Overview
- Rosenheim’s employment agency labeled April’s labor market “unentschlossen,” noting the Bad Tölz‑Wolfratshausen jobless rate inched up to 2.4 percent as chief Nicole Cujai said firms were slow to fill new roles.
- Landau recorded 1,873 people out of work, up 4 percent from March and 8.3 percent from a year earlier, with the unemployment rate rising to 6.8 percent.
- The Landkreis Germersheim reported 3,980 unemployed, a slight monthly increase and a year‑on‑year rise to a 5.3 percent rate that held steady from March.
- The Kreis Südliche Weinstraße saw a small monthly drop to 3,066 unemployed, with the rate unchanged at 4.9 percent, showing the mixed picture within neighboring districts.
- Zweibrücken and the Landkreis Südwestpfalz bucked the broader trend with slight monthly declines to 1,420 and 2,419 unemployed respectively, while Pirmasens remained a hotspot with a 12.1 percent rate, the highest in its agency’s area.