By 2030 there will be a shortage of 730,000 employees in the public sector in Germany

Alarming shortage in the public sector - one in three employees will retire in the next twelve years - shortage of young talent threatens the authorities' ability to act

The public sector in Germany is heading for a dramatic shortage of skilled workers: by 2030, more than one in three employees there will retire. Since the authorities are also lacking young talent, there is a gap in personnel of over 730,000 employees. Around 400,000 of these are at middle management level, which is of particular importance for the implementation of future initiatives. These are key results of the McKinsey study entitled "The best, please - How the public sector can score as an employer". For the study, 165 public sector executives were interviewed and the latest federal and state personnel statistics were evaluated.
 
Out of a total of 44.7 million people currently in employment in Germany, 4.7 million work in the public sector. According to the analysis, around 1.8 million of these will retire or retire in the next twelve years - that is more than one in three. At the same time, however, only just under 1.3 million young people will join us by 2030. There is already a shortage of personnel in the public sector, which the "dbb Beamtenbund und Tarifunion" puts at 185,000 positions. In total, this results in a staff shortage of around 730,000 employees by 2030. Compared with other industries, the forecast staff shortage in the public sector is the greatest.