Municipality Basic data Type of municipality Municipality Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Steinfurt, Kreis » Laer Population* 6 930 Retail purchasing power* 5 299 €/person/year Urbanization* sparsely populated Area information Municipal area* 35,26 km² Industrial and commercial area* 25 ha Residential building area* 135 ha Agricultural area* 0 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 523 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 790 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 5,4 % Labour - total* 173 820 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 10 % Labour - specialist* 13 % Labour - skilled worker* 59 % Labour - helper* 18 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 506 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 311 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 407 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 707 €/month Description of the business location Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 16 km Motorway junction Münster-Nord (A1) Nearby motorways A1 Airport Airport (distance)* 24 km Name of airport Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück Port Port (distance)* 33 km Name of port Hafen Spelle-Venhaus Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Dortmund-Ems-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 29 km Name of freight village GVZ Rheine Modality bimodal Contact Martin Setzkorn 02554910410 Website