Germany: Demand for skilled professionals

A reason for working in Germany, answered with sourced data.

By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 07/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.

335,224 job ads are live today. The occupations with the most ads are in the 50 best job niches; the biggest fields in all job fields; the biggest hirers in the 100 employers hiring most.

NATIONAL Official guidance Source: Federal Foreign Office / BMI · Data: 2026

Shortage occupations get a lower EU Blue Card salary threshold (€45,934.20 versus €50,700 in 2026; confirm on the official site).

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• Live jobs: Bundesagentur für Arbeit – Jobsuche (public job-search interface of the Federal Employment Agency; ads published in the last 28 days; counts by facet)
• Population by state: Eurostat demo_r_pjangrp3 · employment: lfst_r_lfe2emp · unemployment: lfst_r_lfu3rt · GDP: nama_10r_2gdp · area: reg_area3
• City population: Eurostat Urban Audit urb_cpop1 · coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · state borders: deutschlandGeoJSON
• Earnings: Eurostat earn_ses22_28 (Structure of Earnings Survey 2022) · minimum wage: Eurostat earn_mw_cur and MiLoG
• Tax and contributions: § 32a EStG, SGB V, SGB VI, SGB XI, SGB III; average health top-up 2.9%: BMG notice (Bundesanzeiger 10.11.2025)
• Law: ArbZG, BUrlG, EFZG, BGB §622, KSchG, MuSchG, BEEG, BetrVG
• Immigration and recognition: Make it in Germany, Recognition in Germany, Federal Foreign Office – visa, BAMF

Data gaps we know about (not guessed)

• Wages by single occupation, city and state (the official source we use covers 9 broad occupation groups, 2022). The Federal Employment Agency's pay atlas has no public data interface that we could use.
• Rents and living costs by city; kindergarten fees (they differ by state and municipality).
• Employee headcount by company for all employers: there is no free national register; we show live hiring and, where Wikidata has a dated figure, a reported group-wide headcount.
• Union membership numbers and sector-by-sector collective-agreement pay tables.

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