Salary: How much do you actually earn from garbage collection?

Without the hardworking garbage men and women, we would sink into our rubbish.

The profession is considered to be systemically relevant.

But is a good salary also paid?

Already early in the morning they are out on the streets to empty the household garbage cans: the garbage men and women of the municipal garbage disposal.

In the typical orange chasm, they ensure that we don't sink into our own rubbish.

Because that's exactly what would happen if this important job didn't exist.

But what about the salary * - do garbage collectors earn a lot?

We'll do the earnings check.

Salary: This is how much a garbage man or woman earns from garbage disposal

The average salary for garbage collection across Germany is

.

This is shown by an evaluation of the portal

Depending on the federal state, however, the salaries can be different.

A garbage man or woman in

earns

around 2,494 euros gross per month, while employees in Berlin have to be satisfied with around 200 euros less gross.

Employees in

are at the top with 2,506 euros, while garbage collectors in

(2,030 euros gross) and Thuringia (1,996 euros) bring up the rear.

However, the cost of living in southern Germany is also higher than, for example, in eastern Germany.

Source: gehaltsvergleich.com (as of November 16, 2021)

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Garbage men and women have to pack properly when disposing of waste.

But is the salary also correct?

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These are the tasks involved in garbage collection

Garbage collectors

have a responsible and systemically relevant job. They ensure that household and industrial waste is collected and brought

, where the waste is recycled. A team of garbage collectors usually consists of three people: the driver of the garbage truck and two garbage drivers who stand outside on running boards. They drive on pre-planned routes, where they empty the garbage cans that are waiting on the side of the road or throw garbage bags into the garbage truck. They also check whether the bins contain the wrong garbage. When they're not disposing of rubbish, garbage collectors also set up containers for glass, paper or other special waste and swap full for empty containers.

Responsible while the sanitation workers for the collection of garbage, one is

for the organization of waste disposal and recovery charge, as the portal

informed: It plans the routes of trucks, created proper waste management and also decides which waste has to be recycled or finally disposed of.

Only the specialists are allowed to operate the waste compactors and also organize the removal of hazardous waste.

Also interesting:

Do you need training as a garbage collector?

You

need

to become a garbage collector

. According to the training

, most garbage

are

have completed training in another profession. But even without training, those interested have the opportunity to work in the garbage disposal. The companies train their garbage collectors themselves and show them, for example, how to properly pull and empty garbage cans. Anyone who has a class C or CE truck driver's license can be used as the driver of the garbage truck right from the start.

Alternatively, interested parties can

begin

after school

and thus secure more skills in organizing waste recycling and disposal (see above).

There are also higher salaries in here.

What are the best paid apprenticeships in Germany?

You can find out here.

Salary as a specialist in recycling and waste management

The

remuneration as a specialist in recycling and waste management is

• in the public service

  between 850 euros and 980 euros gross per month, as

  apprenticeship.de

  reports.

  There a collectively agreed salary is paid according to TVöD.

• According to

  the industrial tariff

  , skilled workers earn slightly less during their three-year apprenticeship, between 660 and 800 euros per month.

After the apprenticeship, payments are usually made according to the tariff.

According to TVöD-E, skilled workers for recycling and waste management earn

in pay group 5 and can

increase

.

Even higher earnings are possible in a higher pay group.

The starting salary in the waste management industry is, according

at around 2,400 euros.

By the way, that's how much educators, employees in the fire service and cashiers at Aldi and Lidl earn.

List of rubric lists: © Holger Hollemann / dpa