Living in Waging am See

In Waging am See, rents across existing tenancies average €7.24 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.1% (2024).

Residents of Waging am See numbered 7,007 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €4,000 per month. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 8 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-09-2325 sources

Population7,007people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,000EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent7.24EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 25% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3.1%country median 5.1% — 39% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime2,945incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 82% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 92% 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 Waging am See?

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Waging am See?

Average net cold rent is 7.24 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), 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): 7.24 EUR/m²/month · Destatis³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesWaging am See highlighted among comparable cities

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.24 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Waging am See a good place to live?

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 50–70%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 57–75%

Student55%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 44–66%

Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–72%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 434 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.24 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: May 2022

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Waging am See?

The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Waging am See is 3.1%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Waging am See 3.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,000 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.1 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Waging am See?

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

Left over each month€2,069of €2,602 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.	€2,602
Rent, 60 m²€7.24/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €434
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	€2,069

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Waging am See. 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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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesWaging am See highlighted among comparable cities

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,945 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Waging am See's nearest airport was MUC, 84 km away and offered 191 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	191 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	84 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MUC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

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BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −0.2°C in January to 18.6°C in July. Waging am See's average monthly sunshine was 70.9 hours in January and 241.1 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Waging am See?

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: European Environment Agency⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

144

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.58WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Waging am See is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Waging am See 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.3 · Feb 5.1 · Mar 9.6 · Apr 15 · May 18.5 · Jun 22.5 · Jul 24.1 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 18.9 · Oct 14.5 · Nov 8.3 · Dec 4.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.4 · Feb -2.7 · Mar 0.4 · Apr 3.8 · May 7.9 · Jun 12 · Jul 13.2 · Aug 12.8 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 5.4 · Nov 1 · Dec -2.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.2 · Feb 0.6 · Mar 4.5 · Apr 9.4 · May 13.1 · Jun 17.2 · Jul 18.6 · Aug 18 · Sep 13.7 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 4.5 · Dec 1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 70.9 · Feb 95.9 · Mar 143.7 · Apr 202.3 · May 195.9 · Jun 224.7 · Jul 241.1 · Aug 230.1 · Sep 172.9 · Oct 130.9 · Nov 80.1 · Dec 72.4 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Gunzenhausen ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Winterthur (Switzerland) ±0.4 °C, Bytom (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Chorzów (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Ruda Śląska (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Sosnowiec (Poland) ±0.7 °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 Waging am See?

The published population was 7,007 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	7,007 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Waging am See

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 group	People	Share
Total	6,690	100.0%
Germany	5,853	87.5%
Austria	174	2.6%
Romania	140	2.1%
Czech Republic	80	1.2%
Poland	55	0.8%
Hungary	38	0.6%
Croatia	35	0.5%
Syrian Arab Republic	30	0.4%
Ukraine	21	0.3%
Italy	20	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Greece	19	0.3%
Afghanistan	19	0.3%
Turkey	18	0.3%
Kazakhstan	18	0.3%
Slovenia	15	0.2%
Slovakia	14	0.2%
Russian Federation	14	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	0.1%
Kosovo	9	0.1%
Serbia	9	0.1%
Switzerland	8	0.1%
Thailand	7	0.1%
Bulgaria	5	0.1%
Brazil	5	0.1%
India	5	0.1%
Not stated	5	0.1%
United States	4	0.1%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
Palestinian territories	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	6,690	100.0%
Germany	6,132	91.7%
Romania	94	1.4%
Austria	92	1.4%
Hungary	43	0.6%
Croatia	42	0.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	32	0.5%
Italy	27	0.4%
Poland	26	0.4%
Ukraine	25	0.4%
Greece	20	0.3%

Show 26 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Afghanistan	19	0.3%
Turkey	17	0.3%
Slovakia	16	0.2%
Czech Republic	13	0.2%
Slovenia	11	0.2%
Kosovo	9	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0.1%
Bulgaria	5	0.1%
Portugal	5	0.1%
Brazil	5	0.1%
Eritrea	4	0.1%
United States	4	0.1%
Viet Nam	4	0.1%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Netherlands	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
Serbia	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Kazakhstan	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%
Thailand	3	0.0%
Stateless	3	0.0%
Uncertain	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Alternatives for people set on Waging am See

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Waging am See from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Waging am See

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

Traunstein 9.9 km away

Rent: 7.78 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Traunreut 11.8 km away

Rent: 6.78 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Tittmoning 14.6 km away

Rent: 6.21 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Laufen 14.9 km away

Rent: 7.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Trostberg 16.7 km away

Rent: 6.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Freilassing 20.6 km away

Rent: 7.49 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

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Reinsdorf7,009 residents Reppenstedt7,005 residents Am Ettersberg7,010 residents Pöttmes7,012 residents Lemwerder6,999 residents Esens6,998 residents

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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.

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).

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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 Waging am See?

The published population was 7,007 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Waging am See?

Average net cold rent is 7.24 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 507 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Waging am See?

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: European Environment Agency.

What is the unemployment rate in Waging am See?

The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Waging am See?

The median gross salary is 4,000 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Waging am See a good place to live?

Waging am See 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 Waging am See?

Traunstein, Traunreut, Tittmoning, Laufen, Oberndorf bei Salzburg are near Waging am See. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Waging am See?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,853 people (87.5%) 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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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Waging am See, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {160d74356366de7b7968a098c4b58f4c},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/waging-am-see/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
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