Approximately 44.7 million people in Germany were employed in May 2018 which was an increase of 597,000, or 1.4%, when compared to May 2017, according to data from the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis).

When compared to the previous month, the number of people in employment increased by 120,000 in May 2018, a 0.3% increase.

Meanwhile, the number of unemployed in May 2018 decreased by 82,000 people when compared to the previous year.  When compared to April 2018, unemployment decreased by 50,000 people to a total of 1.47 million unemployed.