Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Dortmund Population* 603 462 Retail purchasing power* 5 766 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 280,71 km² Industrial and commercial area* 1562 ha Residential building area* 5784 ha Agricultural area* 6 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 485 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 610 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 11,9 % Labour - total* 266 970 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 16 % Labour - specialist* 15 % Labour - skilled worker* 53 % Labour - helper* 16 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 989 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 924 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 802 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 828 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 3 km Motorway junction Dortmund-Barop (A40) Nearby motorways A2 A40 A42 A44 A45 Airport Airport (distance)* 10 km Name of airport Flughafen Dortmund Port Port (distance)* 1 km Name of port Dortmunder Hafen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Dortmund-Ems-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 21 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website