Unemployment Rate Falls Unusually Weakly in May

The labor market typically picks up significantly in April and May. This time, the recovery is slower than in previous years. The Federal Employment Agency expects rising unemployment figures this summer.

The spring recovery in the labour market was weak, according to the employment agency, and unemployment fell only slightly in May. Even the summer should bring little recovery.

Normally, the labour market attracts strongly in April and May. However, this is not the case in 2025. The Federal Agency anticipates rising unemployment figures in the summer.

Unemployment rose slightly in the district of the Agency for Labour Leipzig in May 2025, reports the employment agency Leipzig. 29,362 people were registered as unemployed, 47 people more than in April and 3,786 persons respectively 15 percent more than a year ago. Due to the annual adjustment of the reference size, the unemployment rate was 8.4 percent and was [...] The contribution The labour market in Leipzig in May 2025: The spring revival w…

"The spring revival that has now expired was generally weak. The labour market does not get the tailwind that it needs for a turnaround in the trend; therefore, we expect unemployment figures to continue to rise in the summer," said Andrea Nahles, CEO of the Federal Employment Agency (BA), today at the monthly press conference in Nuremberg. {/mprestriction} Federal Labour Minister Bärbel Bas on the labour market figures for May 2025 The German l…

In Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Hamburg, the number of unemployed rose in May compared to the same month of the previous year. [more] Labour market is not getting up and running again in the spring.