Overview
- Destatis reports that 49% of employees worked in tariff-bound establishments in 2025, a level essentially unchanged from recent years.
- Coverage was highest in public administration at 100%, followed by energy supply at 84%, education at 79%, and finance and insurance at 68%.
- The lowest shares were recorded in agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10%, arts, entertainment and recreation at 21%, real estate at 21%, and both hospitality and professional, scientific and technical services at 23%.
- By state, the highest coverage appeared in Bremen at 56%, Saarland at 52% and North Rhine-Westphalia at 51%, with the lowest in Saxony at 42%, Berlin at 45% and Schleswig-Holstein at 46%.
- The figures come from the Verdiensterhebung earnings survey of roughly 58,000 establishments and are published in GENESIS-Online tables 62361-0500 to 62361-0520, with sampling limits preventing more granular breakdowns.