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In Kötzting, unemployment is 3% (2024).

The regional median gross salary was €3,800 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2424 sources

Population7,390people31 Dec 2025Official source · GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 2025
Median gross salary (region)3,800EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)
Average net rent8EUR/m²/month2024Municipality figureOfficial source · INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table
Unemployment rate3%country median 5.1% — 41% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime3,346incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Lower unemployment than 93% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it.

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

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 Kötzting.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Kötzting?

Average net cold rent is 8 EUR/m² per month (2024), 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): 8 EUR/m²/month · INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Kötzting recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesKötzting highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Kötzting highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Leipzig€6.27
Dortmund€6.00
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Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Brunswick€6.79
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps7Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M17Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)8 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)6Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · parent municipality

Is Kötzting 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 worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–68%
Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–76%
Student51%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 40–62%
Family60%strong on family, weak on education · range 49–71%
Retirement49%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 36–62%

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What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 480 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8 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.

Source period: 2024

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kötzting?

The unemployment rate is 3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Kötzting is 3.0%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)3,800 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)1Official · parent municipality
Unemployment rate3 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Kötzting?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €3,800 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,915of €2,494 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
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€8.00/m² · market price · INKAR · 2024− €480
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€1,915
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Kötzting Salary needed to live in Kötzting

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kötzting. 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

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

Healthcare

The availability of hospital beds in Kötzting was 669.3 beds per 100,000 residents at the end of 2024.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents669.3 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)3Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Kötzting 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents669.3 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesKötzting highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Kötzting highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Bremen15,424
Frankfurt14,600
Berlin13,900
Hanover13,192
Cologne12,343
Dortmund12,283
Dusseldorf12,172
Leipzig11,129
Essen9,619
Dresden8,853
Stuttgart8,552
Munich6,214
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,346 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise16Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Kötzting's nearest airport was MUC, 120 km away and offered 191 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport191 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights14Official
Distance to the nearest major airport120 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)MUC3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Kötzting. 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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Climate and air quality

Kötzting's monthly mean temperatures were −3.8°C in January and 12.3°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 127.7 mm in January and 143.6 mm in July. Kötzting's average monthly sunshine was 75 hours in January and 190.4 hours in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan -1.5 · Feb -1.6 · Mar 1.1 · Apr 6 · May 11 · Jun 14.4 · Jul 16.1 · Aug 16.1 · Sep 11.5 · Oct 7.6 · Nov 3 · Dec -0.5 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO9Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -6.2 · Feb -6.4 · Mar -4 · Apr -0.2 · May 4 · Jun 7.3 · Jul 9.2 · Aug 9.5 · Sep 5.8 · Oct 2.3 · Nov -1.9 · Dec -5 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO10Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -3.8 · Feb -4.1 · Mar -1.6 · Apr 2.7 · May 7.1 · Jun 10.5 · Jul 12.3 · Aug 12.4 · Sep 8.3 · Oct 4.7 · Nov 0.5 · Dec -2.8 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO11Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 127.7 · Feb 111.5 · Mar 116.7 · Apr 75.5 · May 107.6 · Jun 133.3 · Jul 143.6 · Aug 139.3 · Sep 114.6 · Oct 120.2 · Nov 115.1 · Dec 149.6 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO12Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 75 · Feb 88.4 · Mar 119.7 · Apr 159.5 · May 178.5 · Jun 179.4 · Jul 190.4 · Aug 195.2 · Sep 146.4 · Oct 124.2 · Nov 86.9 · Dec 69 hours31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO13Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Titisee-Neustadt ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±2.2 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±4.1 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±5.0 °C, Chatham-Kent (Canada) ±5.1 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±5.2 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Kötzting?

The published population was 7,390 people in 2025. Source: GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 20255

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population7,390 people31 Dec 2025GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 20255Official

Alternatives for people set on Kötzting

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.

Viechtach as a Kötzting alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,918.4 Viechtach vs 669.3 Kötzting+187%
  • Rent: €5.36/m² (2022) Viechtach vs €8.00/m² (2024) Kötztingno percentage
  • Unemployment: 3.7% Viechtach vs 3.0% Kötzting+23%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,625 Viechtach vs 3,346 Kötzting−22%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Viechtach vs €3,800 Kötztingno percentage
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Ravensburg as a Kötzting alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 285 km, better on 1 of 2 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 €8.00/m² (2024) Kötztingno percentage
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 940.1 Ravensburg vs 669.3 Kötzting+40%
  • Median gross pay, region: €4,200 Ravensburg vs €3,800 Kötztingno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,761 Ravensburg vs 3,346 Kötzting+12%
Full comparisonMore about Ravensburg

Cities near Kötzting

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Viechtach 11.0 km away
Rent
5.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Cham 14.5 km away
Rent
5.74 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Furth im Wald 14.9 km away
Rent
4.68 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Roding 24.5 km away
Rent
6.38 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Nýrsko Czechia · 24.7 km away
Rent
8.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31
Waldmünchen 25.0 km away
Rent
4.94 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Kötzting, nearest in population first.

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Bad Berka7,389 residentsFalkenstein/Vogtl.7,388 residentsGroßkarolinenfeld7,387 residentsWietze7,387 residentsBaienfurt7,382 residentsTürkheim7,410 residents

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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; Kötzting's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

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

How many people live in Kötzting?

The published population was 7,390 people in 2025. Source: GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in Kötzting?

Average net cold rent is 8 EUR/m² per month (2024), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 560 EUR a month before utilities. Source: BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113).

What is the unemployment rate in Kötzting?

The unemployment rate is 3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Kötzting?

The median gross salary is 3,800 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Kötzting a good place to live?

Kötzting 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.

Which cities are near Kötzting?

Viechtach, Cham, Furth im Wald, Roding, Nýrsko are near Kötzting. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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  title = {Kötzting, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  2. Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
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