German seasonally adjusted harmonised unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.5 percent in September, at its lowest level since 1981. Unemployment fell slightly while employment edged up. Unemployment Rate in Germany averaged 5.95 percent from 1950 until 2015, reaching an all time high of 14.20 percent in February of 1950 and a record low of 0.40 percent in June of 1962. Unemployment Rate in Germany is reported by the Federal Statistics Office.