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No. of Employees Subject to Social Insurance According to Economic Sector in the Workplace Hameln
Source: Statistical Office of Lower Saxony
Status: 30/06/2009

Economic Sector	Hameln Employees	Hameln in %	Lower Saxony in %
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing	61	0.3	1.2
Production Industries	5,021	21.4	31.8
Trade, Transport and Warehousing, Hotel and Restaurant Industry	4,609	19.6	23.5
Provision of Corporate Services	6,364	27.1	16.4
Public Service, Defence, Social Welfare Services	6,269	26.7	23.5
Other Services	1,172	5.0	3.6
Non-specified	2	0.0	0.0
total	23,498	100.0	100.0

The 23,498 employees subject to social insurance work in 1,701 establishments.
(Source: Federal Agency for Employment)

No. of Employees Subject to Social Insurance according to certain Features in Hameln
Source: Statistical Office of Lower Saxony
Status: 30/06/2009

Feature	Number
in the workplace	23,498
at home	17,656
Commuters into Hameln	12,589
Commuters out of Hameln	6,747
Balance of Commuters	+ 5,842

The Largest Employers in Hameln (200 employees and more)
Source: Personnel Departments in 2010

Companies	Employees
BHW building society (belongs to Postbank)	over 2,000
District hospital	over 1,000
City Council	900-1,000
District Council	600-700
Volvo Construction Equipment	500-600
hameln group (altogether)	400-500
Jugendanstalt Hameln (juvenile prison)	400-500
REINTJES GmbH	300-400
Vorwerk Teppichwerke GmbH & Co. KG	300-400
C.W. Niemeyer (altogether)	300-400
Inland Revenue Office Hameln	200-300

Unemployed* in the Town of Hameln - according to certain Features
Source: Hameln Labour Exchange
Status: December 2010

Unemployed	Number
total	3,055
men	1,668
women	1,387
foreigners	583
15 - under 25 years	286
long-term unemployees**	1,146
* related to all civilian employees
** 1 year or longer unemployed

Unemployment Rate* in the Central Office Hameln ("Hauptagentur Hameln")**
Average of the Year in %
Source: Hameln Labour Exchange

Year	Rate
1999	12.5 %
2000	11.3 %
2001	11.3 %
2002	11.8 %
2003	12.1 %
2004	11.9 %
2005	13.8 %
2006	12.1 %
2007	10.6 %
2008	9.1 %
2009	8.9 %
2010	8.7 %

* the unemployment rate refers to all civilian labor force
"Hauptagentur Hameln" includes the local authorities of: Stadt Hameln, Flecken Aerzen, Flecken Coppenbrügge, Gemeinde Emmerthal, Stadt Hessisch Oldendorf, and Flecken Salzhemmendorf.

Business Enterprises* in Hamelin: 5,190
Source: Dept. for Regulatory Affairs and Road Traffic
Status: 31st of December 2009
* business enterprises in Hameln who are registered according to § 14 of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act ("Gewerbeordnung")(contains enterprises which do not exist any more but may not have been de-registered)

Real Tax Assessments in Hameln
Source: Dept. for Finances

Tax	in %
Property Tax Bracket A	360 %
Property Tax Bracket B	430 %
Trade Tax	365 %