Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Thuringia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Erfurt Population* 218 793 Retail purchasing power* 5 737 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 269,91 km² Industrial and commercial area* 660 ha Residential building area* 1375 ha Agricultural area* 40 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 470 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 550 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 6,2 % Labour - total* 116 590 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 16 % Labour - specialist* 15 % Labour - skilled worker* 51 % Labour - helper* 18 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 190 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 388 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 403 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 539 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 6 km Motorway junction Erfurt-Gispersleben (A71) Nearby motorways A71 Airport Airport (distance)* 4 km Name of airport Flughafen Erfurt-Weimar Port Port (distance)* 88 km Name of port Container Terminal Halle Saale Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Saale Freight village Freight village (distance)* 6 km Name of freight village GVZ Erfurt Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website