The German Auto Industry Loses Almost 48,700 Jobs In A Single Year

The German auto industry has lost more than 48,700 jobs in a year, according to the latest data from the German statistical office Destatis.

The job losses represent a decline of about 6.3 percent of the total workforce in the sector, the institute said, adding that the number of employees at the end of the third quarter of 2025 was 721,400, the lowest level since the second quarter of 2011, Deutsche Welle reported.

According to Destatis, the automotive industry is still the second largest industrial employer in Germany, after the mechanical engineering industry, which employs 934,200 workers, Tanjug reports.

The country’s total number of industrial jobs fell by 2.2 percent from the previous year, but the loss in the auto sector significantly exceeded the average trend.

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