7
Notified vacancies (stock) 688.742 696.006 698.868 -59.923 -8,0

The labour market at a glance - time series

Development of employment, unemployment and underemployment (without short time work)

Seasonally adjusted values
Original values