Hours worked
Annual hours worked per employed person, at place of work, 2025
An employed person in the eastern states worked 1,361 hours in 2025, 33 more than in the West (1,328). In 2000 the gap was 140 hours.
< 1,326 hours1,326 hours1,337 hours1,347 hours1,357 hours≥ 1,368 hours
Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·16 states · 2025
Former West
1,328 hours
excl. Berlin
Former East
1,361 hours
excl. Berlin
Berlin
1,349 hours
Germany
1,333 hours
The East stands at 102% of the West's level (2025).
By state
- Hamburg1,378 hours
- Brandenburg1,370 hours
- Thüringen1,368 hours
- Sachsen-Anhalt1,362 hours
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern1,360 hours
- Sachsen1,351 hours
- Berlin1,349 hours
- Hessen1,347 hours
- Bremen1,335 hours
- Baden-Württemberg1,327 hours
- Schleswig-Holstein1,327 hours
- Nordrhein-Westfalen1,326 hours
- Niedersachsen1,322 hours
- Bayern1,321 hours
- Rheinland-Pfalz1,319 hours
- Saarland1,316 hours
2025
Then and now
Drag across the map to compare 2000 with 2025. Both maps share one colour key.
< 1,363 hours≥ 1,363 hours≥ 1,409 hours≥ 1,456 hours≥ 1,502 hours≥ 1,549 hours
Former West
1,439 hours
excl. Berlin
Former East
1,579 hours
excl. Berlin
Berlin
1,547 hours
Germany
1,465 hours
The East stands at 110% of the West's level (2000).
Notes & caveats
- Our calculation: total hours worked ÷ employed persons, both at place of work. Includes employees, the self-employed and part-time workers.
- East and West exclude Berlin. District figures are published only up to 2024, so this theme is mapped by state.
Show the table
| State | Side | 2025 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | 1,316 hours | 1,417 hours |
| Berlin | berlin | 1,349 hours | 1,547 hours |
| Brandenburg | east | 1,370 hours | 1,595 hours |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 1,360 hours | 1,582 hours |
| Sachsen | east | 1,351 hours | 1,565 hours |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 1,362 hours | 1,585 hours |
| Thüringen | east | 1,368 hours | 1,579 hours |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 1,327 hours | 1,458 hours |
| Hamburg | west | 1,378 hours | 1,501 hours |
| Niedersachsen | west | 1,322 hours | 1,430 hours |
| Bremen | west | 1,335 hours | 1,423 hours |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 1,326 hours | 1,414 hours |
| Hessen | west | 1,347 hours | 1,472 hours |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 1,319 hours | 1,431 hours |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 1,327 hours | 1,431 hours |
| Bayern | west | 1,321 hours | 1,461 hours |