Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Kreisfreie Stadt » Braunschweig Population* 252 066 Retail purchasing power* 6 564 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 192,70 km² Industrial and commercial area* 730 ha Residential building area* 2783 ha Agricultural area* 4 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 450 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 500 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 6,4 % Labour - total* 137 680 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 20 % Labour - specialist* 14 % Labour - skilled worker* 50 % Labour - helper* 14 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 836 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 846 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 577 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 535 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 2 km Motorway junction Braunschweig-Weststadt (A391) Nearby motorways A2 A36 A39 A391 A392 Airport Airport (distance)* 60 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance)* 6 km Name of port Hafen Braunschweig Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 9 km Name of freight village GVZ Salzgitter Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website