A reason for working in Germany, answered with sourced data.
In short: High salaries and pay in Germany: see the sourced tables below; every figure shows its source and date.
By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 07/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
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NATIONAL (all Germany)Official statistics Source: Eurostat earn_ses22_28 · Data: reference year 2022 (latest Structure of Earnings Survey)
Mean annual gross earnings of employees in enterprises with 10 or more employees were €48,655 in 2022 (about €4,055 a month): men €54,375, women €42,325. The table splits them by broad occupation group (ISCO-08 major groups).
Managers€111,275
Professionals€72,211
Technicians and associate professionals€53,017
Armed forces occupations€43,730
Clerical support workers€43,425
Craft and related trades workers€42,566
Plant and machine operators and assemblers€40,198
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers€34,404
Service and sales workers€33,728
Elementary occupations€29,284
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Occupation group ⇅
Mean annual gross € ⇅
≈ per month € ⇅
Men € ⇅
Women € ⇅
Gap men vs women ⇅
Managers
111,275
9,273
122,563
80,940
34%
Professionals
72,211
6,018
82,041
61,320
25%
Technicians and associate professionals
53,017
4,418
62,701
45,472
27%
Clerical support workers
43,425
3,619
47,200
41,008
13%
Service and sales workers
33,728
2,811
34,866
33,155
5%
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
34,404
2,867
35,714
27,822
22%
Craft and related trades workers
42,566
3,547
43,266
35,525
18%
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
40,198
3,350
41,170
34,666
16%
Elementary occupations
29,284
2,440
31,658
27,352
14%
Armed forces occupations
43,730
3,644
46,673
38,801
17%
Gap = (men − women) ÷ men, unadjusted for hours, age, occupation within group or industry. Figures are 2022 and do not include enterprises with fewer than 10 employees; wages have risen since. Groups are broad: a nurse and a doctor are not in the same group, but a baker and an electrician are.
The statutory minimum wage is €13.90 per hour from 1 January 2026 (Eurostat shows a full-time monthly equivalent of €2,343 for 2026, €2,161 for 2025). A further step to €14.60 on 1 January 2027 was set by the Minimum Wage Commission and the Federal Government: confirm on the official site. Mini-job earnings limit 2026: €603 a month (€7,236 a year).
Pay is an average of 2022 earnings; check live ads for current offers: live jobs. Compare with other countries in the salary comparison.
Live jobs: Bundesagentur für Arbeit – Jobsuche (public job-search interface of the Federal Employment Agency; ads published in the last 28 days; counts by facet)
Wages by single occupation, city and state (the official source we use covers 9 broad occupation groups, 2022). The Federal Employment Agency's pay atlas has no public data interface that we could use.
Rents and living costs by city; kindergarten fees (they differ by state and municipality).
Employee headcount by company for all employers: there is no free national register; we show live hiring and, where Wikidata has a dated figure, a reported group-wide headcount.
Union membership numbers and sector-by-sector collective-agreement pay tables.