Germany: water supply & waste management employees 2021

The number of employees in the water supply (sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities) industry in Germany decreased to 287,768 employees since the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years in this industry recorded a significant higher number of employees than the preceding years.
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.

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Total number of employees in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in Germany from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021	287,768
2020	308,066
2019	303,068
2018b	285,702
2017	245,118
2016	236,675
2015	230,198
2014	227,167
2013	206,333
2012	204,241

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Release date

March 2024

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Germany

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

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 E of CE Rev 2.

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