More than four and a half years after the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, around 400,000 Ukrainian citizens are employed in the German labor market. Of these, almost 350,000 work in jobs covered by social insurance.
According to a representative of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit), the employment rate among Ukrainians stood at 39.7% in June 2026. At the same time, the number of recipients of basic social assistance among Ukrainian citizens was around 474,500 in May.
Employment is growing by an average of more than 5,000 people per month. Compared with last year, there are approximately 64,000 more Ukrainian workers, while the number of benefit recipients has fallen by almost 4%.
The agency notes that despite the general cooling of the German labor market, employment among foreigners continues to grow. Language and integration take time, but research by the IAB institute shows that Ukrainian refugees enter the workforce faster than previous groups of protection seekers.
This material was prepared based on reports from German media (in particular t-online.de / Bundesagentur für Arbeit), September 2026.