The salary range of employees working in Germany is, by default, in the range of 2,469.00 EUR (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 7,954.00 EUR (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).
This is the total monthly salary including bonuses. Salaries can vary significantly within individual job positions. If you are interested in salaries for a specific position, participate in the survey.
Distribution of employees in Germany into salary brackets in EUR.
Average salary and range in Germany by age in EUR.
Comparison of the average salary of men and women in Germany (EUR).
List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in Germany (EUR).
1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management
2. IT Director Top Management
3. Call Centre Director Top Management
4. Leasing Director Leasing
5. Managing Director Top Management
6. Country Manager/Director Top Management
7. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics
8. Head of product development Management
9. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management
10. Lead developer Information Technology
11. Sales Director Top Management
12. Plant manager Top Management
13. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry
14. Publishing House Director Top Management
15. Head of the Legal Department Management
16. Air Traffic Controller Transport, Haulage, Logistics
17. Technical Director Top Management
18. IC Design Engineer Information Technology
19. Marketing Director Top Management
20. Naval Officer Transport, Haulage, Logistics
List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in Germany (EUR)
1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research
2. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care
3. Cook Tourism, Gastronomy, Hotel Business
4. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
5. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care
6. Porter, Information Staff General labour
7. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
8. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care
9. Housekeeper Service Industries
10. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
11. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care
12. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research
13. Cleaner General labour
14. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
15. Packer Production
16. General Labourer General labour
17. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care
18. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research
19. Clothing/textile technologist Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
20. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
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