{
  "id": 19805754,
  "title": "Salary: Top earners in Germany: These professions pay the best",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/gehalt-top-verdiener-in-deutschland-in-diesen-berufen-wird-am-besten",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-13T12:29:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/karriere/geld-wer-zaehlt-zu-den-top-verdienern-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. According to the analysis of over one million salary data points, the median salary for the top one percent of earners in Germany is 139,000 euros per year. The top five and ten percent of earners have median salaries of 101,250 euros and 87,000 euros, respectively. Regionally, salaries are highest in Hamburg, followed by Hessen, Baden-Württemberg, and Bavaria, with the new federal states having significantly lower top salaries.",
  "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."
}