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Trainee salaries: There is most money in these five professions

2022-05-09T06:22:53.800Z


Trainee salaries: There is most money in these five professions Created: 05/09/2022Updated: 05/09/2022 8:14 am By: Maria Dirschauer When young people decide to do an apprenticeship, the salary is a decisive factor. In these professions they can earn the most. Employers and trade unions determine how much trainees earn in Germany. The new Vocational Training Act (BBiG) of January 2020 also intr


Trainee salaries: There is most money in these five professions

Created: 05/09/2022Updated: 05/09/2022 8:14 am

By: Maria Dirschauer

When young people decide to do an apprenticeship, the salary is a decisive factor.

In these professions they can earn the most.

Employers and trade unions determine how much trainees earn in Germany.

The new Vocational Training Act (BBiG) of January 2020 also introduced a 

minimum wage for trainees

 , provided the employer is not subject to a collective agreement.

The minimum salary per month in the first year of apprenticeship has been 550 euros gross since 2021 and increases by a certain percentage in the following years of apprenticeship.

But: If there is a

collective agreement

is given, this has priority, even if the remuneration is then lower than the minimum wage for trainees.

That doesn't sound like a lot of salary, which is why it's exciting for prospective trainees to find out how much you can earn in which professions.

Below you will find an overview that shows the sometimes blatant differences in salaries between various training occupations.

Salary is an important factor for many young people when choosing an apprenticeship.

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Training allowance: Trainees are best paid in these five professions

The data comes from an analysis by the Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BIBB).

173 different professions from different areas such as industry and trade, crafts, liberal professions, public service and agriculture were compared.

The table shows the

monthly gross earnings in selected training occupations

as a nationwide average over all training years.

The wage differences are sometimes enormous, sometimes even within one area.

The professions of carpenter, tiler and bricklayer are among the best-paid apprenticeships on the list.

profession

monthly earnings

carpenter

1,251 euros

Tile/slab/mosaic layer

1,198 euros

mason

1,196 euros

plasterer

1,190 euros

road builder

1,177 euros

Source: BIBB

Trainee salaries: The collectively agreed training allowance is the lowest in these five professions

Every second trainee earns more than 1,000 euros a month.

Trainees in trades such as carpenters, glaziers and bakers earn less than 800 euros a month.

On average

, trainees for the professions of hairdresser or orthopedic shoemaker receive the

lowest standard wages .

profession

monthly earnings

interior decorator

703 euros

parquet layer

688 euros

floor layer

686 euros

barber

650 euros

orthopedic shoemaker

637 euros

Source: BIBB

Hardly any increase in trainee salaries: many vacant training positions

According to analyzes by the Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BIBB),

63,200 training positions

remained unfilled in 2021 .

Many companies are desperately looking for trainees.

The low salary can also be a reason for the vacancies: the

collectively agreed training

allowances increased by an average of only 2.5 percent in 2021.

As BIBB reports, the annual increase since 2012 has mostly been well over three percent, and in 2019 it was even 5.1 percent.

The BIBB analysts see the reasons for the restrained salary increases in the corona pandemic: wage agreements have been postponed and the focus has been on mitigating the consequences of the economic restrictions.

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Source: merkur

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