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Living in Glessen

Glessen is a city in Germany. At the end of 2024, Glessen had a population of 61,611. Regional median gross salary figures for Glessen showed €4,250 per month at the end of 2024. The unemployment rate was 8.6% at the end of 2025.

Higher unemployment than 94% of German cities that publish it and dirtier air than 71% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Glessen?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in GermanyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Glessen.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent or cost figure is published for Glessen yet. Germany has country-level context; it is not substituted for this city.

Net rent across major citiesGlessen highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Glessen highlighted€9.94Hamburg€9.72Stuttgart€9.10Augsburg€9.09Mannheim€7.71Berlin€7.20Dresden€6.79Braunschweig€6.72Bielefeld€6.66Duisburg€6.27Leipzig€6.00Dortmund€5.99Halle (Saale)net rent, € / m² / month

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Glessen is 8.6%. Of 2,973 cities with data, 1,290 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.
unemployment rate, % · measured cities in Germany per band801 cities: 2% to under 4%8012–41290 cities: 4% to under 6%12904–6624 cities: 6% to under 8%6246–8228 cities: 8% to under 10%2288–10Glessen 8.6%24 cities: 10% to under 12%2410–124 cities: 12% to under 14%412–142 cities: 14% to under 16%214–16

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)4,250 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate8.6 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2025Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Statistik2Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Glessen. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service

Bundesagentur für Arbeit

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Glessen. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Mobility and administration

Glessen's nearest airport was CGN, 30 km away and offered 92 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Airport Direct Destinations Count92 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights5Official
Nearest Major Airport Distance Km30 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports6Official
Nearest Major Airport IataCGN3 Aug 2026OurAirports6Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Glessen. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For eligible migrants.

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BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Glessen.

Climate and air quality

Glessen recorded annual PM2.5 of 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Glessen's monthly mean temperatures were 1.4°C in January and 19.4°C in July.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits
Glessen annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit5259.0PM2.5µg/m³

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in GermanyAnnual PM2.5 in Glessen is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 444 cities with data, 155 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.
annual PM2.5, µg/m³ · measured cities in Germany per band1 city: 3 µg/m³ to under 4 µg/m³13–410 cities: 4 µg/m³ to under 5 µg/m³104–54 cities: 5 µg/m³ to under 6 µg/m³45–643 cities: 6 µg/m³ to under 7 µg/m³436–7102 cities: 7 µg/m³ to under 8 µg/m³1027–8155 cities: 8 µg/m³ to under 9 µg/m³1558–990 cities: 9 µg/m³ to under 10 µg/m³909–10Glessen 9.030 cities: 10 µg/m³ to under 11 µg/m³3010–115 cities: 11 µg/m³ to under 12 µg/m³511–122 cities: 12 µg/m³ to under 13 µg/m³212–132 cities: 13 µg/m³ to under 14 µg/m³213–14

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency3Official · nearest-station reading
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 13.27 · Feb 18.77 · Mar 20.86 · Apr 26.2 · May 31.44 · Jun 35.17 · Jul 40.21 · Aug 37.07 · Sep 33.37 · Oct 26.86 · Nov 19.98 · Dec 14.36 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official · coordinate grid
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -14.17 · Feb -17.11 · Mar -8.78 · Apr -5.28 · May -0.76 · Jun 4.44 · Jul 7 · Aug 6.04 · Sep 3.2 · Oct -4.64 · Nov -6.18 · Dec -13.07 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan 1.41 · Feb 2.14 · Mar 5.26 · Apr 9.56 · May 13.44 · Jun 17.14 · Jul 19.36 · Aug 18.91 · Sep 15.05 · Oct 10.51 · Nov 5.87 · Dec 2.36 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official · coordinate grid

International community in Glessen

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total61,449100.0%
Germany46,89876.3%
Poland2,7644.5%
Turkey1,7172.8%
Morocco1,2452.0%
Romania1,1131.8%
Italy6001.0%
Syrian Arab Republic5110.8%
Russian Federation4780.8%
Kazakhstan4740.8%
Ukraine4690.8%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Spain4180.7%
Iraq3970.6%
Kosovo3030.5%
Bulgaria2970.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina2510.4%
Afghanistan2430.4%
Iran, Islamic Republic of2010.3%
Croatia1910.3%
Serbia1700.3%
Hungary1320.2%
China1080.2%
Czech Republic1030.2%
Austria960.2%
Kyrgyzstan960.2%
Netherlands840.1%
Not stated790.1%
France780.1%
Albania770.1%
Greece770.1%
Tunisia770.1%
United Kingdom750.1%
India720.1%
Sri Lanka700.1%
Belgium690.1%
Moldova, Republic of660.1%
Philippines630.1%
Portugal620.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of570.1%
Thailand550.1%
United States540.1%
Nigeria500.1%
Pakistan460.1%
Lithuania450.1%
Eritrea450.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the430.1%
Azerbaijan410.1%
Switzerland340.1%
Cameroon340.1%
Viet Nam330.1%
Slovenia320.1%
Somalia300.0%
Lebanon270.0%
Egypt250.0%
Latvia240.0%
Guinea240.0%
Brazil240.0%
Armenia220.0%
Bangladesh220.0%
Slovakia210.0%
Uzbekistan210.0%
Algeria200.0%
Angola190.0%
Georgia170.0%
Korea, Republic of170.0%
Belarus150.0%
Mexico150.0%
Sweden140.0%
Indonesia140.0%
Chile130.0%
Dominican Republic130.0%
Argentina120.0%
Colombia120.0%
Tajikistan120.0%
Australia120.0%
Cuba100.0%
Peru100.0%
Kenya90.0%
Canada90.0%
Denmark80.0%
Ireland80.0%
Côte D'Ivoire80.0%
Jordan80.0%
Ethiopia70.0%
Ghana70.0%
Mali70.0%
Japan70.0%
Mongolia70.0%
Palestinian territories70.0%
United Arab Emirates70.0%
Finland60.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of60.0%
Israel60.0%
Luxembourg50.0%
Ecuador50.0%
Korea, Democratic People'S Republic of50.0%
Lao People'S Democratic Republic50.0%
Estonia40.0%
Cyprus40.0%
Congo40.0%
Montenegro30.0%
Malta30.0%
Norway30.0%
Benin30.0%
Libya30.0%
Zambia30.0%
South Africa30.0%
Rwanda30.0%
Namibia30.0%
Senegal30.0%
Sudan30.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of30.0%
Togo30.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of30.0%
Dominica30.0%
Costa Rica30.0%
Jamaica30.0%
Paraguay30.0%
Cambodia30.0%
Qatar30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total61,449100.0%
Germany49,55180.6%
Turkey1,8823.1%
Poland1,4572.4%
Romania1,2432.0%
Italy8191.3%
Morocco7971.3%
Spain6351.0%
Syrian Arab Republic5730.9%
Ukraine4500.7%
Iraq4000.7%
Show 93 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Bulgaria3460.6%
Croatia2890.5%
Kosovo2630.4%
Afghanistan2150.3%
Serbia1750.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1710.3%
Netherlands1270.2%
Hungary1230.2%
Russian Federation1220.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of1000.2%
Greece870.1%
Portugal840.1%
Austria790.1%
China770.1%
Albania720.1%
Uncertain660.1%
France650.1%
Belgium640.1%
Nigeria590.1%
Eritrea570.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of500.1%
India490.1%
Kazakhstan410.1%
Thailand410.1%
Lithuania390.1%
Azerbaijan390.1%
United States380.1%
Tunisia370.1%
Pakistan350.1%
Somalia330.1%
Sri Lanka330.1%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the280.0%
Guinea280.0%
United Kingdom250.0%
Kyrgyzstan250.0%
Czech Republic240.0%
Cameroon220.0%
Switzerland200.0%
Brazil190.0%
Bangladesh190.0%
Angola180.0%
Viet Nam180.0%
Slovenia170.0%
Armenia170.0%
Slovakia160.0%
Philippines150.0%
Tajikistan150.0%
Latvia140.0%
Georgia130.0%
Korea, Republic of130.0%
Stateless130.0%
Egypt100.0%
Lebanon100.0%
Sweden90.0%
Indonesia90.0%
Mongolia90.0%
Algeria80.0%
Ethiopia80.0%
Dominican Republic80.0%
Canada80.0%
Peru70.0%
Japan70.0%
Moldova, Republic of60.0%
Belarus60.0%
Mali60.0%
Denmark50.0%
Ghana50.0%
Sudan50.0%
Chile50.0%
Colombia50.0%
Cuba50.0%
Ireland40.0%
Montenegro40.0%
Luxembourg40.0%
Kenya40.0%
Togo40.0%
Lao People'S Democratic Republic40.0%
Estonia30.0%
Finland30.0%
Côte D'Ivoire30.0%
Mozambique30.0%
Uganda30.0%
Argentina30.0%
Costa Rica30.0%
Ecuador30.0%
Mexico30.0%
Jamaica30.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of30.0%
Israel30.0%
Jordan30.0%
Malaysia30.0%
Australia30.0%
Not stated30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source7

Is Glessen 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.

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 40–62%
Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–62%
Student60%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 48–72%
Family50%strong on family, weak on safety · range 38–62%
Retirement58%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 44–72%
Median gross salary (regional)4,250 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Unemployment rate8.6 %31 Dec 2025Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Statistik
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · European Environment Agency
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-06

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Glessen 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.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

What is the typical salary around Glessen?

The median gross salary is 4,250 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

What is the unemployment rate in Glessen?

The unemployment rate is 8.6 %. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Statistik.

Is the air quality good in Glessen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: European Environment Agency.

Is Glessen a good place to live?

Glessen 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.

How many people born in Total live in Glessen?

The official country of birth distribution records 61,449 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2022-05-15. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Glessen, Germany: salary, jobs, air quality [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/glessen/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Glessen, Germany: salary, jobs, air quality},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
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Sources

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  1. Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
  2. Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-05
  3. European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
  4. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
  5. OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
  6. OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
  7. Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
  8. Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country_of_birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28

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