The number of employees in the professional, scientific, and technical industry in Germany increased by 91,584 employees (+4.49 percent) in 2021 in comparison to the previous year. In total, the number of employees amounted to 2,129,502 employees in 2021. According to Eurostat employed persons are all persons aged 15 and over who performed work, even for just one hour per week, for pay, profit or family gain during the reference week or were not at work but had a job or business from which they were temporarily absent because of, for instance, illness, holidays, industrial dispute, and education or training.
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Total number of employees in the professional, scientific, and technical activities industry in Germany from 2012 to 2021
b: Break in time series. The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work Data coverage corresponds to code M of CE Rev 2.
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Eurostat. (March 22, 2024). Total number of employees in the professional, scientific, and technical activities industry in Germany from 2012 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/384175/number-employees-professional-scientific-sector-germany/
Eurostat. "Total number of employees in the professional, scientific, and technical activities industry in Germany from 2012 to 2021." Chart. March 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/384175/number-employees-professional-scientific-sector-germany/
Eurostat. (2024). Total number of employees in the professional, scientific, and technical activities industry in Germany from 2012 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/384175/number-employees-professional-scientific-sector-germany/
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Total number of employees in the professional, scientific, and technical activities industry in Germany from 2012 to 2021 [Graph], Eurostat, March 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/384175/number-employees-professional-scientific-sector-germany/