Military, court, civic, and church service, also the so-called liberal professions
| Overall numbers | % | Professions | Protestants | Catholics | Israelites | Others | Protestants | Catholics | Israelites | Others | 1.Officers, Military doctors, officals of equal rank | | 5,478 | 16 | 118 | 83.2 (+21.1) | 16.5 (-20.0) | 0.04 (-0.88) | 0.36 (-0.02) | Non-commissioned officers and common administrative personnel of equal rank | 417,813 | 197,471 | 2,009 | 834 | 67.6 (+5.5) | 32.0 (-4.5) | 0.34 (-0.58) | 0.13 (-0.25) | total | 445,268 | 202,949 | 2,205 | 952 | 68.4 (+6.3) | 31.3 (-5.2) | 0.31 (-0.61) | 0.14 (-0.24) | 2. Higher Reich and state officials | 8,957 | 3,264 | 244 | 123 | 71.5 (+9.4) | 25.9 (-10.5) | 1.94 (+1.02) | 0.98 (+0.60) | Judges, Prosecutors | 15,020 | 5,143 | 906 | 62 | 71.2 (+9.1)
| 24.4 (-12.1)
| 4.28 (+3.36)
| 0.29 (-0.09)
| Lawyers, Notaries, Patent Attorneys | | 3,464 | 1,877 | 105 | | 27.1 (-9.4)
| 14.6 (+13.6)
| 0.82 (+0.44)
| Higher court officals of every kind | 535 | 194 | - | 10 | 72.4 (+10.3)
| 26.3 (-10.2)
| - -
| 1.35 (+0.97)
| Higher municipal officials | 5,424 | 1,819 | 42 | 19 | 74.3 (+12.2)
| 24.9 (-11.6)
| 0.57 (-0.35)
| 0.26 (-0.12)
| Higher officals of estate [standesherrlich] or seigneurial administration | 223 | 247 | 4 | 4 | 46.7 (-15.4) | 51.9 (+15.4) | 0.84 (-0.08) | 0.84 (+0.4) | Reich and state officials of mid- level rank, including the administration of justice | 122,518
| 44,066
| 589
| 406
| 73.3 (+11.2)
| 26.3 (-10.2)
| 0.35 (-0.57)
| 0.24 (-0.14)
| Mid-level court officials | 1,235 | 630 | 4 | 3 | 66.1 (+4.0)
| 33.7 (-2.8)
| 0.21 (-0.71)
| 0.16 (-.022)
| Mid-level municipal officials | 60,652 | 24,859 | 131 | 258 | 70.5 (+8.4)
| 29.0 (-7.5)
| 0.15 (-0.77)
| 0.30 (-0.08)
| Mid-level officials of estate and seigneurial administration | 1,232
| 755
| 2 | 7
| 61.7 (-0.4)
| 37.8 (+1.3)
| 0.10 (-0.82)
| 0.35 (-0.03)
| Lower Reich and state officials | 20,769 | 7,213 | 49 | 80 | 73.8 (+11.7)
| 25.6 (-10.9)
| 0.17 (-0.75)
| 0.28 (-0.10)
| Lower court officials | 3,698 | 1,278 | - | 13 | 74.3 (+12.2)
| 25.6 (-10.9)
| - | 0.26 (-0.12)
| Lower municipal officials | 28,493 | 14,089 | 55 | 169 | 66.4 (+4.3)
| 32.8 (-3.7)
| 0.13 (-0.79)
| 0.39 (+0.01)
| Lower estate and seigneurial officials | 1,004 | 706 | 1 | 3 | 58.5 (-3.6)
| 41.3 (+4.8)
| 0.05 (-0.87)
| 0.17 (-0.21)
| total | 277,112 | 107,727 | 3,904 | 1,262 | 71.1 (+9.0)
| 27.4 (-9.1)
| 1.00 (+0.08)
| 0.32 (-0.06)
| 3. Church, church service, missionary work, also personnel in institutions with a religious purpose | a | 22,822 | 22,854 | 841 | 845 | 48.3 (-13.8)
| 48.5 (+12.0)
| 1.77 (+0.85)
| 1.79 (+1.41)
| b | 2,880 | 18,508 | 49 | 15 | 13.4 (-48.7)
| 86.5 (+50.0)
| 0.23 (-0.69)
| 0.07 (-0.31)
| c | 4,627
| 6,133
| 465
| 151
| 40.8 (-21.3)
| 54.2 (+17.7)
| 4.11 (+3.19)
| 1.34 (+0.96)
| total | 30,329 | 47,495 | 1,355 | 1,011 | 37.9 (-24.2) | 59.3 (+22.8) | 1.69 (+0.77) | 1.26 (+0.88) | 4. Education and teaching, libraries, scientific and artistic collections | a | 183,648 | 89,251 | 3,235 | 1,019 | 66.3 (+4.2) | 32.2 (-4.3) | 1.17 (+0.25) | 0.37 (-0.01) | b | 2,880 | 1,152 | 64 | 31 | 70.0 (+7.9) | 27.9 (-8.6) | 1.55 (+0.63) | 0.75 (+0.37) | c | 11,163 | 6,851 | 46 | 56 | 61.6 (-0.5) | 37.8 (+1.3) | 0.25 (-0.67) | 0.31 (-0.07) | total | 197,691 | 97,254 | 3,345 | 1,106 | 66.0 (+3.9) | 32.4 (-4.1) | 1.12 (+0.20) | 0.37 (0.01) | 5. Health care and infirmary service | a | 49,695 | 23,489 | 4,719 | 647 | 63.2 (+1.1) | 30.0 (-6.5) | 6.00 (+5.08) | 0.83 (+0.45) | b | 9,328 | 2,644 | 84 | 67 | 76.8 (+14.7) | 21.8 (-14.7) | 0.69 (-0.23) | 0.55 (+0.17) | c | 48,211 | 39,859 | 417 | 622 | 54.0 (-8.1) | 44.7 (+8.2) | 0.47 (-0.45) | 0.69 (+0.31) | d | 17,569 | 10,195 | 87 | 84 | 62.6 (+0.5) | 36.5 (-0.0) | 0.31 (-0.61) | 0.30 (-0.08) | total | 124,803 | 76,187 | 5,307 | 1,420 | 60.2 (-1.9) | 38.6 (+0.3) | 2.56 (+1.64) | 0.68 (+0.30) | 6. Private scholars, writers, journalists | 5,638 | 1,905 | 712 | 498 | 64.3 (+2.2) | 21.7 (-14.8) | 8.14 (+7.22) | 5.69 (+5.31) | 7. Stenographers, private secretaries, accountants, clerks, etc. | 7,371 | 2,575 | 296 | 334 | 69.8 (+7.7) | 24.3 (-12.2) | 2.81 (+1.89) | 3.16 (+2.78) | 8. Music, theater, theatrical performances of every kind | a | 58,663 | 20,276 | 1,775 | 701 | 72.0 (+9.9) | 25.2 (-11.3) | 2.18 (+1.26) | 0.86 (+0.48) | b | 1,690 | 603 | 76 | 22 | 70.7 (+8.6) | 25.2 (-11.3) | 3.18 (+2.16) | 0.92 (+0.54) | c | 4,796 | 2,019 | 53 | 25 | 69.6 (+7.5) | 29.6 (-6.9) | 0.77 (-0.15) | 0.36 (-0.02) | total | 65,149 | 22,898 | 1,904 | 748 | 71.8 (+9.7) | 25.2 (-11.3) | 2.09 (+1.17) | 0.82 (+0.44) | On 12 June 1907 there were in % | 62.1 | 36.5 | 0.92 | 0.38 | | | | | Source: “Die Benachteiligung der Katholiken im öffentlichen Dienst (bes. akademische Berufe) 1907 [“Discrimination against Catholics in the Public Sector (particularly in the educated professions) in 1907”], from Hans Rost, Die wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Lage der deutschen Katholiken [The Economic and Cultural Position of German Catholics]. Cologne, 1911, p. 71 f. Translation: Thomas Dunlap |