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Autumn crash on the labor market: Hamm with a surprising decline!
In October 2025, Hamm recorded a decline in unemployment to 8.5%. Autumn revival is weakening.
Autumn crash on the labor market: Hamm with a surprising decline!
In October 2025, the labor market in Hamm stabilized somewhat after the number of unemployed people fell by 82 people to a total of 8,277. The decline corresponds to a minus of 1.0 percent compared to the previous month. The unemployment rate has fallen to 8.5 percent, but remains above the previous year's level of 7.5 percent, as wa.de reports.
However, this development does not only bring positive news. The employment agency is recording a slowdown in the otherwise typical autumn revival on the labor market. The rate of decline in unemployment is only a fifth as pronounced as in September. In addition, the current demand for forces is rather low for October, which indicates a healthy but at the same time cautious market development.
Forecast for the labor market
A look into the future shows that this positive development may not last long. The forecast for the labor market next November is cautious, as seasonal effects are hardly expected. There is also a low level of reported short-time work, which indicates a rather stagnating working environment. Andrea Nahles, CEO of the Federal Employment Agency, pointed out the significant challenges posed by rising unemployment figures at the beginning of 2025 at a press conference. These were associated with an increase from 186,000 to 2,993,000 unemployed people, as can be found on arbeitsagentur.de.
In addition, it shows that underemployment has also increased to 3,714,000 people, which is 107,000 more than in the previous year. This underlines the picture of a market that is struggling to achieve stability. In January 2025, the Federal Employment Agency reported an increase in unemployment and an unemployment rate of 6.4 percent, which also illustrates these seasonal effects.
In summary, it can be said: Although the job market in Hamm experienced a small ray of hope in October, current developments and forecasts indicate that there is still a long way to go before the situation improves sustainably.