Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Helmstedt, Landkreis » Helmstedt Population* 25 633 Retail purchasing power* 5 812 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 66,74 km² Industrial and commercial area* 151 ha Residential building area* 541 ha Agricultural area* 2 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 420 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 440 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 7,2 % Labour - total* 26 090 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 9 % Labour - specialist* 9 % Labour - skilled worker* 57 % Labour - helper* 25 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 266 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 194 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 172 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 414 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 2 km Motorway junction Helmstedt-Zentrum (A2) Nearby motorways A2 Airport Airport (distance)* 93 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance)* 36 km Name of port Hafen Braunschweig Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 29 km Name of freight village GVZ Wolfsburg Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website