Living in Amberg
In Amberg, unemployment is 5.8% (2024).
The population of Amberg, in Germany, was 42,553 at the end of 2024. A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €10.23 per m² per month in June 2026. For Amberg, the unemployment rate was 5.8% in 2024.
Higher unemployment than 66% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it and cleaner air than 64% of German cities that publish it.
Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Amberg?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Amberg?
Average net cold rent is 10.23 EUR/m² per month (June 2026), excluding heating and operating charges.
Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.
- Average net rent (nettokalt): 10.23 EUR/m²/month · miet-check Mietspiegel Amberg23
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 48.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps13Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom MagentaMobil M19Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 10.23 EUR/m²/month | 4 Jun 2026 | miet-check Mietspiegel Amberg23Commercial estimate · Supplemental context |
Is Amberg a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 614 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.23 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.
Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.
Work and income
The regional median gross salary was €3,800 per month at the end of 2024. Regional disposable income was €27,129 per person per year at the end of 2023.
What is the unemployment rate in Amberg?
The unemployment rate is 5.8 % (2024). Source: Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average1
Amberg 5.8%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 55.26 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 90.37 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas4Official |
| Disposable income per resident | 27,129 EUR/year | 31 Dec 2023 | VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts20Official · district-level figure |
| GDP per capita | 76,886 EUR/year | 31 Dec 2023 | VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts20Official · district-level figure |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,800 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)2Official · district-level figure |
| Unemployment rate | 5.8 %country median 5.1% | 31 Dec 2024 | Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average1Official |
What does a salary buy in Amberg?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
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Line-by-line breakdown and sources
| Each month | € |
|---|---|
| Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions. | €2,494 |
| Rent, 60 m²€10.23/m² · market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Amberg · 2026-06-04 | − €614 |
| Internet€49 · official · MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps · 2026-09-30 | − €49 |
| Mobile plan€50 · official · Telekom MagentaMobil M · 2026-09-30 | − €50 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €1,781 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Amberg. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Amberg. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 1,196 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)3Official |
Yes — migrants receive medical care in Amberg through valid health insurance.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 4,968 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise18Official · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Amberg. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
For eligible migrants.
BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
For migrants needing job-related German.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Amberg?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Schwandorf/Wackersdorfer Straße)11
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Amberg 8.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 13 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Schwandorf/Wackersdorfer Straße)9Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 12 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Sulzbach-Rosenberg/Lohe)10Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 8 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Schwandorf/Wackersdorfer Straße)11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 11.58 · Feb 14.2 · Mar 20.58 · Apr 27.35 · May 29.41 · Jun 35.21 · Jul 36.26 · Aug 37.74 · Sep 32.05 · Oct 24.9 · Nov 19.02 · Dec 12.36 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -23.22 · Feb -19.68 · Mar -18.63 · Apr -5.34 · May -2.26 · Jun 2.32 · Jul 6.36 · Aug 4.99 · Sep 0.08 · Oct -5.85 · Nov -8.76 · Dec -18.41 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -2.07 · Feb -1.02 · Mar 3.16 · Apr 8.33 · May 12.95 · Jun 17.25 · Jul 19.42 · Aug 18.95 · Sep 14.04 · Oct 8.65 · Nov 3.26 · Dec -0.69 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
| Annual mean temperature | 8.4 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)8Official · land |
Population and city profile
The city covered 50.1 km² in 2024. Population density was 848.7 people per km² in 2024.
How many people live in Amberg?
The published population was 42,553 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6
By nationality
National passport87.7%Foreign residents12.3%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 597 cars/1000 residents | 1 Jan 2026 | Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality12Official |
| City area | 50.14 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6Official |
| Foreign residents | 5,219 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities22Official |
| Population density | 848.7 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.15Official |
| Population | 42,553 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6Official |
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic residents | 21,508 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official |
| Catholic share | 51.4 % | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official |
| No religion or other | 13,306 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official |
| No religion or other, share | 31.8 % | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official |
| Protestant residents | 7,059 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official |
| Protestant share | 16.9 % | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit21Official |
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100) | 87 % | 1 Mar 2025 | Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional5Official · district-level figure |
| Childcare coverage, under 3 | 29.6 % | 1 Mar 2025 | Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional5Official · district-level figure |
| Local business-tax multiplier | 380 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Realsteuervergleich7Official |
| Local property-tax multiplier | 400 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Realsteuervergleich7Official |
Alternatives for people set on Amberg
Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.
Ravensburg as an Amberg alternative in the same country
Better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.
- Rent: €8.64/m² (2022) Ravensburg vs €10.23/m² (2026) Ambergno percentage
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,761 Ravensburg vs 4,968 Amberg−24%
- Nearest airport: 14.5 km Ravensburg vs 56.0 km Amberg−74%
- Median gross pay, region: €4,200 Ravensburg vs €3,800 Ambergno percentage
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 940.1 Ravensburg vs 1,195.9 Amberg−21%
- Residents: 50,628 Ravensburg vs 42,553 Amberg+19%
Alternative cities in Germany
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School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Länder Sprachförderung (e.g. Sprachlernklassen BW/Berlin; vorklassen); Starting Opportunities Programme. How to enrol a child (kmk.org).
A country-wide rule for Germany; Amberg's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Amberg?
The published population was 42,553 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.
How much does it cost to rent in Amberg?
Average net cold rent is 10.23 EUR/m² per month (June 2026), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 716 EUR a month before utilities. Source: miet-check Mietspiegel Amberg.
Is the air quality good in Amberg?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Schwandorf/Wackersdorfer Straße).
What is the unemployment rate in Amberg?
The unemployment rate is 5.8 % (2024). Source: Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average.
What is the typical salary around Amberg?
The median gross salary is 3,800 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).
Is Amberg a good place to live?
Amberg may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Amberg, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b7bbc5fd539477aad3ca6004ac00797d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/amberg/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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- Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas) bundes-klinik-atlas.de · checked 2026-08-03
- Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV · gigabitgrundbuch.bund.de · checked 2026-07-14
- Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional Destatis · destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
- Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
- Destatis Realsteuervergleich destatis.de · checked 2026-07-14
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- EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Sulzbach-Rosenberg/Lohe) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
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- MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
- NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
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