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Engineering salaries in Germany
Median $125k a year across 107 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $118k to $138k. 33% of the 323 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $118k to $138k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
n8n.iomedian of 7 published bands$148k
Anthropicmedian of 3 published bands$143k
Upvestmedian of 2 published bands$139k
Applied Intuitionmedian of 9 published bands$138k
Fireboltmedian of 2 published bands$134k
ClickHousemedian of 6 published bands$130k
GetYourGuidemedian of 6 published bands$130k
Databricksmedian of 5 published bands$130k
Hiring the most right now
The Exploration Companyopen roles in this segment41
Celonisopen roles in this segment20
Doctolibopen roles in this segment14
SumUpopen roles in this segment14
Planetopen roles in this segment12
HelloFreshopen roles in this segment10
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Forward Deployed Engineer | $118k | 5 |
| Senior Rust Developer | $130k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Wiesbaden, Germany) - Relocation ProvidedOnebrief · Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany$205k to $250k
- Core Software Engineer (C++) - RemoteClickHouse · Remote$195k to $260k
- Full Stack Software Engineer - Control PlaneClickHouse · Remote$195k to $260k
- Staff Core Platform Engineern8n.io · Remote$90k to $285k
- Agentic Engineering Platform Engineern8n.io · Remote$105k to $270k
- Senior Product Engineer (TS/NodeJS/Vue)n8n.io · Remote$45k to $280k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for engineering roles in Germany?
$125k a year in base pay, across 107 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $118k to $138k.
What do the best-paid engineering roles in Germany offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $143k, and one in ten sits below $108k.
How many engineering job posts publish a salary?
33% of the 323 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote engineering roles in Germany pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $130k against $125k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 25 and 82 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for engineering roles in Germany?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at n8n.io ($148k), Anthropic ($143k), Upvest ($139k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.