Time series of the IAB Labor Market Barometer - IAB - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung

Values above 100 signal a positive outlook, values below 100 signal a negative outlook.

Year	Month	Component A Unemplloyment	Component B Emplloyment	IAB Labour Market Barometer
2008	November	95.4	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
2008	December	95.1	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
2009	January	95	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	February	94.8	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	March	93.8	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	April	93	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	May	93.8	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	June	95.3	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	July	97.7	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	August	100.3	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	September	101.3	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	October	102.1	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	November	102.8	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	December	103.5	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
2010	January	103.3	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	February	101.9	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	March	101.8	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	April	104.2	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	May	105.9	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	June	106.3	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	July	104.9	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	August	104.8	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	September	103.6	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	October	103.4	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	November	102.8	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	December	102	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
2011	January	102	Keine Daten vorhanden	Keine Daten vorhanden
	February	102.2	106.9	104.6
	March	102.7	107.2	105
	April	102.9	107.1	105
	May	102.8	107.3	105.1
	June	102.5	107.3	104.9
	July	101.8	107.1	104.5
	August	101	106.1	103.6
	September	100.9	105.9	103.4
	October	100.7	105.4	103.1
	November	101	105.3	103.2
	December	100.9	105	103
2012	January	100.9	104.9	102.9
	February	99.9	104.7	102.3
	March	99.7	104.6	102.2
	April	99.4	104.5	102
	May	99.1	104.2	101.7
	June	98.5	103.7	101.1
	July	97.3	103.5	100.4
	August	97.5	103.4	100.5
	September	97.7	103.2	100.5
	October	97.9	103.2	100.6
	November	98.1	102.4	100.3
	December	98.4	102.6	100.5
2013	January	98.5	102.7	100.6
	February	99.7	103.1	101.4
	March	99.9	103.4	101.7
	April	99	103	101
	May	98.3	102.6	100.5
	June	99.1	103	101.1
	July	100.4	103	101.7
	August	101.1	103	102.1
	September	100.8	103.5	102.2
	October	100.5	104	102.3
	November	100.1	104.2	102.2
	December	100	104.4	102.2
2014	January	100.4	104.3	102.4
	February	101.3	104.6	103
	March	100.8	104.3	102.6
	April	100.7	104.8	102.8
	May	100.4	105.2	102.8
	June	100.2	105	102.6
	July	100.2	104.8	102.5
	August	100.3	104.6	102.5
	September	100.4	104.5	102.5
	October	100.6	103.7	102.2
	November	100.6	104.2	102.4
	December	100.9	104.2	102.6
2015	January	100.8	104	102.4
	February	100.6	104.2	102.4
	March	100.5	104.7	102.6
	April	100.4	104.8	102.6
	May	100.5	105.3	102.9
	June	100.7	105.6	103.2
	July	101	105.4	103.2
	August	101.1	105.9	103.5
	September	100.7	105.8	103.3
	October	100.4	105.7	103.1
	November	100.3	105.6	103
	December	100.2	106.2	103.2
2016	January	99.8	105.9	102.9
	February	100.1	105.4	102.8
	March	99.2	105.1	102.2
	April	99.5	105.4	102.5
	May	99.4	105.1	102.3
	June	100.3	105.2	102.8
	July	100.8	105.7	103.3
	August	101.5	106	103.8
	September	100.9	106.2	103.6
	October	100.6	106.1	103.4
	November	100.4	105.9	103.2
	December	100.7	105.9	103.3
2017	January	101	105.9	103.5
	February	101	106	103.5
	March	101.2	105.9	103.6
	April	101.6	106.2	103.9
	May	101.9	106.7	104.3
	June	101.9	106.2	104.1
	July	101.5	106.7	104.1
	August	101.7	106.4	104.1
	September	101.5	106.5	104
	October	102.4	106.5	104.5
	November	102.1	106.3	104.2
	December	101.9	106.3	104.1
2018	January	101.9	106.5	104.2
	February	101.7	106.5	104.1
	March	102	107	104.5
	April	101.4	106.4	103.9
	May	101.1	106.6	103.9
	June	101.3	106.9	104.1
	July	101.5	106.5	104
	August	101.6	106.2	103.9
	September	101.4	105.8	103.6
	October	101.7	105.8	103.8
	November	101.3	105.9	103.6
	December	100.8	105.6	103.2
2019	January	100.1	105.5	102.8
	February	100	105.3	102.7
	March	99.4	105.1	102.3
	April	99.7	105.7	102.7
	May	99.3	105.1	102.2
	June	98.7	104.6	101.7
	July	98.5	103.9	101.2
	August	98.1	103.2	100.7
	September	98.8	103.4	101.1
	October	98.7	103.3	101
	November	99.2	103.1	101.2
	December	99.4	103.2	101.3
2020	January	99.1	103.3	101.2
	February	98.8	103.5	101.2
	March	98.1	102.4	100.3
	April	92.9	94.8	93.9
	May	93.3	95.2	94.3
	June	94	95.3	94.7
	July	96.8	95.8	96.3
	August	98.1	96.7	97.4
	September	100.9	97.9	99.4
	October	100.9	98.6	99.8
	November	101.1	99.4	100.3
	December	101.6	100.4	101
2021	January	101.4	100.4	100.9
	February	101.2	101.3	101.3
	March	102.3	101.8	102.1
	April	103.5	102	102.8
	May	105.7	103.5	104.6
	June	107.6	106.8	107.2
	July	107.7	105.1	106.4
	August	107.2	106.8	107
	September	105.1	106.8	106
	October	103.2	106.9	105.1
	November	102.4	106.7	104.6
	December	99.9	104.9	102.4
2022	January	101.1	105.2	103.2
	February	103.3	106.2	104.8
	March	103.4	105.9	104.7
	April	104.7	105.9	105.3
	May	102	105.6	103.8
	June	98.2	105.3	101.8
	July	98.2	104.9	101.6
	August	98	103.9	101
	September	97.3	103.7	100.5
	October	97.4	103.3	100.4
	November	97.9	103.5	100.7
	December	98.5	103.6	101.1
2023	January	100	104.1	102.1
	February	99.3	104.3	101.8
	March	99.1	104.3	101.7
	April	98	104.5	101.3
	May	97.7	104.3	101
	June	97.9	103.1	100.5
	July	98.3	103.1	100.7
	August	97.8	102.7	100.3
	September	97.7	102.2	100
	October	97.5	102.1	99.8
	November	97.5	101.8	99.7
	December	97.6	102.2	99.9
2024	January	97.1	102.2	99.7
	February	97.4	101.6	99.5
	March	97.5	102	99.8
	April	98.2	101.9	100.1
	May	97.5	101.5	99.5
	June	98.1	101.7	99.9
	July	98.6	101.7	100.2
	August	99.3	101.5	100.4
	September	99.2	101.4	100.3
	October	98.4	101.5	100
	November	97.9	101.1	99.5
	December	97.6	100.9	99.3
2025	January	97.3	100.4	98.9
	February	96.9	100	98.5
	March	96.8	100	98.4
	April	97.3	100	98.7
	May	97.6	100.1	98.9

Source: IAB calculations, BA statistics, BA labor market reporting. ©IAB

Period surveyed

November 2008 until May 2025

Date of publication

2025/5/26

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Publications

Frühindikator für Arbeitslosigkeit und Beschäftigung: IAB-Arbeitsmarktbarometer 2.0
Hutter, Christian, Enzo Weber, Katrin Schmidt & Silke Delfs (2016): Frühindikator für Arbeitslosigkeit und Beschäftigung: IAB-Arbeitsmarktbarometer 2.0. (IAB-Kurzbericht 09/2016), Nürnberg, 6 S.
Constructing a new leading indicator for unemployment from a survey among German employment agencies
Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo (2015): Constructing a new leading indicator for unemployment from a survey among German employment agencies. In: Applied Economics, Vol. 47, No. 33, S. 3540-3558.
Neuer Frühindikator für die Entwicklung der Arbeitslosigkeit: Startschuss für das IAB-Arbeitsmarktbarometer
Hutter, Christian, Enzo Weber, Katrin Schmidt & Silke Delfs (2013): Neuer Frühindikator für die Entwicklung der Arbeitslosigkeit: Startschuss für das IAB-Arbeitsmarktbarometer. (IAB-Kurzbericht 20/2013), Nürnberg, 8 S.
Entwicklung eines neuen Leitindikators für Arbeitslosigkeit aus einer Umfrage in deutschen Arbeitsagenturen
Hutter, Christian & Enzo Weber (2013): Constructing a new leading indicator for unemployment from a survey among German employment agencies. (IAB-Discussion Paper 17/2013), Nürnberg, 30 S.