From Berlin to Osnabrück: population from Eurostat's Urban Audit, live jobs from the Bundesagentur, and a guide to work in each.
By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 07/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
low → high: live ads per 1,000 jobs, by state
Click a state or a city. States: Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria (Bayern) · Berlin · Brandenburg · Bremen · Hamburg · Hesse (Hessen) · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) · North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) · Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) · Saarland · Saxony (Sachsen) · Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt) · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia (Thüringen).
| # ⇅ | City ⇅ | State ⇅ | Population 2025 ⇅ | Change since 2016 ⇅ | Live ads in the city ⇅ | Ads per 1,000 residents ⇅ | Top field by ads ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin | Berlin | 3,685,265 | +4.7% | 18,457 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 2 | Hamburg | Hamburg | 1,862,565 | +4.2% | 9,317 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 3 | Munich | Bavaria | 1,505,005 | +3.8% | 8,220 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 4 | Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,024,621 | -3.4% | 4,637 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 5 | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse | 756,021 | +3.2% | 5,370 | 7 | Insurance and financial services |
| 6 | Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | 618,685 | +1.1% | 3,686 | 6 | Insurance and financial services |
| 7 | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 612,663 | -1.8% | 3,646 | 6 | Retail sales (general) |
| 8 | Leipzig | Saxony | 611,850 | +9.2% | 3,186 | 5 | Energy technology |
| 9 | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 603,462 | +2.9% | 2,386 | 4 | Retail sales (general) |
| 10 | Bremen | Bremen | 586,271 | +5.2% | 4,378 | 7 | Retail sales (general) |
| 11 | Essen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 574,682 | -1.4% | 2,193 | 4 | Retail sales (general) |
| 12 | Dresden | Saxony | 564,904 | +3.9% | 3,635 | 6 | Electrical engineering |
| 13 | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 529,508 | +3.8% | 3,515 | 7 | Retail sales (general) |
| 14 | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 522,131 | -1.9% | 3,295 | 6 | Education and social work |
| 15 | Duisburg | North Rhine-Westphalia | 502,270 | +2.2% | 1,741 | 3 | Mechanical engineering and plant technology |
| 16 | Bochum | North Rhine-Westphalia | 358,676 | -1.7% | 1,267 | 4 | Retail sales (general) |
| 17 | Wuppertal | North Rhine-Westphalia | 358,193 | +2.3% | 1,274 | 4 | Metalworking |
| 18 | Bielefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | 331,605 | -0.4% | 1,475 | 4 | Retail sales (general) |
| 19 | Bonn | North Rhine-Westphalia | 323,336 | +1.4% | 1,753 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 20 | Mannheim | Baden-Württemberg | 318,035 | +4.0% | 2,460 | 8 | Accounting, controlling and auditing |
| 21 | Karlsruhe | Baden-Württemberg | 309,050 | +0.4% | 2,291 | 7 | Retail sales (general) |
| 22 | Münster | North Rhine-Westphalia | 308,258 | -0.6% | 1,548 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 23 | Augsburg | Bavaria | 301,105 | +5.1% | 1,668 | 6 | Mechanical engineering and plant technology |
| 24 | Wiesbaden | Hesse | 288,850 | +4.6% | 1,299 | 4 | Retail sales (general) |
| 25 | Gelsenkirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 267,930 | +2.9% | 706 | 3 | Retail sales (general) |
| 26 | Mönchengladbach | North Rhine-Westphalia | 267,213 | +2.8% | 973 | 4 | Retail sales (general) |
| 27 | Aachen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 262,670 | +6.8% | 987 | 4 | Retail sales (general) |
| 28 | Braunschweig | Lower Saxony | 252,962 | +0.6% | 1,253 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 29 | Kiel | Schleswig-Holstein | 252,668 | +2.6% | 1,903 | 8 | Nursing, emergency services and midwifery |
| 30 | Chemnitz | Saxony | 245,618 | -1.2% | 1,196 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 31 | Magdeburg | Saxony-Anhalt | 244,329 | +3.7% | 1,651 | 7 | Retail sales (general) |
| 32 | Freiburg im Breisgau | Baden-Württemberg | 237,460 | +4.9% | 1,201 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 33 | Krefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | 231,406 | +2.8% | 1,101 | 5 | Mechanical engineering and plant technology |
| 34 | Halle (Saale) | Saxony-Anhalt | 226,767 | -4.3% | 1,080 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 35 | Mainz | Rhineland-Palatinate | 224,684 | +7.1% | 1,266 | 6 | Retail sales (general) |
| 36 | Erfurt | Thuringia | 218,793 | +4.1% | 1,667 | 8 | Warehousing, postal and delivery, freight handling |
| 37 | Lübeck | Schleswig-Holstein | 216,889 | +0.3% | 1,153 | 5 | Nursing, emergency services and midwifery |
| 38 | Oberhausen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 213,646 | +1.3% | 754 | 4 | Retail sales (general) |
| 39 | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 205,307 | -0.3% | 1,338 | 7 | Mechanical engineering and plant technology |
| 40 | Kassel | Hesse | 197,230 | -0.4% | 1,798 | 9 | Electrical engineering |
| 41 | Hagen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 190,384 | +0.7% | 721 | 4 | Metalworking |
| 42 | Potsdam | Brandenburg | 184,754 | +10.1% | 948 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 43 | Saarbrücken | Saarland | 182,971 | +2.7% | 906 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 44 | Hamm | North Rhine-Westphalia | 179,968 | +0.3% | 681 | 4 | Retail sales (general) |
| 45 | Ludwigshafen am Rhein | Rhineland-Palatinate | 177,222 | +7.6% | 837 | 5 | Retail sales (general) |
| 46 | Oldenburg | Lower Saxony | 176,614 | +7.8% | 1,162 | 7 | Retail sales (general) |
| 47 | Mülheim an der Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | 173,050 | +2.2% | 825 | 5 | Mechanical engineering and plant technology |
| 48 | Leverkusen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 168,581 | +3.1% | 613 | 4 | Warehousing, postal and delivery, freight handling |
| 49 | Darmstadt | Hesse | 167,029 | +7.5% | 1,209 | 7 | Mechanical engineering and plant technology |
| 50 | Osnabrück | Lower Saxony | 166,057 | +2.2% | 1,278 | 8 | Retail sales (general) |
Live ads are counted in the city itself, as named by the Bundesagentur; the agency's default search also includes a surrounding radius, so the job search link shows larger numbers. Population of the city (not the metro area).
3,685,265 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Berlin. 18,457 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Potsdam (27 km), Magdeburg (128 km), Leipzig (149 km).
1,862,565 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Hamburg. 9,317 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Lübeck (57 km), Kiel (86 km), Bremen (94 km).
1,505,005 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Bavaria. 8,220 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Augsburg (56 km), Nuremberg (150 km), Stuttgart (190 km).
1,024,621 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 4,637 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Leverkusen (11 km), Bonn (24 km), Düsseldorf (34 km).
756,021 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Hesse. 5,370 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Darmstadt (27 km), Wiesbaden (31 km), Mainz (32 km).
618,685 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 3,686 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Krefeld (20 km), Duisburg (23 km), Mönchengladbach (23 km).
612,663 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Baden-Württemberg. 3,646 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Karlsruhe (61 km), Mannheim (94 km), Ludwigshafen am Rhein (94 km).
611,850 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Saxony. 3,186 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Halle (Saale) (31 km), Chemnitz (68 km), Dresden (100 km).
603,462 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 2,386 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Hagen (17 km), Bochum (17 km), Gelsenkirchen (25 km).
586,271 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Bremen. 4,378 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Oldenburg (40 km), Hamburg (94 km), Hanover (100 km).
574,682 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 2,193 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Gelsenkirchen (7 km), Mülheim an der Ruhr (9 km), Oberhausen (10 km).
564,904 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Saxony. 3,635 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Chemnitz (61 km), Leipzig (100 km), Halle (Saale) (131 km).
529,508 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Bavaria. 3,515 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Augsburg (121 km), Munich (150 km), Stuttgart (157 km).
522,131 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Lower Saxony. 3,295 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Braunschweig (55 km), Bielefeld (89 km), Bremen (100 km).
502,270 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 1,741 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Mülheim an der Ruhr (7 km), Oberhausen (8 km), Essen (17 km).
358,676 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 1,267 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Gelsenkirchen (8 km), Essen (14 km), Dortmund (17 km).
358,193 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 1,274 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Essen (24 km), Hagen (25 km), Bochum (25 km).
331,605 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 1,475 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Osnabrück (42 km), Münster (62 km), Hamm (62 km).
323,336 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 1,753 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Cologne (24 km), Leverkusen (33 km), Wuppertal (58 km).
318,035 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Baden-Württemberg. 2,460 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Ludwigshafen am Rhein (1 km), Darmstadt (44 km), Karlsruhe (53 km).
309,050 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Baden-Württemberg. 2,291 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Ludwigshafen am Rhein (52 km), Mannheim (53 km), Stuttgart (61 km).
308,258 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 1,548 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Hamm (34 km), Osnabrück (45 km), Dortmund (50 km).
301,105 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Bavaria. 1,668 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Munich (56 km), Nuremberg (121 km), Stuttgart (134 km).
288,850 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Hesse. 1,299 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Mainz (11 km), Frankfurt am Main (31 km), Darmstadt (37 km).
267,930 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 706 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Essen (7 km), Bochum (8 km), Oberhausen (16 km).
267,213 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 973 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Krefeld (18 km), Düsseldorf (23 km), Duisburg (35 km).
262,670 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 987 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Mönchengladbach (51 km), Cologne (63 km), Leverkusen (69 km).
252,962 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Lower Saxony. 1,253 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Hanover (55 km), Magdeburg (76 km), Kassel (126 km).
252,668 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Schleswig-Holstein. 1,903 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Lübeck (61 km), Hamburg (86 km), Rostock (132 km).
245,618 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Saxony. 1,196 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Dresden (61 km), Leipzig (68 km), Halle (Saale) (97 km).
244,329 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Saxony-Anhalt. 1,651 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Halle (Saale) (76 km), Braunschweig (76 km), Leipzig (101 km).
237,460 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Baden-Württemberg. 1,201 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Karlsruhe (119 km), Stuttgart (131 km), Saarbrücken (150 km).
231,406 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 1,101 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Duisburg (18 km), Mönchengladbach (18 km), Düsseldorf (20 km).
226,767 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Saxony-Anhalt. 1,080 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Leipzig (31 km), Magdeburg (76 km), Erfurt (86 km).
224,684 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Rhineland-Palatinate. 1,266 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Wiesbaden (11 km), Darmstadt (29 km), Frankfurt am Main (32 km).
218,793 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Thuringia. 1,667 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Halle (Saale) (86 km), Leipzig (101 km), Kassel (113 km).
216,889 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Schleswig-Holstein. 1,153 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Hamburg (57 km), Kiel (61 km), Rostock (98 km).
213,646 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 754 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Mülheim an der Ruhr (5 km), Duisburg (8 km), Essen (10 km).
205,307 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 1,338 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Lübeck (98 km), Kiel (132 km), Hamburg (153 km).
197,230 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Hesse. 1,798 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Bielefeld (103 km), Erfurt (113 km), Hanover (118 km).
190,384 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 721 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Dortmund (17 km), Bochum (22 km), Wuppertal (25 km).
184,754 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Brandenburg. 948 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Berlin (27 km), Magdeburg (102 km), Halle (Saale) (126 km).
182,971 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Saarland. 906 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Karlsruhe (104 km), Ludwigshafen am Rhein (107 km), Mannheim (109 km).
179,968 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 681 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Dortmund (30 km), Münster (34 km), Hagen (42 km).
177,222 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Rhineland-Palatinate. 837 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Mannheim (1 km), Darmstadt (45 km), Karlsruhe (52 km).
176,614 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Lower Saxony. 1,162 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Bremen (40 km), Osnabrück (96 km), Bielefeld (124 km).
173,050 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 825 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Oberhausen (5 km), Duisburg (7 km), Essen (9 km).
168,581 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in North Rhine-Westphalia. 613 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Cologne (11 km), Düsseldorf (25 km), Wuppertal (27 km).
167,029 residents (Eurostat, 2025) in Hesse. 1,209 live job ads in the city itself. Nearest large cities: Frankfurt am Main (27 km), Mainz (29 km), Wiesbaden (37 km).
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