Salary Report 2026: 1.3 million salary data for comparison: Do you belong to the top earners in Germany?
Salary remains one of the taboo topics in Germany. Find out how well you earn in comparison in individual professions, industries and federal states.
On June 1st, companies in Germany must include average salary information in job advertisements. However, only about 16% of German employers currently do so on the job platform Indeed. In contrast, the United Kingdom had around 70% of employers providing this information recently, while France had 35%. Money is often the primary reason people change jobs, according to a Randstad Personnel Consulting study.
To promote transparency, the job platform Stepstone publishes an annual salary report, comparing data from 1.3 million salaries across various industries and professions to help German workers understand how their paystack stacks up. In this analysis, you can see where your earnings fall relative to others and whether there may be potential for an increase.
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