Germany: information sector employment 2021

The number of employees in the information sector in Germany saw no significant changes in 2021 in comparison to the previous year 2020 and remained at around 342.65 thousand employees. Still, 2021 marked the third consecutive decline of the number of employees in this industry.
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 information sector in Germany from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of employees in thousands
2021	342.65
2020	344.91
2019	370.6
2018b	372.52
2017	301.39
2016	294.68
2015	296.42
2014	304.92
2013	305.71
2012	318.57

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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 aggregate INF of CE Rev 2.

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