EU
Germany
~35%
Work in exposed occupations
~14.8 m · estimate · 2025
4.0%
Unemployment
±0.0 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
7.4%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
2.4%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
81.1%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
26%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.75
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
42.3 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
GermanyEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Germany
- 46Not exposed
- 19Minimal
- 4Low
- 11Medium
- 11High
- 9Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
−0.8%
Change 2025→2035
11.6 m
Total expected openings
2025–2035
11.9 m
Replacement demand
−368 k
Expansion
- Production and specialised services managers+54.3%
- Numerical and material recording clerks+47.1%
- Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals+46.6%
- Assemblers+21.2%
- Health associate professionals+20.6%
- Information and communications technicians+17.4%
- Cleaners and helpers−15.4%
- Hospitality, retail and other services managers−18.9%
- Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians−22.0%
- General and keyboard clerks−30.4%
- Other clerical support workers−34.0%
- Administrative and commercial managers−44.6%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
21%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
34%
of skills will change
global: 39%
92%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.