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Baden-Baden: Unemployment rate falls despite regional challenges!
Rastatt recorded a low unemployment rate of 3.9% in October 2025. Current developments show a positive trend.
Baden-Baden: Unemployment rate falls despite regional challenges!
In Baden-Baden, the mood on the labor market in October 2025 is surprisingly positive, despite all the challenges that the industry brings with it. The current unemployment rate has fallen by 0.2 percent and is now 6.8 percent. A total of 2,087 people are registered as unemployed in the city - 27 fewer than in the previous year, according to reports goodnews4.de.
But what about the neighboring cities? Rastatt is at 3.9 percent, Bühl is even better at 3.1 percent, while Gaggenau also has 3.9 percent. Baden-Baden has the highest unemployment rate among the nine areas of the employment agency, which shows that a good knack for improvements is needed here.
Current developments and challenges
What is particularly noteworthy is the fact that the reduction in industrial jobs in the region has not yet had a noticeable impact on the unemployment figures. In the Karlsruhe Employment Agency's overall area, unemployment fell by 3.2 percent compared to the previous month, but is 1.3 percent higher compared to the previous year. Christine Groß-Herick, the chairwoman of the Karlsruhe-Rastatt employment agency, speaks of a slight autumn revival and an increasing number of people who have been successfully integrated into the labor market.
In the 2024/2025 reporting year, no fewer than 6,484 training positions were supported in the region. 4,414 young people were helped to find a training position. It is encouraging that there are 375 or almost 40 percent fewer unfilled training positions compared to the previous year. This shows that the agency's initiatives are beginning to bear fruit.
The numbers at a glance
So what about the unemployed in the entire district of the Karlsruhe-Rastatt employment agency in October? Here are the most important numbers:
| parameter | Number |
|---|---|
| Total number of unemployed people | 26,571 |
| New announcements this month | 6,751 |
| ending unemployment | 7,625 |
| Open job offers | 7,412 |
These figures speak for targeted placement of job advertisements: 1,591 new jobs were reported by companies in the region, which makes us optimistic about future developments. It is clear that the demand for workers remains high.
Although at first glance it doesn't look like a proud year for the industry, the decline in unemployment in Baden-Baden shows that the turning point may be imminent. The mutation in the labor market in this district is also a sign of the region's adaptability - there is something going on, that's for sure.
Overall, it remains to be seen how the situation will develop in the coming months. One thing is clear: the Karlsruhe-Rastatt region still has a lot of potential that needs to be exploited in order to further improve the working atmosphere and overcome the challenges.