Employment in Saxony-Anhalt: Magdeburg grows, counties are falling!
Employment in Saxony-Anhalt: Magdeburg grows, counties are falling!
In Saxony-Anhalt, the economic Situation becomes increasingly challenging. As the Magdeburger News , the number of employed people in 2023 has dropped by 2.9 thousand to 993.5 thousand people, which corresponds to a slight decrease of 0.3 %. This development can be observed primarily in the counties, where employment decreased by 4.0 thousand people (-0.6 %), while the independent cities had an increase of 1.1 thousand people (+0.4 %). This is a gratifying ray of hope in the middle of an overall stagnant development.
Especially in the cities of Magdeburg and Dessau-Roßlau there were positive effects. In Magdeburg, employment increased by 0.7 %, in Dessau-Roßlau by 0.4 %. Halle (Saale), on the other hand, recorded an almost unchanged location. Unfortunately there are also less gratifying news: In the Burgenlandkreis and in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel you had to find out the highest loss figures, with declines of 1.7 % and 1.6 %.
The service sector remains strong
2023 were impressive 72.9 % of the workers in Saxony-Anhalt in service professions. Halle (Saale) is the leader with 88.6 % followed by Magdeburg with 87.3 %. In comparison, the proportion in Anhalt-Bitterfeld is lowest with 63.4 %. Marginal employment also remains an issue; In general, 7.8 % of the workers were in this job. The highest quota of marginal employment can be found in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel with 9.4 %.
The proportion of independent and helping family members is 7.7 %. It is noteworthy that the odds of the self-employed in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Mansfeld-Südharz and Stendal are 9.3 %, while they are only 5.9 % and 6.1 % in Halle (Saale) and Magdeburg.
rising unemployment harms the job market
The situation is also underlined by increasing unemployment. The DetailsOrt Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Deutschland Quellen
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