Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Remscheid Population* 112 970 Retail purchasing power* 5 916 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 74,52 km² Industrial and commercial area* 373 ha Residential building area* 1112 ha Agricultural area* 3 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 490 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 685 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 8,7 % Labour - total* 47 160 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 12 % Labour - specialist* 13 % Labour - skilled worker* 55 % Labour - helper* 19 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 6 657 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 5 054 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 709 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 822 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 3 km Motorway junction Remscheid (A1) Nearby motorways A1 Airport Airport (distance)* 31 km Name of airport Flughafen Düsseldorf Port Port (distance)* 24 km Name of port Hafen Köln - Niehl II Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein Freight village Freight village (distance)* 37 km Name of freight village GVZ Köln Eifeltor Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website