Hesse offers the best earnings prospects, followed by Baden-Wurttemberg and Bavaria. According to the salary database, the lowest salaries can be found in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg. Where do engineers in Germany earn the most?Īs in many other professions, there are strong regional salary differences in the engineering profession. Engineers who take on personnel responsibilities and become team or group leaders over the course of their career receive an average of €57,500 after the same period of time. For example, an engineer with project management responsibilities can earn about €56,900 in this position after three to five years. Responsibility within a job also often grows over time, which also has an impact on earnings. After another five years, this salary increases to an average of €62,600 and, with professional experience of 16–20 years, subsequently rises to around €68,000. While one to two years of professional experience bring an annual gross salary of approximately €46,600 this increases by around €10,000 after six to eleven years. This is particularly true of engineering, as shown in the current salary test conducted by the online portal.

The longer an engineer works in the profession, the higher their salary. How do engineers' salaries in Germany develop with increasing professional experience? In contrast, the lowest salaries are earned in engineering and planning offices (approximately €40,200) and in the construction industry (€41,500 on average). There are also clear differences between the individual sectors: The best entry level salary awaits engineers in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry (average €51,200), electronics/electrical engineering and vehicle construction (in each case approximately €50,300). For example, entry-level employees in companies with up to 50 employees earn on average €42,600, while this climbs to approximately €51,700 in companies with more than 5,000 employees. In terms of company size, the bigger the company, the higher the salary.

However, those who have completed a work-study programme usually start their career on a salary of €44,900, while an engineer with a doctorate degree can expect a starting salary of approximately €56,100.

Starting salary for civil engineering