City dossier for Wiesbaden: live jobs, population, big employers, a net-pay calculator and how it compares with the other large German cities.
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By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 07/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
Wiesbaden is Germany's #24 city by population: 288,850 residents (Eurostat Urban Audit, 1 Jan 2025), +4.6% since 2016. It lies in Hesse, which has an unemployment rate of 3.4% and GDP per head of €59,100. Today 1,299 job ads published in the last 28 days are live in the city itself (4 per 1,000 residents).
1,299 live ads. The tables below count ads by field, occupation, employer and place.
| Field ⇅ | Live ads ⇅ | Share ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Retail sales (general) | 93 | 7.2% |
| Purchasing and sales | 65 | 5.0% |
| Education and social work | 63 | 4.8% |
| Office and secretariat | 57 | 4.4% |
| Accounting, controlling and auditing | 43 | 3.3% |
| Nursing, emergency services and midwifery | 42 | 3.2% |
| Warehousing, postal and delivery, freight handling | 42 | 3.2% |
| IT networks and administration | 40 | 3.1% |
| Hospitality and catering | 37 | 2.8% |
| Advertising and marketing | 36 | 2.8% |
| Energy technology | 35 | 2.7% |
| Computer science / IT | 35 | 2.7% |
| Insurance and financial services | 35 | 2.7% |
| Mechanical engineering and plant technology | 34 | 2.6% |
| Business organisation and strategy | 33 | 2.5% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 2.2% |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning | 27 | 2.1% |
| Human resources and staffing services | 24 | 1.8% |
| Electrical engineering | 20 | 1.5% |
| Medical and practice assistance | 19 | 1.5% |
| Real estate and facility management | 19 | 1.5% |
| Administration | 19 | 1.5% |
| Human and dental medicine | 18 | 1.4% |
| Elderly care | 16 | 1.2% |
| Hotel business | 16 | 1.2% |
| Occupation ⇅ | German title ⇅ | Live ads ⇅ | Share ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salesperson (retail) | Verkäufer/in | 38 | 2.9% |
| Kindergarten / early-years teacher | Erzieher/in | 27 | 2.1% |
| Social worker / social pedagogue | Sozialarbeiter/in / Sozialpädagoge/-pädagogin | 24 | 1.8% |
| Vertriebsassistent/in | Vertriebsassistent/in | 24 | 1.8% |
| Sales assistant | Helfer/in - Verkauf | 22 | 1.7% |
| Retail clerk | Kaufmann/-frau - Einzelhandel | 21 | 1.6% |
| Servicekraft - Gastronomie und Gastgewerbe | Servicekraft - Gastronomie und Gastgewerbe | 21 | 1.6% |
| IT specialist (systems integration) | Fachinformatiker/in - Systemintegration | 20 | 1.5% |
| Nurse | Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger/in | 17 | 1.3% |
| Warehouse and transport assistant | Helfer/in - Lagerwirtschaft, Transport | 16 | 1.2% |
| Pflegefachmann/-frau (Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege) | Pflegefachmann/-frau (Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege) | 16 | 1.2% |
| Industrial electronics technician | Elektroniker/in - Betriebstechnik | 15 | 1.2% |
| Helfer/in - Gastgewerbe | Helfer/in - Gastgewerbe | 15 | 1.2% |
| Office management clerk | Kaufmann/-frau - Büromanagement | 15 | 1.2% |
| Commercial specialist | Kaufmännische Fachkraft | 15 | 1.2% |
| Elderly care nurse | Altenpfleger/in | 14 | 1.1% |
| Medical assistant | Medizinische/r Fachangestellte/r | 14 | 1.1% |
| Plumbing, heating and AC fitter | Anlagenmechaniker/in - Sanitär-, Heizungs- und Klimatechnik | 13 | 1.0% |
| Warehouse logistics specialist | Fachkraft - Lagerlogistik | 13 | 1.0% |
| Informatiker/in | Informatiker/in | 13 | 1.0% |
| Account-Manager/in | Account-Manager/in | 12 | 0.9% |
| Bankkaufmann/-frau | Bankkaufmann/-frau | 12 | 0.9% |
| Professional driver | Berufskraftfahrer/in | 12 | 0.9% |
| Office clerk | Bürokaufmann/-frau | 12 | 0.9% |
| Electronics technician (energy and building) | Elektroniker/in - Energie- und Gebäudetechnik | 12 | 0.9% |
| Employer ⇅ | Live ads ⇅ | Share ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| DIS AG Germany | 57 | 4.4% |
| FERCHAU GmbH Wiesbaden Pharma & Life Science | 49 | 3.8% |
| ibex personal Wiesbaden GmbH | 45 | 3.5% |
| Tempton Personaldienstleistungen GmbH NL Wiesbaden | 29 | 2.2% |
| adesta GmbH & Co. KG | 28 | 2.2% |
| AMÖ Agentur für Marketing GmbH | 25 | 1.9% |
| spp direkt Mainz GmbH | 22 | 1.7% |
| SINC GmbH | 21 | 1.6% |
| Primegate Consulting GmbH | 18 | 1.4% |
| Jugendberatung und Jugendhilfe e.V. (JJ) | 17 | 1.3% |
| Lidl Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG | 15 | 1.2% |
| SV SparkassenVersicherung | 15 | 1.2% |
| Magistrat der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden | 14 | 1.1% |
| R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG | 14 | 1.1% |
| DG Nexolution eG | 12 | 0.9% |
| Gier GmbH & Co.KG McDonald's Franchise | 12 | 0.9% |
| Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei KG | 12 | 0.9% |
| HEICO Holding GmbH | 11 | 0.8% |
| JobImpulse Süd GmbH Mainz | 11 | 0.8% |
| Bundeskriminalamt | 10 | 0.8% |
| DIS AG Office & Management | 10 | 0.8% |
| Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung | 10 | 0.8% |
| Jugendhilfezentrum Johannesstift GmbH | 10 | 0.8% |
| WUTOW Professional GmbH | 10 | 0.8% |
| REWE | 9 | 0.7% |
Staffing agencies (Zeitarbeit) are included; see each employer page for the flag.
| Place ⇅ | Live ads ⇅ | Share ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Wiesbaden | 1,299 | 100.0% |
Places are as the Bundesagentur names them; ads within the radius the agency assigns to the place name.
Indicators come from structured fields in the ads; many ads leave them blank. They describe current offers, not the whole labour market.
| Year ⇅ | Population ⇅ | Change vs 2016 ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 276,218 | – |
| 2021 | 278,609 | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 288,850 | +4.6% |
Type the gross monthly salary you were offered. We apply the 2026 income-tax tariff and employee social contributions.
Method: tax class I (single, no children), no other income, standard work-related expenses €1,230 and special-expenses €36, employee pension/health/care contributions deducted as provisions, income tax by § 32a EStG 2026, solidarity surcharge with the 2026 threshold. It is an estimate: the real payroll uses the official Federal Ministry of Finance payroll tax program, tax class, children, allowances, 13th salary and company benefits, so the payslip will differ. Not advice.
See the tax and contribution tables. The calculator below applies them.
Mean annual gross earnings of employees in enterprises with 10 or more employees were €48,655 in 2022 (about €4,055 a month): men €54,375, women €42,325. The table splits them by broad occupation group (ISCO-08 major groups).
| Occupation group ⇅ | Mean annual gross € ⇅ | ≈ per month € ⇅ | Men € ⇅ | Women € ⇅ | Gap men vs women ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managers | 111,275 | 9,273 | 122,563 | 80,940 | 34% |
| Professionals | 72,211 | 6,018 | 82,041 | 61,320 | 25% |
| Technicians and associate professionals | 53,017 | 4,418 | 62,701 | 45,472 | 27% |
| Clerical support workers | 43,425 | 3,619 | 47,200 | 41,008 | 13% |
| Service and sales workers | 33,728 | 2,811 | 34,866 | 33,155 | 5% |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | 34,404 | 2,867 | 35,714 | 27,822 | 22% |
| Craft and related trades workers | 42,566 | 3,547 | 43,266 | 35,525 | 18% |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 40,198 | 3,350 | 41,170 | 34,666 | 16% |
| Elementary occupations | 29,284 | 2,440 | 31,658 | 27,352 | 14% |
| Armed forces occupations | 43,730 | 3,644 | 46,673 | 38,801 | 17% |
Gap = (men − women) ÷ men, unadjusted for hours, age, occupation within group or industry. Figures are 2022 and do not include enterprises with fewer than 10 employees; wages have risen since. Groups are broad: a nurse and a doctor are not in the same group, but a baker and an electrician are.
The statutory minimum wage is €13.90 per hour from 1 January 2026 (Eurostat shows a full-time monthly equivalent of €2,343 for 2026, €2,161 for 2025). A further step to €14.60 on 1 January 2027 was set by the Minimum Wage Commission and the Federal Government: confirm on the official site. Mini-job earnings limit 2026: €603 a month (€7,236 a year).
Rules change often; this is a starting map, not legal advice.
| City ⇅ | Straight-line km ⇅ | Population 2025 ⇅ | Live ads ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mainz | 11 km | 224,684 | 1,266 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 31 km | 756,021 | 5,370 |
| Darmstadt | 37 km | 167,029 | 1,209 |
| Mannheim | 68 km | 318,035 | 2,460 |
| Ludwigshafen am Rhein | 68 km | 177,222 | 837 |
| Bonn | 108 km | 323,336 | 1,753 |
| Karlsruhe | 120 km | 309,050 | 2,291 |
| Saarbrücken | 130 km | 182,971 | 906 |
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Every day we store how many ads are live for Wiesbaden. The Bundesagentur publishes no history, so this series becomes unique data. The trend line appears from the second day of tracking; today: 1,299 live ads.
288,850 residents on 1 January 2025 (Eurostat Urban Audit), rank 24 among German cities.
1,299 ads published in the last 28 days are live in Wiesbaden itself in the Bundesagentur feed (counted 07/11/2026).
Wiesbaden is in Hesse.
Yes: €13.90 per hour gross from 1 January 2026, the same everywhere in Germany.
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