MAKING DESIGN / SALARY
GERMANY

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€53,064 EUR

$58,606 USD

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€51,769 EUR

€33,501 EUR

$37,000 USD

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Average Salary / Making Design / Germany

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Average salary for Making Design / Germany is €53,064 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €33,501 EUR. All data are based on 53 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €52,153 EUR. Women receive a salary of €53,421 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €83,120 EUR. The second most paid education level is High School with salary of €79,498 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 4-8 Years of experience receive salary of €63,290 EUR. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive €62,928 EUR.

Levels / Making Design / Germany (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	3	100% 5.66%
€22,600 EUR - €27,199 EUR	1	94.34% 1.89%
€27,200 EUR - €31,699 EUR	0	n/a
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€31,700 EUR - €36,199 EUR	8	92.45% 15.09%
€36,200 EUR - €40,699 EUR	4	77.36% 7.55%
€40,700 EUR - €45,299 EUR	5	69.81% 9.43%
€45,300 EUR - €49,799 EUR	6	60.38% 11.32%
€49,800 EUR - €54,299 EUR	3	49.06% 5.66%
€54,300 EUR - €58,899 EUR	4	43.4% 7.55%
€58,900 EUR - €63,399 EUR	6	35.85% 11.32%
€63,400 EUR - €67,899 EUR	3	24.53% 5.66%
€67,900 EUR - €72,399 EUR	1	18.87% 1.89%
€72,400 EUR - €76,999 EUR	2	16.98% 3.77%
€77,000 EUR - €81,499 EUR	2	13.21% 3.77%
€81,500 EUR - €85,999 EUR	3	9.43% 5.66%
€86,000 EUR - €90,499 EUR	0	n/a
€90,500 EUR - €95,099 EUR	0	n/a
€95,100 EUR - €99,599 EUR	0	n/a
€99,600 EUR - €104,099 EUR	1	3.77% 1.89%
€104,100 EUR - €108,699 EUR	0	n/a
€108,700 EUR - €113,199 EUR	0	n/a
€113,200 EUR - €117,699 EUR	0	n/a
€117,700 EUR - €122,199 EUR	0	n/a
€122,200 EUR - €126,799 EUR	1	1.89% 1.89%
€126,800 EUR - €131,299 EUR	0	n/a
€131,300 EUR - €135,799 EUR	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
€135,800 EUR - €144,899 EUR	0	n/a
€144,900 EUR - €153,899 EUR	0	n/a
€153,900 EUR - €162,999 EUR	0	n/a
€163,000 EUR - €171,999 EUR	0	n/a
€172,000 EUR - €181,099 EUR	0	n/a
€181,100 EUR - €190,099 EUR	0	n/a
€190,100 EUR - €199,199 EUR	0	n/a
€199,200 EUR - €208,299 EUR	0	n/a
€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 / Making Design / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Women	19	€53,421 EUR
2	Men	29	€52,153 EUR

Education / Making Design / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	1	€83,120 EUR
2	High School	2	€79,498 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	24	€56,771 EUR
4	Masters Degree	20	€46,811 EUR
5	Some College	6	€45,181 EUR

Experience / Making Design / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	4-8 Years	14	€63,290 EUR
2	12-16 Years	3	€62,928 EUR
3	8-12 Years	10	€58,763 EUR
4	2-4 Years	12	€49,347 EUR
5	0-1 Year	8	€41,831 EUR
6	1-2 Years	6	€37,304 EUR

Age / Making Design / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	36-40	6	€60,665 EUR
2	56-60	2	€59,940 EUR
3	n/a	5	€56,952 EUR
4	31-35	12	€56,409 EUR
5	26-30	25	€50,976 EUR
6	21-25	3	€30,694 EUR

Work Type / Making Design / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Contract	5	€65,192 EUR
2	Permanent	43	€54,055 EUR
3	Self Employed	1	€43,099 EUR
4	Part Time	4	€29,427 EUR

Cities / Making Design / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Frankfurt am Main	3	€79,226 EUR
2	Köln	1	€71,258 EUR
3	München	8	€67,365 EUR
4	Berlin	25	€51,791 EUR
5	Hamburg	6	€50,252 EUR
6	Hannover	1	€48,622 EUR
7	--Other--	2	€41,107 EUR
8	Stuttgart	3	€38,843 EUR
9	Leipzig	1	€35,584 EUR
10	Düsseldorf	2	€32,958 EUR
11	Karlsruhe	1	€19,376 EUR

Careers / Making Design / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Electrical Designer	1	€83,120 EUR
2	Mechanical Designer	3	€77,234 EUR
3	Other Designer Career	1	€76,329 EUR
4	Car, Automotive Designer	3	€75,605 EUR
5	Web Designer	5	€67,365 EUR
6	Packaging Designer	3	€60,484 EUR
7	Interaction Designer	7	€52,968 EUR
8	User Interface Designer	6	€51,701 EUR
9	Sound Designer	1	€49,256 EUR
10	Designer	6	€44,548 EUR
11	Industrial Designer	3	€44,548 EUR
12	Graphic Designer	9	€40,473 EUR
13	Interior Designer	1	€40,383 EUR
14	Computer Designer	1	€39,205 EUR
15	Level Designer	1	€33,682 EUR
16	Technical Designer	2	€33,501 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Ux Ui Designer

Posted 12 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Ux ui."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€52,300 EUR

Product Designer

Posted 24 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designing the user experience of digital products."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€59,400 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

Senior Designer

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Branding and packaging designer with extensive knowledge and solid agency experience
specializing FMCG sector."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hamburg	Some College	8-12 Years	Expert	€59,100 EUR

Ux/ui Designer

Posted 16 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Ux design, ui design, ux research, prototyping, coding, html, css, javascript."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Karlsruhe	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	€19,400 EUR

Senior Graphic Designer

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€55,400 EUR

Packaging Designer

Posted 29 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Branding, packaging design, corporate identity."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hamburg	Some College	4-8 Years	Expert	€60,700 EUR

Senior Visual Designer

Posted 03 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing, web design, branding."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€44,200 EUR

Senior Ui Designer

Posted 16 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Interface design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€74,800 EUR

Senior Product Designer

Posted 07 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"UI, UX, Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€66,000 EUR

Ux Designer

Posted 16 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Problem definition, wireframes, prototyping, research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€64,900 EUR

Ui Design

Posted 09 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Ui design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€82,500 EUR

3d Fashion Designer

Posted 25 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fashion Design, 3D Software like CLO3D."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€23,700 EUR

Ux Ui Designer

Posted 25 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design thinking methodology
User testing
Usability testing
Workshop facilitation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€76,400 EUR

Product Designer

Posted 19 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Creating user experience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	€81,800 EUR

Mechanical Engineer

Posted 05 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Catia, lean six sigma green belt, automotive plastic design."

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

Senior Sound Designer

Posted 15 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Master in arts, bachelor in Mathematics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€49,200 EUR

Graphic Designer

Posted 19 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Photoshop image editing and layout."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hamburg	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	€51,500 EUR

Graphic Designer

Posted 26 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Creating graphic assets for company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€32,900 EUR

Senior Designer

Posted 25 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Photoshop, indesign."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€46,900 EUR

User Experience Design

Posted 14 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conducting user research, task analysis, building wireframes and prototypes and conducting user tests."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€47,100 EUR

Mobile Ux/ui Designer

Posted 06 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Developing a product through improving usability and defining direction."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€55,500 EUR

Level Designer

Posted 22 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Level design for video games."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Stuttgart	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€33,600 EUR

Mid Weight Designer

Posted 26 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mid weight designer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€43,900 EUR

Warehouse

Posted 26 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Picking, packing, stock management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Some College	0-1 Year	n/a	€44,900 EUR

3d Artist

Posted 16 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"3d artist architecture visualization."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€40,400 EUR

Graphic Designer

Posted 14 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Branding, Identity design, Graphic design, illustration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€33,600 EUR

Senior Ui/ux Designer

Posted 10 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Craft unique user experiences by matching our UX standards with best practices across both our desktop and mobile product. 
Develop design deliverables, using Sketch App, Invision and/or other prototyping tools to visualize detailed user site maps, user flows and user journeys, but also apply wireframing techniques to evaluate early (sometimes wild) ideas. 
Participate in and utilise UX research, user testing, A/B testing and experiments to make decisions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€78,500 EUR

Ui Designer

Posted 10 March 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"User interface design, visual design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€40,400 EUR

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€53,064 EUR

€51,769 EUR

€33,501 EUR

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