"Lightly Increasing Pace": Number of Persons in Employment Falling by 212,000
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In Germany, fewer and fewer people are working. Structural and demographic change as well as geopolitical uncertainties are expected to ensure that there will be no turnaround in the near future. For the first time in years, the service sector is weakening.
The economic recovery is passing by the German labour market. In the second quarter, an average of 45.7 million people were in employment, slightly less than in the previous year.
Employment in Germany fell by 0.1% in the second quarter compared to the first three months of the year, after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary data published today by the Destatis Statistical Institute.
In the second quarter of 2026 around 45.7 million people were employed in Germany. According to provisional calculations by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of persons in employment fell by 53,000 persons, or 0.1%, seasonally adjusted, compared to the previous quarter. Since the second quarter of 2025, employment had also fallen by 0.1% on the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted. {/mprestriction} Excluding seasonal effects…
The German economy is growing for the third quarter in a row. However, the German labour market is not affected by the recovery: the number of people in employment is falling. Which sectors are particularly affected?
In the second quarter of 2026, approximately 45.7 million people were employed in Germany. According to preliminary calculations by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of employed persons thus fell by 53,000, or 0.1 percent, compared to the previous quarter, after seasonal adjustment. Since the second quarter of 2025, employment had also declined by 0.1 percent annually compared to the previous quarter, after seasonal adjustmen…
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