Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Hesse » Gießen, Landkreis » Gießen Population* 94 996 Retail purchasing power* 5 673 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 72,61 km² Industrial and commercial area* 297 ha Residential building area* 781 ha Agricultural area* 6 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 420 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 600 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 6,2 % Labour - total* 106 660 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 15 % Labour - specialist* 12 % Labour - skilled worker* 56 % Labour - helper* 17 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 705 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 667 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 569 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 777 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 2 km Motorway junction Gießen-Grünberger Straße (A485) Nearby motorways A480 A485 A5 Airport Airport (distance)* 61 km Name of airport Flughafen Frankfurt Port Port (distance)* 52 km Name of port Hafen Frankfurt - Osthafen 2 Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Main Freight village Freight village (distance)* 79 km Name of freight village GVZ Koblenz Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website
