Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Mecklenburg-Western-Pomerania » Kreisfreie Stadt » Rostock Population* 210 795 Retail purchasing power* 5 478 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 181,36 km² Industrial and commercial area* 1040 ha Residential building area* 1531 ha Agricultural area* 1 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 465 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 520 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 8,0 % Labour - total* 96 400 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 16 % Labour - specialist* 14 % Labour - skilled worker* 57 % Labour - helper* 14 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 209 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 3 970 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 189 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 537 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 4 km Motorway junction Rostock-Nord (A19) Nearby motorways A19 Airport Airport (distance)* 98 km Name of airport Flughafen Lübeck-Blankensee Port Port (distance)* 6 km Name of port Hafen Rostock Port type Seaport Modality trimodal Waters Ostsee Freight village Freight village (distance)* 6 km Name of freight village GVZ Rostock Modality trimodal Research, industries and grants Subsidies and funding programmes Subsidies for companies Beratung für Unternehmen Kontakt zu Verwaltung und Politik Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website