🇩🇪 Germany · Salaries
Typical salaries by role in Germany — pay ranges, taxes, and cost-of-living context.
Germany has a statutory minimum wage (Mindestlohn) — EUR 13.90/hour from 1 January 2026 (rising to EUR 14.60 in 2027) — reviewed periodically by an independent commission; some sectors have higher collectively-agreed minimums. For official earnings data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) is authoritative, and the Federal Employment Agency offers a salary checker.
- The statutory minimum wage (Mindestlohn) is EUR 13.90/hour from Jan 2026 (EUR 14.60 planned for 2027) — verify the current figure.
- Some industries have higher collectively-agreed (branch) minimum wages.
- Destatis publishes official earnings data; the Bundesagentur für Arbeit offers a salary checker.
- Pay is quoted gross (brutto); taxes and social contributions reduce net (netto) — see this country's tax page.
Official authorities
- Destatis — Minimum wages / Earnings
Federal Statistical Office wage data.
- Bundesagentur für Arbeit (salary checker)
Official salary-comparison tool.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Government portals
- Federal Government of Germany — Germany's Federal Cabinet official website — policy, legislation, news, and government programs
- Federal Office for Migration (BAMF) — German visas, EU Blue Card, asylum, integration courses, and permanent residency
- Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) — Tax ID (IdNr) registration, tax identification lookup, withholding tax refunds — the key authority for foreign taxpayers in Germany