Salary: What do police officers, doctors and teachers earn in the public sector?
Created: 12/22/2022, 7:30 am
By: Anna Heyers
Father state is considered an attractive employer.
A salary that is based on so-called salary levels is just one of the advantages in public service.
Police officers, educators, teachers, doctors - they and their colleagues in the public sector are considered the backbone of society.
Their tasks include upbringing and education, health and care as well as security and administration - and serve the common good.
Unfortunately, there is a lack of around 360,000 employees in all areas (as of Aug. 2022).
The financial remuneration of the jobs is a particular advantage.
Salary in the public sector: grades
The salary of people in public service is calculated from so-called salary brackets, as is the case with the German armed forces.
There are a total of 37 of them, which are divided into four salary scales (A3 to A16, B1 to B11, R1 to R10 and W1 to W3).
As a rule, civil servants earn according to salary group A. The salary table from the German Association of Civil Servants and Tariff Union (dbb)
provides a good overview here
.
The basic salary is then usually measured in steps, and advancement is possible after a certain period of time.
You don't necessarily have to be promoted to earn more money.
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Once you've landed a job in the public sector, it's time to breathe a sigh of relief.
Because in most cases you cannot be dismissed from such a position.
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A distinction is usually made between civil servants and employees in the public sector.
Civil servants pay no pension insurance, no unemployment insurance and usually low contributions to private health insurance.
Employees, on the other hand, pay into the pension insurance and are usually paid according to the collective agreement.
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Pay grades: Pay more in the South
The remuneration of civil servants depends on the classification of the respective job in the respective salary group.
In addition, the amount can differ in the different federal states.
For example, Bavaria pays more than Berlin because life support is higher in the south.
Here are a few examples of monthly salaries in different pay grades:
grade | position/occupation | fee in euros |
|---|---|---|
A2 | Senior clerk, conductor, security guard | 2,216 to 2,511 |
A7 | Nurse, nurse, detective, correctional officer | 2,538 to 3,201 |
A9 | Chief detective, head nurse, head nurse, police commissioner | 2,897 to 3,754 |
A12 | Public prosecutor, police commissioner, specialist teacher, deputy principal, teacher (principal of a primary school, secondary school) | 3,801 to 5,166 |
A13 | Teacher, rector, teacher, first chief inspector | 4,457 to 5,731 |
A14 | Doctor, chief physician, school board, pastor | 4,584 to 6,233 |
W2 and W3 | Professors (art college, technical college, teacher training college, university) | 6,085 to 7,756 |
A more complete list is available on the Officials' Compensation page.
Chief physicians earn between 6,181 and 7,841 euros per month.
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How much do police officers, doctors and teachers earn in the public sector?
According to the salary group table, a doctor earns from 4,584 euros/month, specialist teachers from 3,545 euros/month and a simple police sergeant from 2,216 euros/month.
In A16, the highest salaries between 6,181 and 7,841 euros/month beckon for chief physicians, senior directors or ambassadors.
A career starter usually starts at level 1 and can advance to level 6 within a few years.
Anyone who then wants to move up to the next pay grade must apply for a promotion position.
In addition to the basic earnings according to the table, there are supplements such as:
Family allowance/child allowance
weekend/night shifts
hazard pay