What is the unemployment rate in Wiesbaden?
Eurostat reports 5.10% for 2023 (estimate), for the city of Wiesbaden.
Wiesbaden Unemployment Rate: 5.10% (2023)
The unemployment rate in Wiesbaden was 5.10% in 2023, counting the city of Wiesbaden as Eurostat defines it. Eurostat or the national office estimated this value.Estimate
Updated September 2026. We last refreshed these figures from Eurostat on 1 September 2026. Each figure shows its own year.
These figures are for Eurostat's "city" area of Wiesbaden, which can differ from the wider metro area.
Unemployment and jobs in Wiesbaden
Unemployment is the share of the labour force without work, as reported to Eurostat. National definitions and sources can differ, and the registered-unemployment rate a national agency publishes may differ too. Jobs are counted where people work, so a city with many commuters can have more jobs than residents.
Unemployment rate
5.10%
Jobs located in the area
190,000jobs
- Estimate (Eurostat flag
e): Eurostat or the national office estimated this value.
Source: Eurostat, Labour market - cities and greater cities · year 2023
About this data
- Labour market - cities and greater cities (urb_clma)
- exact Eurostat query; Eurostat update 31 August 2026; retrieved 1 September 2026.
- Unemployment rate (EC1020I), 2023, unit: percent, Eurostat flag e. Share of the labour force without a job; national definitions can differ.
- Total employment/jobs (workplace based) (EC2020V), 2023, unit: jobs, Eurostat flag e. Jobs located in the area, not the number of employed residents or job openings.
- Area
- the city of Wiesbaden, as defined by Eurostat (Eurostat provider code DE019C). Eurostat does not state which boundary year this area uses.
- Treatment
- Values are shown as published, with digit grouping; counts, euro amounts and lengths drop a decimal part that is all zeros. Each figure keeps its own year, so this is not a like-for-like comparison or ranking.
Wiesbaden unemployment rate FAQ
Why is this different from the national unemployment rate?
This is the share of the labour force without work in the city of Wiesbaden. A city's rate usually differs from the national rate. National agencies also often publish a registered-unemployment rate, which counts people signed up at job centres and can be higher, and they may report a different area or month.
How many jobs are there in Wiesbaden?
Eurostat counts 190,000 jobs located in the area in 2023 (estimate). Jobs are counted where people work, so they include commuters who live elsewhere.
About this page's data
These figures come from Eurostat's City Statistics, the EU's official statistics for cities. They describe the city of Wiesbaden, as Eurostat defines it (Eurostat provider code DE019C). Eurostat does not state which boundary year this area uses.
Missing figures stay missing. We never fill a gap with a regional or national average.
Source: Eurostat. Cities of Europe selected and reformatted these figures; Eurostat is not responsible for this presentation. Read the methodology, the full source list and our corrections log.