Average gross monthly earnings by sector Germany 2023

In April 2023, full-time employees in the financial and insurance activities sector had the highest average gross monthly earnings in Germany, at 5,841 euros. Other high-earning sectors in this ranking included information and communication and electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply.

Average gross monthly earnings of full-time employees in Germany in April 2023, by sector (in euros)

Characteristic	Average gross monthly earnings in euros
Financial and insurance activities	5,841
Information and communication	5,769
Professional, scientific and technical activities	5,436
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply	5,352
Education	4,733
Mining and quarrying	4,544
Manufacturing	4,502
Real estate activities	4,358
Services (total)	4,342
Industry (total)	4,338
Other industry services	4,323
Human health and social work activities	4,272
Public admin. and defence, compulsory social sec.	4,254
Art, entertainment and recreation	4,106
Trade	4,015
Other service activities	3,845
Water supply**	3,828
Construction	3,597
Transport and storage	3,571
Other economic services	3,359
Hospitality	2,860
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2,798

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Release date

February 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

April 2023

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Excl. special payments

Supplementary notes

* Including repair of motor vehicles.

** Including sewerage, waste management, remediation.

The current statistics are based on the current statistics from the link to the Genesis online database of the Federal Statistical Office. It can be found by typing the code “62361-0032” into the search.

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