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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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€65,825 EUR

$72,699 USD

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€63,494 EUR

€56,137 EUR

$62,000 USD

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Average Salary / Köln

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Average salary in Köln is €65,825 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €56,137 EUR. All data are based on 101 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €69,538 EUR. Women receive a salary of €57,858 EUR.

The most paid careers are Finance & Banking with average income €104,307 EUR and Management & Business with income €86,198 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €82,667 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €70,353 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of €112,637 EUR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive €108,291 EUR.

Levels / Köln (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€9,100 EUR - €13,599 EUR	0	n/a
€13,600 EUR - €18,099 EUR	0	n/a
€18,100 EUR - €22,599 EUR	1	100% 0.99%
€22,600 EUR - €27,199 EUR	6	99.01% 5.94%
€27,200 EUR - €31,699 EUR	2	93.07% 1.98%
€31,700 EUR - €36,199 EUR	3	91.09% 2.97%
€36,200 EUR - €40,699 EUR	11	88.12% 10.89%
€40,700 EUR - €45,299 EUR	6	77.23% 5.94%
€45,300 EUR - €49,799 EUR	8	71.29% 7.92%
€49,800 EUR - €54,299 EUR	7	63.37% 6.93%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€54,300 EUR - €58,899 EUR	12	56.44% 11.88%
€58,900 EUR - €63,399 EUR	7	44.55% 6.93%
€63,400 EUR - €67,899 EUR	5	37.62% 4.95%
€67,900 EUR - €72,399 EUR	5	32.67% 4.95%
€72,400 EUR - €76,999 EUR	4	27.72% 3.96%
€77,000 EUR - €81,499 EUR	2	23.76% 1.98%
€81,500 EUR - €85,999 EUR	4	21.78% 3.96%
€86,000 EUR - €90,499 EUR	2	17.82% 1.98%
€90,500 EUR - €95,099 EUR	3	15.84% 2.97%
€95,100 EUR - €99,599 EUR	0	n/a
€99,600 EUR - €104,099 EUR	1	12.87% 0.99%
€104,100 EUR - €108,699 EUR	1	11.88% 0.99%
€108,700 EUR - €113,199 EUR	0	n/a
€113,200 EUR - €117,699 EUR	0	n/a
€117,700 EUR - €122,199 EUR	2	10.89% 1.98%
€122,200 EUR - €126,799 EUR	1	8.91% 0.99%
€126,800 EUR - €131,299 EUR	0	n/a
€131,300 EUR - €135,799 EUR	2	7.92% 1.98%
HIGH SALARIES
€135,800 EUR - €144,899 EUR	0	n/a
€144,900 EUR - €153,899 EUR	1	5.94% 0.99%
€153,900 EUR - €162,999 EUR	1	4.95% 0.99%
€163,000 EUR - €171,999 EUR	2	3.96% 1.98%
€172,000 EUR - €181,099 EUR	0	n/a
€181,100 EUR - €190,099 EUR	1	1.98% 0.99%
€190,100 EUR - €199,199 EUR	0	n/a
€199,200 EUR - €208,299 EUR	1	0.99% 0.99%
€208,300 EUR - €217,299 EUR	0	n/a
€217,300 EUR - €226,399 EUR	0	n/a
€226,400 EUR - €316,899 EUR	0	n/a

Gender / Köln (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	71	€69,538 EUR
2	Women	23	€57,858 EUR

Education / Köln (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	11	€82,667 EUR
2	Masters Degree	43	€70,353 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	33	€62,476 EUR
4	Some College	7	€52,697 EUR
5	High School	5	€44,367 EUR
6	Bellow H. School	2	€31,147 EUR

Experience / Köln (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	9	€112,637 EUR
2	16-20 Years	3	€108,291 EUR
3	12-16 Years	9	€81,128 EUR
4	8-12 Years	18	€67,003 EUR
5	4-8 Years	25	€63,109 EUR
6	2-4 Years	14	€56,500 EUR
7	1-2 Years	13	€45,000 EUR
8	0-1 Year	10	€41,922 EUR

Age / Köln (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	51-55	5	€129,388 EUR
2	46-50	7	€100,233 EUR
3	41-45	8	€99,418 EUR
4	36-40	12	€68,904 EUR
5	31-35	21	€62,747 EUR
6	n/a	7	€54,779 EUR
7	26-30	29	€48,894 EUR
8	21-25	11	€47,264 EUR
9	14-20	1	€38,934 EUR

Work Type / Köln (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	2	€135,093 EUR
2	Permanent	79	€68,270 EUR
3	Contract	18	€51,882 EUR
4	Part Time	2	€24,809 EUR

Career Groups / Köln (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Finance & Banking	5	€104,307 EUR
2	Management & Business	18	€86,198 EUR
3	Automobile	2	€82,305 EUR
4	Construction & Labor Workers	2	€79,317 EUR
5	Education & University	5	€71,349 EUR
6	Making Design	1	€71,258 EUR
7	Engineers & Technicians II	1	€67,727 EUR
8	Engineers & Technicians	16	€65,554 EUR
9	IT & Programming II	7	€61,751 EUR
10	IT & Programming	13	€61,389 EUR
11	Public Sector	1	€58,401 EUR
12	Human Resources	4	€58,039 EUR
13	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	8	€57,948 EUR
14	Architect Constructions	1	€56,590 EUR
15	Health Care & Medical	2	€55,956 EUR
16	Military	2	€52,425 EUR
17	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	€43,099 EUR
18	Accounting & Administration	3	€38,843 EUR
19	Geography & Geodesy	1	€36,761 EUR
20	Media	4	€34,226 EUR
21	Salesmen & Saleswomen	2	€33,139 EUR
22	Customer Services	1	€25,624 EUR
23	Properties & Real Estates	1	€24,628 EUR

Careers / Köln (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Investment Manager	1	€183,625 EUR
2	Director	2	€169,047 EUR
3	General Manager	1	€147,678 EUR
4	University Professor	1	€133,463 EUR
5	Economist	1	€133,191 EUR
6	IT Manager	2	€127,758 EUR
7	Business Manager	2	€125,676 EUR
8	Hardware Engineer	1	€122,416 EUR
9	Construction Project Manager	1	€117,708 EUR
10	Manager	3	€92,265 EUR
11	Marketing Manager	3	€89,730 EUR
12	Bank Manager	1	€89,730 EUR
13	Engineering Manager	3	€87,466 EUR
14	Other Automobile Career	2	€82,305 EUR
15	Product Development Manager	1	€73,884 EUR
16	Mechanical Designer	1	€71,258 EUR
17	Program Manager	2	€68,542 EUR
18	Consulting, Speaker	1	€68,542 EUR
19	Chemical Engineer	1	€67,727 EUR
20	Lead Developer	2	€66,822 EUR
21	Mechanical Engineer	2	€66,007 EUR
22	Other IT Career	1	€61,751 EUR
23	Engineer	8	€61,480 EUR
24	Technical Manager	1	€59,669 EUR
25	Public Relations Manager	1	€58,401 EUR
26	Human Resource	4	€58,039 EUR
27	Financial Analyst	2	€57,405 EUR
28	Electrical Engineer	1	€57,133 EUR
29	Architect	1	€56,590 EUR
30	Doctor	2	€55,956 EUR
31	Software Engineer	1	€53,512 EUR
32	CISCO Certified Specialist	1	€53,512 EUR
33	Other Management Career	2	€53,149 EUR
34	Infantryman	2	€52,425 EUR
35	Database Administrator	1	€51,429 EUR
36	Marketing	1	€50,524 EUR
37	Training Manager	1	€50,433 EUR
38	Teacher	1	€48,532 EUR
39	Software Developer	3	€47,807 EUR
40	Accountant	2	€45,815 EUR
41	Research Engineer	1	€45,272 EUR
42	Project Manager	4	€44,819 EUR
43	Data-warehouse Engineer	1	€42,737 EUR
44	Sales Administrator	1	€42,737 EUR
45	Construction Foreman	1	€40,926 EUR
46	Editor	1	€38,934 EUR
47	Web Developer	1	€36,761 EUR
48	Other Geogr.&Geodesy Career	1	€36,761 EUR
49	Salesmen or Saleswomen	1	€36,761 EUR
50	Other Marketing Career	1	€36,399 EUR
51	C-Sharp Developer	1	€35,765 EUR
52	Other Media Career	1	€33,048 EUR
53	Market Research	2	€32,234 EUR
54	Other Sales Career	1	€29,517 EUR
55	System Administrator	1	€29,155 EUR
56	Digital Media	1	€27,072 EUR
57	Call Center	1	€25,624 EUR
58	Other Property Career	1	€24,628 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Chief Information Officer

Posted 22 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing the IT within the company. 1. 000 IT User."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€199,400 EUR

Presales Consultant

Posted 25 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Presales, presentations, consulting, PoC."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	High School	12-16 Years	Advanced	€68,500 EUR

Electrical Engineer

Posted 13 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analytic."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€57,100 EUR

Professor

Posted 05 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching, reasearch."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	€133,500 EUR

Media Producer And Graphic Designer

Posted 18 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Layout design, after effects, adobe suite."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€27,100 EUR

Roofing Foreman

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Installing of roofing sytems, planning, maintain and repair also customer advisory."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€40,900 EUR

Marketing Manager

Posted 06 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Responsible for Marketing Strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€69,300 EUR

Program Manager

Posted 02 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Change management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€105,500 EUR

Data Supervisor

Posted 26 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervise Data."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€57,200 EUR

R&d Project Manager

Posted 04 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management. Optical metrology. Optical simulation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Doctorate Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€59,700 EUR

Investment Banking Analyst

Posted 18 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consulting in Mergers & Acquisitions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	€69,600 EUR

Global Head Facilities Management

Posted 15 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Global FM, Workplace, Real Estate."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€169,000 EUR

Data Warehouse Manager

Posted 22 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Etl process, reports for controlling, sql."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€42,800 EUR

Product Marketing Manager

Posted 30 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product marketing management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€94,500 EUR

Front End

Posted 09 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"HTML 
CSS
Js
Json."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	€36,800 EUR

Managing Director

Posted 10 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Legal responsibility for German GmbH. Forging new strategies for growth and productivity improvement to improve the bottom line."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€169,000 EUR

Developer

Posted 06 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Windows development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€35,800 EUR

Engineering Manager

Posted 08 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I have a PhD and 8 year experience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€82,300 EUR

Engineering Manager

Posted 08 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"PhD engineer with 8 years experience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€92,600 EUR

Data Scientist

Posted 16 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€55,600 EUR

Auditor

Posted 04 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Internal IT audit."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€61,700 EUR

Project Manager

Posted 08 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consult in different projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€46,300 EUR

Project Manager

Posted 18 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing EU projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€45,300 EUR

Engineer

Posted 03 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€55,600 EUR

Senior

Posted 01 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Plant layout and piping engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€61,700 EUR

Senior Design Architect

Posted 03 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Senior design architect and urban designer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€56,600 EUR

Product Engineer

Posted 08 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Contributing to design and production process optimisation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	€46,300 EUR

Captain

Posted 09 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Leading a Mountain Infantry Cpt."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€55,600 EUR

Production Engineer

Posted 21 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Process optimisation, Quality assurance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€49,400 EUR

Designer

Posted 23 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Graphics for TV."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€38,900 EUR

Data Scientist

Posted 15 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Improving Business Intelligence by Analysing Data."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€51,500 EUR

Manager

Posted 14 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"New Business Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	€82,300 EUR

It-manager

Posted 27 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"SAP Testautomation in a Bank."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	€56,100 EUR

Product Stewardship Manager

Posted 26 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product Stewardship, compliance and Sustainability Manager. 
Handling chemical compliance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€72,900 EUR

Project Manager

Posted 28 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"In charge for the project."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€117,700 EUR

Software Integration Engineer

Posted 16 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Integration of functions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€82,000 EUR

Treasurer

Posted 22 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cash Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€89,700 EUR

Engineering Manager

Posted 03 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Automotive seating Engineering manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€87,500 EUR

Design Engineer

Posted 28 May 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Automobile interior design engineer."

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

Project Management Analyst

Posted 15 May 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management Analyst."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€74,000 EUR

Training Manager

Posted 26 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Training teachers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€50,500 EUR

Validation Engineer

Posted 20 March 2018

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€56,100 EUR

Account

Posted 23 January 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Everything what comes around with Accountant work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	High School	1-2 Years	n/a	€24,200 EUR

Project Engineer

Posted 13 January 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project engineering for automotive parts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€100,900 EUR

Senior Java Software Engineer

Posted 09 December 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Concepting, documenting and implementing software, mentoring junior software engineers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€53,500 EUR

Software Developer

Posted 31 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop applications and structuring databases."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€35,000 EUR

Neurology

Posted 29 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Neurology, no specialty yet, 2nd year of experience, shift work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€53,500 EUR

Program Manager

Posted 18 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Prepare quotations and plannings."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€70,500 EUR

Development Engineer

Posted 26 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working on developing passenger vehicles for a global brand. product development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€85,600 EUR

Pmo

Posted 15 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Assist in the management of Project. 
Keep documentation on day."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Some College	0-1 Year	n/a	€18,700 EUR

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