Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Soest, Kreis » Soest Population* 48 250 Retail purchasing power* 6 082 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 85,81 km² Industrial and commercial area* 163 ha Residential building area* 749 ha Agricultural area* 0 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 430 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 475 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 6,2 % Labour - total* 116 370 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 12 % Labour - specialist* 13 % Labour - skilled worker* 57 % Labour - helper* 17 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 6 566 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 561 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 511 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 775 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 3 km Motorway junction Soest (A44) Nearby motorways A44 Airport Airport (distance)* 34 km Name of airport Flughafen Dortmund Port Port (distance)* 24 km Name of port Hafen Hamm Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Datteln-Hamm-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 65 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website