How high your salary is depends not only on your profession, but also on the industry.
Our salary comparison shows where you earn the most money.
If you want to earn a really good salary *, you have to choose your profession, but also the industry, carefully.
Not every sector is well positioned financially.
A current industry comparison shows where workers in Germany can expect a lot of money.
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Salary by industry: where is the most money paid?
The
salary.de
portal took a
closer look
at the sectors in Germany in its salary
report
2021. The result: In the Corona year 2021, employees in the
biotech industry have
the best earning
potential
: With an annual
gross
salary of around
67,500 euros
, based on the median **, biotechnology specialists are best paid. According to
salary.de,
the vaccine development against Covid-19 made
a major contribution to
this. But regardless of that, the salaries in this industry are quite generous.
In second place is the area of
other
capital goods
with around 66,600 euros gross per year, followed by the
semiconductor industry
with around 65,600 euros gross annual salary.
You can see an overview of other industries here:
Branch | Median ** (gross) | Average (gross) |
biotechnology | 67,524 euros | 81,309 euros |
Other capital goods | 66,594 euros | 78,270 euros |
semiconductor | 65,586 euros | 75,091 euros |
Banking | 61,651 euros | 68,295 euros |
pharmacy | 60,536 euros | 72,625 euros |
Source: Salary.de (Salary Atlas 2021)
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** What is the median?
The median is the value in a row that lies exactly in the middle when the values are sorted according to size.
The median is therefore more precise than the average value as it is not influenced by individual extremely high or extremely low values.
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In some industries, significantly higher salaries are paid.
© Christin Klose / dpa
Industry comparison: This is where you earn the worst salary
For many other industries, business was extremely poor due to the corona pandemic, which is also noticeable in the employees' wallets.
In
hotels and restaurants in
2021,
the grossest salaries of
around 29,000 euros
per year were
paid in comparison (based on the median **).
However, the income customary in the industry was already at a low level before the pandemic.
By the way, that's how much Germans earn on average.
But also
call center employees
(29,400 euros gross) and employees in
retail
(31,0000 to 32,000 euros gross) have to cut back on their salaries.
In an industry comparison, they only come in second to fourth place:
Branch | Median ** (gross) | Average (gross) |
Hotels and restaurants | 28,963 euros | 32,879 euros |
Call center | 29,391 euros | 33,855 euros |
Retail sale of groceries | 31,212 euros | 36,034 euros |
Retail sale of clothing and textiles | 31,911 euros | 37,311 euros |
Tourism & Leisure | 34,621 euros | 40,037 euros |
Social facilities | 34,979 euros | 37,759 euros |
Source: Salary.de (Salary Atlas 2021)
Keep your eyes open when choosing a career
However, the actual profession is still decisive for the amount of the salary.
Do you want to know which professions can make the most money?
Then take a look at our salary comparison of the highest-paid professions in Germany.
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List of rubric lists: © Christin Klose / dpa
