Gelsenkirchen labor market: less unemployed, new opportunities in retail!

Gelsenkirchen labor market: less unemployed, new opportunities in retail!

On February 28, 2025, the new labor market numbers for Gelsenkirchen and Bottrop were released. These statistics show a significant decline in unemployment in Gelsenkirchen, where the number of unemployed people was reduced around 500 compared to January. A total of almost 30,500 people in Gelsenkirchen were without a job in February 2025, which led to an unemployment rate of 15.4 %. In comparison, the rate was still 15.8 % in January and thus shows a small but positive trend.

Especially in retail as well as in social and healthcare are available. In Gladbeck, the unemployment rate is 11.2 %, while Bottrop has significantly lower values ​​with 8.3 %. This development is also reflected in the figures of the previous month when the agencies for work reported a decline in the number of unemployment by 1.9 % in Gelsenkirchen, which corresponded to about 391 people

Labor market situation in detail

The current labor market numbers show that youth employment remains particularly challenging. In Gelsenkirchen, a total of 20,131 people were registered unemployed in September 2024, including 2,067 people under the age of 25. This number increased by 3.0 % compared to the previous year, which is a worrying signal for the future. At the same time, 391 unemployed are less in the city than in the previous month.

The unemployment rate for September 2024 was 14.8 %, which is a decline of 0.3 percentage points compared to the previous month. Nevertheless, the general underemployment in the region remains high. The number of underemployed in Gelsenkirchen was 25,717 in September, which resulted in a odds of 18.3 %.

comparison of the cities

In a direct comparison, Bottrop stands out with a number of unemployment of 5.119 and a quota of 8.2 %. While unemployment in Bottrop was reduced by 0.7 % compared to the previous month, the number of unemployed under 25 has decreased slightly. The number of new positions in Bottrop was 164 in September, which is a slight increase in the year.

The different quotas and areas of activity show that further efforts are required to improve the labor market situation especially for young people. The series of new vacancies is also an indication of the positive development, which is already visible in some areas, even if the overall numbers still leave something to be desired.

For employees and job seekers, it remains important to find out about the new possibilities on the labor market, since the agencies for work continuously adapt their services and online offers in order to serve the needs of users. This is done, among other things, through the targeted use of cookies in order to personalize the information offered and adapt to the user behavior, as on the website of the Employment Agency emphasized.