Labor market in Saarland: Easy decline in unemployment!

Labor market in Saarland: Easy decline in unemployment!

The labor market in Saarland presents itself in February 2025 with different development tendencies. Unemployment has decreased slightly in the balance of the month. A total of 39,700 men and women are currently registered as unemployed, which corresponds to an unemployment rate of 7.5 percent. However, the quota was higher compared to the same month of the previous year, and in February 2024 it amounted to 7.1 percent. This data was published by the regional directorate of the Federal Employment Agency, which will make the latest labor market numbers for March on March 28, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., such as Merkur reported.

The head of the regional directorate, Heidrun Schulz, emphasizes the importance of education as protection against unemployment. This statement underlines the trend that qualifications and further training are decisive in order to remain sustainable on the job market.

development over the past few months

A look at the trends of the past few months shows that the situation in Saarland is not consistently positive. In December 2024, unemployment rose slightly to 37,600 people, which means 400 or 1.2 percent more than in the previous month. In the year there were even 2,500 or 7 percent more unemployed. At this point, the unemployment rate remained 7.1 percent, which is an increase compared to the previous months. In addition, 28,600 people have reported unemployment since the beginning of the year, which corresponds to an increase of 8.1 percent, according to the information of the Saarland .

The underemployment also increased. In December 2024, 50,200 people were underemployed, which represents an increase of 3.4 percent compared to the previous year. It is particularly striking that the number of open jobs in Saarland dropped to 7,800 - a decline of 2,100 or 21.4 percent. The biggest job offers came from health and social work as well as temporary work.

long-term and youth unemployment

Another worrying point is the growth of long -term unemployment. This rose to 13,200, which corresponds to an increase of 4.2 percent. Youth unemployment has also increased and now meets around 3,000 young people, which corresponds to an increase of 18.5 percent compared to the previous year. These trends illustrate the challenges in front of which the labor market is in Saarland.

In addition, 40 companies were registered in 2024 who submitted ads about short -time work for a total of 700 employees. The development of labor demand is also worrying - in 2024 it fell by 19.2 percent to an average level of 8,800 vacancies.

The employment subject to social security contributions was 394,300 employees in Saarland in October 2024, which is 0.5 percent below the previous year's level. In contrast, employment in Germany rose by 0.3 percent. This shows the relative weakness of the Saarland labor market in a national context.

For current information and detailed statistics on the labor market situation, we also recommend a look at the Statistics of the employment agency , the comprehensive analysis and reports.