Germany: number of office workers 2022

The estimated number of people working in offices in Germany rose annually between 2010 and 2022, except for a slight dip in 2020. The German Federal Employment Agency does not report on the number of employees working in offices, which means that no data is available that covers the exact figure. The estimation is based on the development of employment in the key economic sectors with primarily clerical work. In 2022, the number of office workers in Germany was estimated at 10.3 million. That is not an exact number and should be treated as a rough estimate, as the sectors excluded from the calculation also feature a certain, though low, ratio of office-based jobs. Secondly, the sectors included are also not 100 percent office-based.

Total number of office workers in Germany from 2010 to 2022 (in millions)

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Special properties

as of December of each year

Supplementary notes

Calculated by Statista using data from the Statistisches Bundesamt. Office workers are defined as the number of employees subject to social security contributions in the following economic sector classification sections (WZ 2008):
WZ08-I Hospitality
WZ08-J Information and communication
WZ08-K Provision of financial and insurance services
WZ08-L Real estate and housing
WZ08-M Freelance, scientific and technical Services
WZ08-N Other economic services
WZ08-O Open Administration, Defense, Social Security

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