Economy

No. of Employees Subject to Social Insurance According to Economic Sector in the Workplace Hameln
Source: Statistics Office of Lower Saxony
Status: 30/06/2007

Economic Sector	Hameln Employees	Hameln in %	Lw. Saxony in %
Land Management &  Forestry	65	0.3	1.6
Production Industries	5,083	22.2	32.5
Mining and extractive industries	*	*	0.5
Processing industries	3,649	15.9	24.8
Energy and water treatment	*	*	0.9
Construction	1,043	4.6	6.4
Trade and Traffic	4,388	19.2	24.0
Trade, maintenance, used goods ect.	3,137	13.7	15.7
Tourist accomodation	575	2.5	2.8
Traffic and newsbroadcasting	676	3.0	5.5
Other Economic Sectors	13,369	58.4	41.9
Credit and Insurance Companies	3,038	13.3	3.3
Estates and housing ect.	3,049	13.3	11.4
Public administration and extra-territorial	2,056	9.0	6.6
Public and private services	5,226	22.8	20.6
Non-specified	2	-	-
total	22,907	100.0	100.0
* signifies less than three firms or where the firm employs more than 75 % of all employees of the sector.

No. of Employees Subject to Social Insurance according to certain Features in Hameln
Source: Hameln Labour Exchange
Status: 30/06/2007

Feature	Number
in the workplace	22,907
at home	17,205
lives and works in Hameln*	10,652
Commuters into Hameln	12,255
Commuters out of Hameln	6,553
Balance of Commuters	+ 5,702
* Employees do not cross the town´s border

Unemployed* in the Town of Hameln - according to certain Features
Source: Hameln Labour Exchange
Status: December 2007

Unemployed	Number
total	3,655
men	1,881
women	1,774
part time working	531
foreigners	707
under 25 years	431
55 years and older	328
long-term unemployees**	1,523
* related to all civilian employees
** 1 year or longer unemployed

Unemployment Rates* in the Central Office Hameln ("Hauptagentur Hameln")** per Year in % since 1994
Source: Hameln Labour Exchange

Year	Rate
1994	11.4 %
1995	11.2 %
1996	12.8 %
1997	14.4 %
1998	12.9 %
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 %

* since 1998 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.

The biggest Employers in Hameln (300 employees and more)
Source: Personnel Departments in 2007

Companies	Employees
Postbank BHW Group(building society)	over 2,000
District hospital	over 1,000
City Council	900-1,000
District Council	600-700
ABG Ingersoll-Rand Allg. Baumaschinen GmbH	500-600
hameln pharmaceuticals GmbH, hameln pharma r&d GmbH, hameln pharma plus gmbh	400-500
Reintjes GmbH	300-400
Jugendanstalt Hameln (juvenile prison)	300-400
Vorwerk Teppichwerke GmbH & Co. KG	300-400

Business Enterprises* in Hamelin
Source: Dept. for Regulatory Affairs and Road Traffic
Status: 31st of December

Year	Business Enterprises
1997	3,961
1998	4,034
1999	4,119
2000	4,159
2001	4,237
2002	4,323
2003	4,486
2004	4,662
2005	4,780
2006	4,887
2007	4,934

* business enterprises in Hameln who are registered according to § 14 of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act ("Gewerbeordnung")

Real Tax Assessments in Hameln
Source: Dept. for Finances

Property Tax Bracket A	340 %
Property Tax Bracket B	420 %
Trade Tax	365 %