Proximity to people, help with pain, support after injuries: there are many reasons to appreciate the work in physiotherapy.
And the salary?
Be it after a serious injury, chronic pain in the joints or other complaints of the musculoskeletal system:
Physiotherapists can help
.
They perform physiotherapy exercises, provide pain relief and accelerate the healing process through lymphatic drainage and generally help with physical measures and massages.
It's
important work
that requires skill, extensive training, and a high level of empathy.
Is that recognized financially in professional life?
Many physiotherapists say no.
But
how much do they actually earn?
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Training to become a physiotherapist: remuneration?
The training in physiotherapy is a
three-year school-based training
, as ausbildung.de knows.
These are usually
not paid for
.
In the meantime, that has changed at least in part: trainees who complete their physiotherapy training at a university clinic or in a municipal hospital
receive a salary
.
The
collective agreement
for public service trainees (TVAöD)
, which
has been in force since 2019,
and the collective bargaining agreement for federal state trainees (TVAL) apply to them.
You receive:
990 euros
in the first year of training
1,045 euros
in the second year of training
1,120 euros
in the third year of training
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Physiotherapist: The full-time salary
In principle, the same applies to the physiotherapist profession, which also applies to many other professions: The income depends heavily on the
federal state in which
you work and whether you are paid according to the tariff.
For physiotherapists, this sometimes even makes a
huge difference
, as practicallyarzt.de writes -
employees who are not remunerated according to the tariff earn
up to
40 percent less
.
It also makes a difference whether you work in a public or private institution.
Below are the different salaries, depending on the delimitations and distinctions:
Starting salary
with a collective agreement
: Between
2,500 euros and 2,900 euros
Starting salary
without a collective agreement
: Between
1,700 euros and 2,300 euros
The following is the detailed salary table for physiotherapists according to the
collective agreement under public law
(TVöD):
Pay group |
1st stage |
2nd stage |
3rd stage |
4th stage |
5th stage |
6th stage |
E 15Ü |
6,090 |
6,751 |
7,377 |
7,794 |
7,891 |
|
E 15 |
4,928 |
5,263 |
5,637 |
6,147 |
6,672 |
7,017 |
E 14 |
4,462 |
4,766 |
5,162 |
5,602 |
6.092 |
6,444 |
E 13 |
4.113 |
4,445 |
4,824 |
5,235 |
5,719 |
5,981 |
E 12 |
3,686 |
4,069 |
4,516 |
5.012 |
5,595 |
5,871 |
E 11 |
3,558 |
3,910 |
4,240 |
4,599 |
5,090 |
5,367 |
E 10 |
3,430 |
3,706 |
4.019 |
4,359 |
4,738 |
4,862 |
E 9c |
3,330 |
3,576 |
3,844 |
4.132 |
4,442 |
4,664 |
E 9b |
3.124 |
3,355 |
3,500 |
3,928 |
4.181 |
4,475 |
E 9a |
3,014 |
3.213 |
3,406 |
3,836 |
3,934 |
4,182 |
E 8 |
2,858 |
3,049 |
3,182 |
3,314 |
3,455 |
3,524 |
E 7 |
2,685 |
2,905 |
3,036 |
3,169 |
3,293 |
3,360 |
E 6 |
2,636 |
2,817 |
2,944 |
3,069 |
3,193 |
3,256 |
E 5 |
2,530 |
2,706 |
2,825 |
2,950 |
3,067 |
3.127 |
E 4 |
2,413 |
2,590 |
2,740 |
2,832 |
2,925 |
2,980 |
E 3 |
2,375 |
2,567 |
2,613 |
2,719 |
2,799 |
2,827 |
E 2Ü |
2,221 |
2,443 |
2,523 |
2,630 |
2,703 |
2,810 |
E 2 |
2,202 |
2,396 |
2,442 |
2,509 |
2,657 |
2,810 |
E 1 |
1,979 |
2.012 |
2,053 |
2,091 |
2,190 |
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Physiotherapist Salaries: The Most Important Factors
As already explained above, the salary of a physiotherapist depends very much on the
state
in which
they are active. While the average salary according to gehalt.de is
around 3,000 euros
in Bavaria, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg, for example
, it is
only around 2,200 euros
in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt
.
The size of the company also plays a role in the salary.
Basically,
the bigger the company, the higher the salary
.
What makes the biggest difference in salary, however, and this also applies to the physiotherapists paid according to the tariff,
work experience as well as specializations and managerial positions
.
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