What salaries are currently being paid in which jobs?
If you want to be one of the top earners, you should choose your profession carefully.
Do you live for work or do you work to live?
Opinions often differ - all employees have a different opinion.
What probably unites the vast majority of employees is that they would all like to see a high salary in their account at the end of the month.
However, not everyone has that.
Salary in Germany: difference between average and median
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Which industry offers how much salary?
Sometimes you should do the math before you decide.
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How much money is 'enough' to live on is different for everyone.
That depends on the region in which you live, other living expenses and the general standards as well as other fixed costs.
Depending on their annual salary, people can or want to afford more or less.
The career platform
Stepstone
has published the current salary report and it contains the different salaries and special features of professions and regions.
The experts also differentiate between average and median salaries in Germany.
gross median salary | gross average salary |
|---|---|
43,842 euros | 53,118 euros |
Source: StepStone Salary Report 2023, as of March 17, 2023
The gross median salary is considered more accurate because it is the value that is exactly in the middle of all values. This means that exactly the same number of salaries are above and below. In the case of the average value, all values are added, the sum is then divided by the number of values.
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Salaries in Germany: A higher level of education promises more money
According to the report, people with an academic degree receive around 58,602 euros (median), non-academics receive around 41,509 euros.
The salary also depends on the professional experience and the place of residence of the people.
The “top city” in
StepStone
’s 2023 salary report is Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg with a total of 54,088 euros.
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Sectors with the highest salaries – according to the 2023 salary report
Banking: 57,631 euros
Aerospace: 56,153 euros
Pharma: 54,822 euros
Insurance: 53,852 euros
Automotive industry: 52,284 euros
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Industries with the lowest salaries - according to StepStone
Hospitality: 34,195 euros
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and horticulture: 36,141 euros
Craft: 37,483 euros
Leisure, tourism, culture and sport: 37,630 euros
Transport and logistics: 38,304 euros
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Salary report: Doctors earn the most
professional group | All employees | without academic training | with academic training |
|---|---|---|---|
Doctor | 93,793 euros | / | 93,793 euros |
Banking, Finance, Insurance | 48,415 euros | 45,623 euros | 62,894 euros |
Consulting | 53,956 euros | 49,753 euros | 59,973 euros |
purchasing and logistics | 38,010 euros | 37,140 euros | 55,161 euros |
Hotel industry, gastronomy and tourism | 35,722 euros | 35,448 euros | 40,835 euros |
health and social care | 38,139 euros | 37,454 euros | 46,187 euros |
craft trades | 39,956 euros | 39,922 euros | 45,807 euros |
engineering | 52,577 euros | 49,438 euros | 59,902 euros |
IT | 52,045 euros | 48,220 euros | 60,531 euros |
Marketing, PR | 49,249 euros | 45,360 euros | 52,225 euros |
human Resource | 46,738 euros | 43,927 euros | 52,463 euros |
distribution | 43,605 euros | 41,886 euros | 59,867 euros |
Source: StepStone Salary Report 2023, as of March 17, 2023; Average median content
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