Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Essen Population* 586 608 Retail purchasing power* 5 894 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 210,34 km² Industrial and commercial area* 1146 ha Residential building area* 4545 ha Agricultural area* 8 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 480 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 670 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 11,3 % Labour - total* 270 540 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 16 % Labour - specialist* 15 % Labour - skilled worker* 53 % Labour - helper* 15 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 6 166 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 848 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 709 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 707 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 1 km Motorway junction Essen-Zentrum (A40) Nearby motorways A40 A42 A44 A52 Airport Airport (distance)* 25 km Name of airport Flughafen Düsseldorf Port Port (distance)* 5 km Name of port Hafen Essen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein-Herne-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 14 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website
