Overall, employment across all sectors of the economy has fallen by 108,000. Growth in other sectors was unable to offset the losses in the manufacturing sector.

The manufacture of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts, the metal industry and mechanical engineering are among the sectors that have contributed significantly to the decline in employment in the manufacturing sector. For example, the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts manufacturing sector had 52,000 fewer employees at the end of the year; the metal products manufacturing sector had 24,000 fewer; and the mechanical engineering sector had 28,000 fewer. This is shown by the quarterly employment statistics by economic sector published today.

The Federal Employment Agency of Germany supports the transformation of the manufacturing sector through, amongst other things, labour market hubs. As part of this, companies currently looking to recruit skilled workers and those that need to make staff redundancies are put in touch with one another via the local Employment Agency.

The latest data on employment by economic sector can be found on our statistics website (available in German).