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Kaiserslautern
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Kaiserslautern

A city in Rhineland-Palatinate on the edge of the Palatinate Forest, home to a large American military presence that remains one of the biggest employers in the region alongside the university and its computer-science research institutes. Automotive suppliers and a well-known football club round out a city whose identity mixes a garrison town with a growing technology sector.

The place

State
Rhineland-Palatinate
Population
100,247as of December 2025 ·
Area
139.7 km²
Density
718 people per km²
Public holidays a year
11as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
9.5%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,229 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
610%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
430%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€2,479 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€10.58 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.30 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-7.1%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€173,530
Closing costs on top+ €17,908
To rent, cold€741 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€10 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€6.52 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
4.6%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
33.4%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
–
Paid price, new flats
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Unemployment rate9.5%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,229

Each 31 December, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, full-time employees by workplace.

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