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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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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Eurostat. (March 22, 2024). Total number of employees in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in Germany from 2012 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 31, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/385393/number-of-employees-water-supply-sewerage-waste-managment-germany/
Eurostat. "Total number of employees in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in Germany from 2012 to 2021." Chart. March 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 31, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/385393/number-of-employees-water-supply-sewerage-waste-managment-germany/
Eurostat. (2024). Total number of employees in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in Germany from 2012 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 31, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/385393/number-of-employees-water-supply-sewerage-waste-managment-germany/
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