Economic doldrums strike: short -time work and unemployment increase!

Unemployment recorded a significant increase in 2024, as the Rottweil-Villingen-Schwenningen Employment Agency reports. In December 2024, a total of 12,464 people were registered unemployed, which corresponds to an increase of 175 people (1%) compared to the previous month. Compared to the previous year, there are even 1,502 people (14%) who are looking for work. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3%, which corresponds to the average in Baden-Württemberg.

The districts of the region are particularly affected. There were 2,839 unemployed people in the district of Rottweil, which brings an increase of 72 people (3%) compared to November and 352 people (14%) more than a year ago. The unemployment rate in this district is 3.5%. In the Black Forest Baar district, 5,750 unemployed people were registered, which represents an increase of 47 people (1%) compared to the previous month. Here the increase is 763 people (15%) compared to the previous year, and the unemployment rate is 4.7%. In the Tuttlingen district, 3,875 people are registered unemployed, which represents an increase of 56 people (2%) compared to November and 387 people (11%) more than a year ago. The unemployment rate in this circle is 4.6%.

economic short -time work on the advance

The regional economy increasingly used short -time work in 2024 to meet the economic challenges. According to the preliminary data for August 2024, 2,787 people were in 140 companies - almost twice as many as in the previous year when 1,398 people were affected. Compared to August 2022, there is also a drastic increase when only 237 people were in short work.

In December 2024, 79 companies registered for a total of 1,099 employees, whereby the corresponding data records the period from December 1 to 26, 2024. Indiets such as the production of metal products, motor vehicles and power car parts, mechanical engineering as well as the production of electrical equipment and rubber and plastic goods are particularly affected.

Despite the employer registrations, the demand for workers remains behavior. In December only 839 new jobs were reported, which is less than the previous month 164 and 246 fewer than in the previous year. At the agency for work, 3,262 vacancies have been recorded in the stock.

For more information on the current labor market situation in Germany, visit the employment agency at statistik.arbeitsagentur.de .

This comprehensive information was made by Südkurier