{
  "id": 16049430,
  "title": "Salary: Top earners in Germany: These professions pay the best",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/gehalt-top-verdiener-in-deutschland-in-diesen-berufen-wird-am-besten",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-22T13:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/karriere/gehalt-mit-diesem-einkommen-zaehlen-sie-zu-den-spitzenverdienern-in-deutschland/100201057.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "A recent analysis by job platform Stepstone has found that top earners in Germany do not necessarily need million-euro salaries to be among the highest-paid. The median salary for the top 1% of earners is 139,000 euros per year, more than double that of an average employee. The top 5% and 10% of earners have median salaries of 101,250 euros and 87,000 euros, respectively. Regionally, Hamburg has the highest salaries, followed by Hessen, Baden-Württemberg, and Bavaria, with salaries in the new federal states, such as Saxony-Anhalt, being significantly lower.",
  "summary": "Are you among the absolute top earners in Germany? An exclusive evaluation shows which professions are at the top of the salary scale.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}