Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Friesland, Landkreis » Varel Population* 24 335 Retail purchasing power* 5 604 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 113,75 km² Industrial and commercial area* 150 ha Residential building area* 858 ha Agricultural area* 10 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 390 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 380 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 5,2 % Labour - total* 31 490 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 8 % Labour - specialist* 10 % Labour - skilled worker* 65 % Labour - helper* 18 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 406 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 249 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 296 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 604 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 2 km Motorway junction Varel-Obenstrohe (A29) Nearby motorways A29 Airport Airport (distance)* 57 km Name of airport Flughafen Bremen "Hans Koschnick" Port Port (distance)* 22 km Name of port Wilhelmshavener Häfen Port type Seaport Modality trimodal Waters Nordsee Freight village Freight village (distance)* 21 km Name of freight village GVZ JadeWeserPort Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website