Ergebnisse aus Mikrozensus: Weniger befristete Jobs - Junge trifft es häufiger
Junge Menschen müssen öfter mit kurzen Arbeitsverträgen klarkommen. Gerade zu Beginn des Berufslebens gibt es weniger Sicherheit.
Wiesbaden - In Germany, temporary employment contracts continue to predominantly involve younger workers. Last year, among those aged 15 to 25, 18.3 percent of all earners were employed on temporary contracts, according to the Federal Statistical Office's 2025 Microcensus. This figure is more than three times higher than the 6 percent share of temporary jobs among all employees.
This amounts to approximately 2.2 million workers. The overall number of short-term jobs on the German labor market is decreasing. In 2015, their share was still 7 percent. In total, around 6.4 million people worked in so-called "atypical" employment forms like temporary contracts, mini-jobs, short-term or temporary work, which represented 17.2 percent of all earners.
Overall, this share has been declining in the long term. In 2015, it was still 20.8 percent. Few people voluntarily choose temporary jobs. Only 2.7 percent of temporary workers said they consciously opted for this type of contract. Over half of all temporary positions have a duration of less than a year. Temporary contracts are especially common in the education sector at 11.2 percent.
There are also more temporary contracts in the hospitality industry at 8.8 percent compared to the overall economy.
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