Germany employment, part-time employees
Germany employment, part-time employees stood at 16,936.18 thousands in Q2 2026, according to Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the Federal Employment Agency. It is one of the indicators in the IAB working time accounts table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1991 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the IAB working time accounts table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees | 42,074 | 41,897 | 42,366 | 42,237 | 42,228 | 42,023 | 42,445 | 42,262 | 42,209 | 41,963 | |
| Part-time employees | 16,936.18 | 16,730.32 | 16,847.73 | 16,876.42 | 16,850.91 | 16,620.63 | 16,720.86 | 16,723.16 | 16,683.6 | 16,441.36 | |
| Full-time employees | 25,137.82 | 25,166.68 | 25,518.27 | 25,360.58 | 25,377.09 | 25,402.37 | 25,724.14 | 25,538.84 | 25,525.4 | 25,521.64 |
Understanding germany employment, part-time employees
Headcounts of dependent personnel working fewer hours than standard full-time arrangements are recorded in this component. The coverage spans all employees whose contractual schedules fall below the conventional full-time norm, including substantial part-time contracts, mid-level arrangements, and marginal mini-jobs. Full-time staff, independent self-employed individuals, and secondary side jobs are strictly excluded. Within the employment accounts, this metric represents the direct counterpart to full-time employment, combining with it to form the total dependent employee headcount.
Analyzing part-time headcounts requires distinguishing between headcount expansion and aggregate labour volume contributions. Because part-time roles feature widely varying individual weekly hours, an expansion in this headcount does not generate an equivalent proportional rise in aggregate hours worked. The unadjusted quarterly data display strong seasonality driven by retail patterns and holiday staffing; year-on-year comparisons are therefore the proper benchmark to evaluate long-run structural shifts in work organization. Users must avoid conflating this series with the part-time rate, which calculates this group as a percentage of all employees rather than as an absolute count. Revisions occur as retrospective notifications from social insurance agencies adjust initial estimates of marginal and flexible posts.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series separate mini-jobs from longer part-time contracts?
- No, all forms of dependent employment scheduled below full-time hours are aggregated together in this single headcount.
- How does this metric relate to total employee figures?
- Summing this part-time headcount with the full-time employee headcount equals total dependent employees in the economy.
- Why do early figures for part-time workers experience revisions?
- Marginal and flexible employment records often reach administrative databases with a reporting lag, leading to retrospective adjustments in subsequent quarters.