DÜSSELDORF / SALARY
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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€74,670 EUR

$82,468 USD

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€63,494 EUR

€60,665 EUR

$67,000 USD

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Average Salary / Düsseldorf

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Average salary in Düsseldorf is €74,670 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €60,665 EUR. All data are based on 194 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €76,329 EUR. Women receive a salary of €62,566 EUR.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians IV with average income €122,960 EUR and Education & University with income €116,712 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €102,949 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €78,774 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of €126,129 EUR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive €108,472 EUR.

Levels / Düsseldorf (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€9,100 EUR - €13,599 EUR	1	100% 0.52%
€13,600 EUR - €18,099 EUR	1	99.48% 0.52%
€18,100 EUR - €22,599 EUR	7	98.97% 3.61%
€22,600 EUR - €27,199 EUR	2	95.36% 1.03%
€27,200 EUR - €31,699 EUR	4	94.33% 2.06%
€31,700 EUR - €36,199 EUR	6	92.27% 3.09%
€36,200 EUR - €40,699 EUR	8	89.18% 4.12%
€40,700 EUR - €45,299 EUR	6	85.05% 3.09%
€45,300 EUR - €49,799 EUR	10	81.96% 5.15%
€49,800 EUR - €54,299 EUR	14	76.8% 7.22%
€54,300 EUR - €58,899 EUR	7	69.59% 3.61%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€58,900 EUR - €63,399 EUR	23	65.98% 11.86%
€63,400 EUR - €67,899 EUR	10	54.12% 5.15%
€67,900 EUR - €72,399 EUR	6	48.97% 3.09%
€72,400 EUR - €76,999 EUR	16	45.88% 8.25%
€77,000 EUR - €81,499 EUR	7	37.63% 3.61%
€81,500 EUR - €85,999 EUR	8	34.02% 4.12%
€86,000 EUR - €90,499 EUR	7	29.9% 3.61%
€90,500 EUR - €95,099 EUR	8	26.29% 4.12%
€95,100 EUR - €99,599 EUR	8	22.16% 4.12%
€99,600 EUR - €104,099 EUR	3	18.04% 1.55%
€104,100 EUR - €108,699 EUR	1	16.49% 0.52%
€108,700 EUR - €113,199 EUR	3	15.98% 1.55%
€113,200 EUR - €117,699 EUR	3	14.43% 1.55%
€117,700 EUR - €122,199 EUR	2	12.89% 1.03%
€122,200 EUR - €126,799 EUR	9	11.86% 4.64%
€126,800 EUR - €131,299 EUR	0	n/a
€131,300 EUR - €135,799 EUR	2	7.22% 1.03%
HIGH SALARIES
€135,800 EUR - €144,899 EUR	2	6.19% 1.03%
€144,900 EUR - €153,899 EUR	3	5.15% 1.55%
€153,900 EUR - €162,999 EUR	2	3.61% 1.03%
€163,000 EUR - €171,999 EUR	1	2.58% 0.52%
€172,000 EUR - €181,099 EUR	1	2.06% 0.52%
€181,100 EUR - €190,099 EUR	0	n/a
€190,100 EUR - €199,199 EUR	1	1.55% 0.52%
€199,200 EUR - €208,299 EUR	1	1.03% 0.52%
€208,300 EUR - €217,299 EUR	0	n/a
€217,300 EUR - €226,399 EUR	0	n/a
€226,400 EUR - €316,899 EUR	1	0.52% 0.52%

Gender / Düsseldorf (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	128	€76,329 EUR
2	Women	50	€62,566 EUR

Education / Düsseldorf (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	10	€102,949 EUR
2	Masters Degree	97	€78,774 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	70	€72,345 EUR
4	High School	7	€58,401 EUR
5	Some College	10	€33,773 EUR

Experience / Düsseldorf (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	17	€126,129 EUR
2	16-20 Years	11	€108,472 EUR
3	12-16 Years	14	€87,828 EUR
4	8-12 Years	37	€78,864 EUR
5	4-8 Years	54	€68,270 EUR
6	2-4 Years	27	€58,310 EUR
7	0-1 Year	13	€52,335 EUR
8	1-2 Years	21	€50,343 EUR

Age / Düsseldorf (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	61-65	1	€204,269 EUR
2	56-60	2	€147,859 EUR
3	46-50	10	€119,157 EUR
4	41-45	9	€107,114 EUR
5	n/a	16	€99,508 EUR
6	51-55	3	€85,927 EUR
7	36-40	31	€77,415 EUR
8	31-35	61	€71,802 EUR
9	26-30	44	€55,051 EUR
10	21-25	13	€49,437 EUR
11	14-20	4	€34,407 EUR

Work Type / Düsseldorf (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	3	€115,354 EUR
2	Permanent	162	€76,691 EUR
3	Contract	25	€65,554 EUR
4	Part Time	4	€19,467 EUR

Career Groups / Düsseldorf (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	€122,960 EUR
2	Education & University	1	€116,712 EUR
3	Management & Business	33	€92,718 EUR
4	Agriculture & Fishing	1	€91,359 EUR
5	Engineers & Technicians V	1	€84,116 EUR
6	Health Care & Medical	4	€83,754 EUR
7	Engineers & Technicians	15	€83,391 EUR
8	IT & Programming	32	€76,238 EUR
9	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	18	€76,238 EUR
10	Human Resources	9	€74,156 EUR
11	IT & Programming II	20	€72,979 EUR
12	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	€71,349 EUR
13	Architect Constructions	5	€70,896 EUR
14	Automobile	3	€70,081 EUR
15	Accounting & Administration	11	€66,097 EUR
16	Media	3	€66,097 EUR
17	Engineers & Technicians II	1	€63,200 EUR
18	Finance & Banking	12	€62,566 EUR
19	Insurance	3	€61,298 EUR
20	Fashion	3	€59,306 EUR
21	Aviation & Shipping	1	€51,429 EUR
22	Customer Services	1	€50,433 EUR
23	Law	1	€49,256 EUR
24	Security & Fireguard	1	€47,536 EUR
25	Arts, Culture, Performance	3	€47,264 EUR
26	Making Design	2	€32,958 EUR
27	Logistics, Road, Railway	1	€32,143 EUR
28	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	1	€28,793 EUR
29	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	1	€24,537 EUR
30	Health Care & Medical II	1	€24,266 EUR
31	Hotels & Tourism	1	€18,471 EUR

Careers / Düsseldorf (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Sales Executives	1	€176,743 EUR
2	Director	5	€176,200 EUR
3	Business Development Manager	3	€132,557 EUR
4	Program Manager	2	€121,330 EUR
5	Database Manager	1	€109,106 EUR
6	Doctor	2	€107,114 EUR
7	Marketing Manager	2	€106,843 EUR
8	Database Administrator	2	€104,670 EUR
9	Engineering Manager	5	€101,138 EUR
10	Human Resource	1	€98,965 EUR
11	Sales Manager	4	€97,698 EUR
12	General Manager	2	€95,072 EUR
13	Fisherman	1	€91,359 EUR
14	Computer Architect	3	€90,273 EUR
15	Electrical Engineer Lead	1	€87,466 EUR
16	IT Project Manager	5	€86,470 EUR
17	Human Resources Manager	5	€85,293 EUR
18	IT Manager	7	€84,750 EUR
19	Product Manager	3	€84,750 EUR
20	Account Manager	1	€82,305 EUR
21	Fashion Designer	1	€77,868 EUR
22	CEO	1	€76,963 EUR
23	C, C++ Developer	2	€76,148 EUR
24	Manager	5	€75,333 EUR
25	Project Manager	3	€73,431 EUR
26	Other Automobile Career	3	€70,081 EUR
27	Other IT Career	4	€68,904 EUR
28	Software Engineer	5	€67,727 EUR
29	Security Specialist	2	€67,727 EUR
30	Insurance	2	€66,369 EUR
31	Other Architect Career	2	€65,282 EUR
32	Lead Developer	2	€64,920 EUR
33	Engineer	5	€64,830 EUR
34	Data-warehouse Engineer	1	€64,105 EUR
35	Cost Accountant	2	€63,653 EUR
36	Music Instrument Player	2	€61,842 EUR
37	Architect	2	€61,480 EUR
38	Finance Manager	3	€60,665 EUR
39	Software Developer	3	€60,121 EUR
40	Fashion Manager	1	€59,669 EUR
41	Data Coordinator	2	€58,401 EUR
42	Web Developer	2	€54,960 EUR
43	Electrical Engineer	2	€54,508 EUR
44	Salesmen or Saleswomen	3	€54,327 EUR
45	Business Administration	1	€53,512 EUR
46	Java Developer	1	€52,787 EUR
47	Financial Analyst	4	€51,972 EUR
48	Aerospace Engineer	1	€51,429 EUR
49	Marketing Executive	2	€50,161 EUR
50	Python Developer	1	€47,988 EUR
51	Marketing	3	€46,902 EUR
52	Human Resource Hunter	2	€46,630 EUR
53	Other Management Career	4	€43,461 EUR
54	.NET Developer	1	€39,749 EUR
55	Designer	2	€32,958 EUR
56	Stock Broker	1	€32,958 EUR
57	Other Manufacturing Career	1	€28,793 EUR
58	Business Development Coordinator	1	€15,392 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Software Engineer

Posted 11 January 2024
Key knowledge and tasks

"Writing code."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€71,000 EUR

Pianist

Posted 27 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accompanying."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	High School	4-8 Years	Advanced	€63,400 EUR

Entrepreneur

Posted 19 July 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€91,300 EUR

Controlling

Posted 17 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Office suite."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€53,500 EUR

Fashion Designer

Posted 16 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designing clothes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€77,900 EUR

Working Student Marketing Design

Posted 14 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designing visuals for marketing purposes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Some College	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€21,000 EUR

Cto/cio

Posted 08 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€194,700 EUR

Engineer

Posted 15 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Telecommunication."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€116,700 EUR

Data Analyst

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data collection and analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€55,000 EUR

Consultant

Posted 11 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Descriptive documents for main customers, smaller XML-tasks, VBA development in full responsability."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€60,500 EUR

Java Software Developer

Posted 08 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java Git."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	High School	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€52,800 EUR

Compensation & Benefits Manager

Posted 06 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordination of Bonus calculation and Merit Increase, Benchmarks for EMEA and NA, Company benefits."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€99,000 EUR

Product Manager

Posted 03 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Products."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€93,500 EUR

Solutions Manager

Posted 03 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Solutions Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	€93,500 EUR

Key Account Manager

Posted 28 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Find new customers and manage the existing ones."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€45,600 EUR

Sales Manager

Posted 24 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"B2B Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Basic	€55,000 EUR

Intern

Posted 18 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Securities Trading."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Some College	0-1 Year	Advanced	€33,000 EUR

Senior Data Engineer

Posted 31 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data integration, big data."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€104,400 EUR

Project Manager

Posted 21 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€72,600 EUR

Underwriting Specialist

Posted 03 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Monitoring entities
Create and control underwriting guidelines."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€71,200 EUR

General Manager

Posted 01 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€77,000 EUR

Talent Acquisition Manager

Posted 16 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Attracting the talents, consulting the business."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€74,800 EUR

Engineer

Posted 24 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineering, safety, improvement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€88,000 EUR

Director

Posted 05 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full P&L responsibility, staffing, strategic management, sales management, sop's."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€176,700 EUR

Engineering Manager

Posted 28 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Infrastructure, Energy, STRUCTURE."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€157,100 EUR

Engineer

Posted 19 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Telecommunication, LTE, 5G, software, scripting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€65,500 EUR

Graphic Designer

Posted 18 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Graphic support for the marketing department."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€58,100 EUR

Senior Manager

Posted 29 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Internal and external database, management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€109,100 EUR

Data Scientist

Posted 20 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Python, MySQL, R, Machine Learning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€48,000 EUR

Sales Director

Posted 15 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management, strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	€160,400 EUR

Sre Team Lead

Posted 10 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Infrastructure Services and Automation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€81,800 EUR

Manager

Posted 22 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Financial Analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	€62,100 EUR

Creative Manager

Posted 17 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Ecommerce, campains."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€59,700 EUR

Manager

Posted 12 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Study local biz opportunity."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€59,700 EUR

Digital Marketing Manager

Posted 08 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead the Multichannel marketing team, strategy and execution for the division accross EMEA. 
Support the redefinition of digital customer engagement management including (online promotion, customer journey definition and engagement strategy), Marketing cloud."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€74,600 EUR

Senior Manager Marketing

Posted 30 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"- Continuously developing and improving processes and tools by identifying, prioritizing and aligning needs across Central Marketing
and with the business units as well as by sharing of best practices
- Act as global Center of Excellence by establishing standard operating procedures and protocols for all marketing-related activities; for example, you will develop a marketing planning and review process across the enterprise in accordance with the company's strategic priorities and define marketing KPIs as well as monitor RoI of marketing investments
- Furthermore, responsible for the alignment, coordination and tracking of activities that span across Central Marketing and will support the implementation of the set goals and roadmap
- Responsible for the establishment and continuous development of a marketing academy in cooperation with internal stakeholders (e. g. HR)
- Actively build up the Marketing Excellence Team and/or a (virtual) internal and external network and own the respective Marketing Excellence budget."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€139,200 EUR

Strategy Intern

Posted 27 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Market research for technology orientation like Artificial Intelligence, ML, Predictive Maintenance, Digital Twin."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€19,100 EUR

Software Developer

Posted 16 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Dot net, html, c#."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€39,800 EUR

Safety Manager

Posted 09 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"NEBOSH Diploma, Mechanical Engineer and MBA."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€95,400 EUR

Staff Engineer

Posted 01 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Semiconductor, semiconductors."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€81,500 EUR

Staff Engineer

Posted 19 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Semiconductor, microcontroller."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€87,500 EUR

Vice President

Posted 11 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Vice President Software Quaity."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	€109,400 EUR

Project Manager

Posted 04 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€99,400 EUR

Intern

Posted 18 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Contract Negotiations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€11,900 EUR

Data Architect

Posted 09 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"AWS Architect, IOT solution architect."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	€119,300 EUR

Identity Management Consultant

Posted 07 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Identity management consultant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€79,500 EUR

Solution Architect

Posted 16 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mobile Networks, Solution management,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€73,100 EUR

Lifter Driver

Posted 04 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I have worked in Italy for 15 years as a courier driver, packaging andchef helper. 
Now living in Germany and working as a forklifted. 
I also have a license obtained in Germany."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	€28,800 EUR

Financial Analyst

Posted 20 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Controlling, Investments, Financial modelling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€18,500 EUR

Compensation & Benefits Manager

Posted 01 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensation & Benefits Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€87,500 EUR

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