Unemployment number in Neustadt continues - citizens' money at the maximum!

In December 2022, Neustadt on the Weinstrasse recorded an increase in unemployment. According to current reports, a total of 2,002 women and men were registered unemployed in the urban area. This corresponds to an increase of 36 people, which represents an increase of 1.8 percent compared to the previous month. Compared to December 2023, the number of unemployed has increased by 193 people, which corresponds to an increase of 10.7 percent. The unemployment rate in Neustadt is now 6.8 percent and has therefore increased by 0.1 percentage points compared to November.
In December 2023, the unemployment rate was still 6.2 percent. Konrad Stephan, operational managing director of the Landau employment agency, commented on the Situation and reported on an annual average of around 10 percent. The agency district comprises Neustadt, Landau as well as the districts of Bad Dürkheim, Germersheim and Southern Weinstraße. In the entire district, the unemployment rate in December was 5 percent, also with a slight increase in 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous month.

vacancies and social benefits

The current situation on the labor market shows that in the past four weeks only 70 positions to be filled have been reported to the employers in Neustadt. These are 33 positions less than in November and 15 less than in December 2023. In total, the inventory of positions is 412, which is 16 less than a year ago. Over 50 percent of the unemployed in Neustadt receive citizens' money, which further illustrates the current economic situation. The number of citizens' gates rose by 3.4 percent compared to the previous year. Currently, 4,036 people in the Neustadt district on the Weinstrasse receive these social benefits.

Currently, 2,754 The citizens' pawns are considered to be able to work, which represents an increase of 7 people or 0.3 percent compared to the previous month. Compared to the previous year, the number of employable citizens' gates rose by 106 people, which corresponds to an increase of 4 percent. In addition, 39.2 percent of the unemployed long -term unemployed are, which makes 784 people in numbers and shows an increase of 2.2 percent. The analysis of the gender distribution shows that men with an unemployment rate of 7.2 percent have higher odds than women whose quota is 6.4 percent. The unemployment rate is 6.6 percent in particular among the less than 25 years, while it is 5.8 percent for the age group of 55 to less than 65 year olds and even 15.3 percent for foreigners.

The further developments on the labor market will also have to be pursued with interest in the coming months in order to be able to recognize possible trends promptly.