Overview
- The Senate approved the Berliner Fachkräftestrategie 2035, a cross-department program spanning training, targeted immigration and broader inclusion in the labor market.
- Officials attribute the gap chiefly to demographic retirements, with the replacement need exceeding a quarter of the city’s roughly 2.19 million employed residents.
- Labor authorities forecast about 100,000 additional jobs and 87,000 losses by 2035, with growth concentrated in information and communications, health, and education, and declines in manufacturing and public administration.
- Roughly 450,000 positions are expected to see major task changes from digitalization and increased use of AI, underscoring the need for large-scale upskilling.
- Initial measures begin in summer 2026, including 150 trainee apartments, an expanded welcome and advisory center on Potsdamer Straße and plans for an Azubi-Werk, as housing scarcity remains a key hurdle.