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More Than a Quarter of Germany’s Workforce Has a Migration Background

Destatis microcensus finds migrants clustered in many occupations with worker shortages, prompting attention to faster qualification recognition plus targeted integration measures.

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Mehr als ein Viertel der Beschäftigten in Deutschland hat eine Einwanderungsgeschichte. In der Gesamtwirtschaft beträgt der Anteil 27 Prozent. In vielen sogenannten Engpassberufen ist ihr Anteil aber deutlich höher - etwa in der Gastronomie.
In vielen Jobs mit Fachkräftemangel sind Einwanderer in der Überzahl.
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Overview

  • The 2025 Microcensus first results from Destatis show about 27% of employees in Germany have a migration background, defined as the person or both parents having migrated since 1950.
  • People with a migration background make up majorities in several shortage occupations, including cooks (56%), food manufacturing (55%), flooring (54%), scaffolding (51%) and meat processing (51%).
  • High shares were also recorded in bus and tram drivers and gastronomy service (47%), plastics and rubber manufacturing (44%), freight truck drivers (41%) and care professions (33%).
  • By contrast, migrants are strongly underrepresented in many public-sector and skilled roles, with low shares in the police (8%), public administration and justice administration (each 9%), vocational teachers (9%) and primary school teachers (10%).
  • Employment rates vary sharply by origin and length of stay, with EU recent arrivals showing much higher early employment than recent arrivals from Africa or the Near and Middle East, a gap that narrows after longer residence and that affects planning for skills recognition, recruitment and integration policies.