Full-time, including special payments (holiday and Christmas bonus, bonuses)

Your salary is below the average

The comparison is with the average of all full-time employees in the sector “Whole economy” (Germany) – regardless of occupation, position and experience. A few high salaries pull an average up.

Gap to the average

−14.7%

−14.7%

You earn €9,441 (−14.7%) less than the average of €64,441 in the sector “Whole economy”.

Your salary

Per year
€55,000
Per month
€4,583
Gap
−€9,441 (−14.7%)

Average 2025

Per year
€64,441
Per month
€5,370
Economic sectorAnnual grossper month
Financial and insurance services€91,678€7,640
Information and communication (IT, media)€86,638€7,220
Energy supply€84,487€7,041
Professional, scientific and technical services (e.g. consulting, legal, advertising)€83,847€6,987
Manufacturing (industry)€67,520€5,627
Education€66,297€5,525
Mining and quarrying€66,127€5,511
Real estate€64,667€5,389
Whole economy€64,441€5,370
Health and social work€62,503€5,209
Trade, motor vehicle repair€59,558€4,963
Public administration, defence, social security€59,350€4,946
Arts, entertainment and recreation€58,693€4,891
Other services€57,713€4,809
Water supply, sewerage, waste€56,640€4,720
Construction€54,358€4,530
Transport and storage€51,843€4,320
Other business services (e.g. temporary work, facility services)€50,706€4,226
Agriculture, forestry and fishing€40,425€3,369
Accommodation and food services€39,749€3,312
How this was calculated
Gap = €55,000 − €64,441 = -€9,441 (−14.7%)

Gap = your annual gross − average; as a percentage of the average. The Federal Statistical Office table contains averages (arithmetic mean) for full-time employees including special payments – no values by occupation, position or experience.

Data: © Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Earnings Survey – average gross annual earnings 2025 of full-time employees by economic sector (as of 1 April 2026), Data licence Germany – attribution – version 2.0.

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