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Elderly care nurse jobs in Germany

Occupation dossier for Elderly care nurse (Altenpfleger/in): where and by whom it is advertised, contract types and pay context.

In short: Elderly care nurse (Altenpfleger/in) has 3,508 live ads in Germany (rank #20). Top places: Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig.

By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 07/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.

3,508live job ads
#20rank by live ads
67%permanent contracts

Overview

Elderly care nurse (Altenpfleger/in) has 3,508 live job ads in Germany today (rank #20 among the 50 occupations with the most ads).

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Jobs

LIVE · OCCUPATION (Elderly care nurse) Live feed Source: Bundesagentur Jobsuche · Data: ads published in the last 28 days · counted 07/11/2026

3,508 live ads. The tables below count ads by field, occupation, employer and place.

Top fields (Berufsfelder)

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Field ⇅Live ads ⇅Share ⇅
Elderly care2,66876.1%
Nursing, emergency services and midwifery64918.5%
Administration702.0%
Education and social work601.7%
Lehrtätigkeit berufsbildender Fächer und betriebliche Ausbildung330.9%
Medical and practice assistance120.3%
Ernährungs- und Gesundheitsberatung100.3%
Non-medical therapy and healing20.1%
Gewerbe, Gesundheitsaufsicht, Desinfektion10.0%
Medical, orthopaedic and rehab technology10.0%
Business organisation and strategy10.0%
Verkauf von drogerie- und apothekenüblichen Waren10.0%

Top occupations

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Occupation ⇅German title ⇅Live ads ⇅Share ⇅
Salesperson (retail)Verkäufer/in12,701362.1%
Retail clerkKaufmann/-frau - Einzelhandel8,957255.3%
Forklift driverGabelstaplerfahrer/in8,762249.8%
Warehouse and transport assistantHelfer/in - Lagerwirtschaft, Transport8,126231.6%
Industrial mechanicIndustriemechaniker/in7,597216.6%
Mechatronics technicianMechatroniker/in6,692190.8%
Warehouse logistics specialistFachkraft - Lagerlogistik6,296179.5%
Warehouse and transport workerLager- und Transportarbeiter/in5,997171.0%
Industrial electronics technicianElektroniker/in - Betriebstechnik5,261150.0%
Machine and plant operatorMaschinen- und Anlagenführer/in (ohne Angabe des Schwerpunkts)5,214148.6%
Cleaning assistantHelfer/in - Reinigung4,982142.0%
Sales assistantHelfer/in - Verkauf4,923140.3%
Kindergarten / early-years teacherErzieher/in4,020114.6%
Metalworking assistantHelfer/in - Metallbearbeitung3,943112.4%
Office management clerkKaufmann/-frau - Büromanagement3,917111.7%
Electronics technician (energy and building)Elektroniker/in - Energie- und Gebäudetechnik3,885110.7%
Warehouse specialistFachlagerist/in3,861110.1%
Professional driverBerufskraftfahrer/in3,737106.5%
Office clerkBürokaufmann/-frau3,635103.6%
Elderly care nurseAltenpfleger/in3,508100.0%
Social worker / social pedagogueSozialarbeiter/in / Sozialpädagoge/-pädagogin3,46698.8%
Machining mechanic (CNC)Zerspanungsmechaniker/in3,33094.9%
Plumbing, heating and AC fitterAnlagenmechaniker/in - Sanitär-, Heizungs- und Klimatechnik3,22091.8%
Order pickerKommissionierer/in3,21391.6%
Industrial clerkIndustriekaufmann/-frau3,16390.2%

Employers with the most ads

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Staffing agencies (Zeitarbeit) are included; see each employer page for the flag.

Places with the most ads

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Place ⇅Live ads ⇅Share ⇅
Berlin2356.7%
Hamburg591.7%
Leipzig431.2%
Bremen421.2%
Dresden411.2%
Hannover401.1%
Köln391.1%
Dortmund341.0%
Duisburg330.9%
München310.9%
Freiburg im Breisgau260.7%
Stuttgart260.7%
Nürnberg, Mittelfranken250.7%
Düsseldorf220.6%
Essen, Ruhr220.6%
Frankfurt am Main220.6%
Kiel210.6%
Magdeburg210.6%
Bonn190.5%
Braunschweig190.5%
Solingen190.5%
Würzburg190.5%
Erfurt180.5%
Mannheim180.5%
Bielefeld170.5%

Places are as the Bundesagentur names them; ads within the radius the agency assigns to the place name.

What the ads say (indicators)

Fixed-term47 (1.3%)
Permanent2,365 (67.4%)
Not stated1,096 (31.2%)
Full-time (flag)2,745 (78.2%)
Part-time (flag)1,648 (47.0%)
Shift / night / weekend (flag)1,279 (36.5%)
Mini-job (flag)67 (1.9%)
Temporary agency work (Zeitarbeit)959 (27.3%)
Open to career changers (Quereinstieg)29 (0.8%)
Ads stating pay: per hour644 (18.4%)
Ads stating pay: per year413 (11.8%)

Indicators come from structured fields in the ads; many ads leave them blank. They describe current offers, not the whole labour market.

Pay

NATIONAL (broad group OC3) Official statistics, broad group Source: Eurostat earn_ses22_28 · Data: 2022

The nearest broad occupation group in the official earnings survey is Technicians and associate professionals (our mapping, not an official one): mean annual gross €53,017 (about €4,418 a month); men €62,701, women €45,472. This is a group average, not the pay for this occupation.

What is left after tax? (estimate)

Type the gross monthly salary you were offered. We apply the 2026 income-tax tariff and employee social contributions.

Method: tax class I (single, no children), no other income, standard work-related expenses €1,230 and special-expenses €36, employee pension/health/care contributions deducted as provisions, income tax by § 32a EStG 2026, solidarity surcharge with the 2026 threshold. It is an estimate: the real payroll uses the official Federal Ministry of Finance payroll tax program, tax class, children, allowances, 13th salary and company benefits, so the payslip will differ. Not advice.

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 ⇅
Managers111,2759,273122,56380,94034%
Professionals72,2116,01882,04161,32025%
Technicians and associate professionals53,0174,41862,70145,47227%
Clerical support workers43,4253,61947,20041,00813%
Service and sales workers33,7282,81134,86633,1555%
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers34,4042,86735,71427,82222%
Craft and related trades workers42,5663,54743,26635,52518%
Plant and machine operators and assemblers40,1983,35041,17034,66616%
Elementary occupations29,2842,44031,65827,35214%
Armed forces occupations43,7303,64446,67338,80117%

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.

NATIONAL Law Source: Statutory minimum wage (MiLoG) + Eurostat earn_mw_cur · Data: from 1 January 2026

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).

Foreigners

NATIONAL (all Germany) Official guidance Source: Make it in Germany, Federal Foreign Office, BAMF · Data: checked 07/11/2026

Rules change often; this is a starting map, not legal advice.

Momentum

LIVE (Bundesagentur feed, daily snapshot kept by AtiveSite) Own time series Source: AtiveSite daily counts of Bundesagentur ads · Data: tracking since 07/11/2026

Every day we store how many ads are live for Elderly care nurse. The Bundesagentur publishes no history, so this series becomes unique data. The trend line appears from the second day of tracking; today: 3,508 live ads.

FAQ

How many Elderly care nurse jobs are there in Germany?

3,508 ads published in the last 28 days in the Bundesagentur feed (counted 07/11/2026).

Sources

Data gaps we know about (not guessed)

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