Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Wuppertal Industrial and commercial area* 748 ha Municipal area* 168,39 km² Urbanization* densely populated Population Population* 358 938 Unemployment rate (in district)* 9,5 % Retail purchasing power* 5 833 €/Einwohner/Jahr Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 1 km Motorway junction Wuppertal-Barmen (A46) Nearby motorways A1 A46 A535 Airport Airport (distance) 29 km Name of airport Flughafen Düsseldorf Port Port (distance) 27 km Name of port Hafen Düsseldorf Reisholz Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein Freight village Freight village (distance) 31 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Taxes, labour costs and qualification Excise tax Level of business tax 490 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 620 % (municipal rate) Level of labour costs (in the federal state) Production industry 39,67 €/h Service industry 35,80 €/h Qualification of labour (in the district) Academic education 17 % Vocational training 53 % Without training 20 % Contact City WuppertalMy|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Kontaktformular Standortprofile Website Add