MECHANICAL ENGINEER / SALARY
GERMANY

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€52,584 EUR

$58,076 USD

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€47,575 EUR

€51,610 EUR

$57,000 USD

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Average Salary / Mechanical Engineer / Germany

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Average salary for Mechanical Engineer / Germany is €52,584 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €51,610 EUR. All data are based on 44 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €52,516 EUR. Women receive a salary of €41,197 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €67,818 EUR. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of €55,232 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 8-12 Years of experience receive salary of €63,200 EUR. Employees with 4-8 Years of experience receive €58,310 EUR.

Levels / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€9,100 EUR - €13,599 EUR	0	n/a
€13,600 EUR - €18,099 EUR	1	100% 2.27%
€18,100 EUR - €22,599 EUR	1	97.73% 2.27%
€22,600 EUR - €27,199 EUR	0	n/a
€27,200 EUR - €31,699 EUR	1	95.45% 2.27%
€31,700 EUR - €36,199 EUR	1	93.18% 2.27%
€36,200 EUR - €40,699 EUR	3	90.91% 6.82%
€40,700 EUR - €45,299 EUR	5	84.09% 11.36%
€45,300 EUR - €49,799 EUR	4	72.73% 9.09%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€49,800 EUR - €54,299 EUR	10	63.64% 22.73%
€54,300 EUR - €58,899 EUR	4	40.91% 9.09%
€58,900 EUR - €63,399 EUR	4	31.82% 9.09%
€63,400 EUR - €67,899 EUR	3	22.73% 6.82%
€67,900 EUR - €72,399 EUR	4	15.91% 9.09%
€72,400 EUR - €76,999 EUR	2	6.82% 4.55%
€77,000 EUR - €81,499 EUR	1	2.27% 2.27%
€81,500 EUR - €85,999 EUR	0	n/a
€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	0	n/a
€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	0	n/a
€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 / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	34	€52,516 EUR
2	Women	3	€41,197 EUR

Education / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	2	€67,818 EUR
2	Bachelors Degree	15	€55,232 EUR
3	Some College	1	€52,516 EUR
4	Masters Degree	26	€49,890 EUR

Experience / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	8-12 Years	3	€63,200 EUR
2	4-8 Years	16	€58,310 EUR
3	2-4 Years	7	€49,799 EUR
4	12-16 Years	1	€49,437 EUR
5	0-1 Year	8	€48,984 EUR
6	1-2 Years	9	€44,638 EUR

Age / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	31-35	7	€64,830 EUR
2	n/a	7	€57,767 EUR
3	36-40	2	€53,874 EUR
4	14-20	1	€53,783 EUR
5	26-30	21	€48,622 EUR
6	21-25	6	€45,453 EUR

Work Type / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	31	€55,866 EUR
2	Self Employed	1	€49,437 EUR
3	Contract	12	€44,457 EUR

Cities / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Mannheim	1	€68,995 EUR
2	Köln	2	€66,007 EUR
3	Nürnberg	3	€64,739 EUR
4	Dortmund	2	€62,023 EUR
5	Stuttgart	8	€54,055 EUR
6	Dresden	1	€52,516 EUR
7	München	11	€52,244 EUR
8	Bremen	1	€51,701 EUR
9	Bochum	1	€51,429 EUR
10	Frankfurt am Main	3	€49,980 EUR
11	Hannover	1	€49,890 EUR
12	Berlin	4	€47,536 EUR
13	Hamburg	4	€46,540 EUR
14	--Other--	2	€27,887 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Structural Engineer

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mechanical Design. Structural calculations FEA."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Frankfurt am Main	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€41,900 EUR

Application Engineer

Posted 26 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"CNC programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Stuttgart	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€56,500 EUR

Design Engineer

Posted 29 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Grinding, programming, R&D."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hamburg	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€30,800 EUR

Mechanical Engineer

Posted 19 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Service engineer
3D designer
Construction designer
Montage technician."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€45,800 EUR

Thermal Engineer

Posted 04 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Thermal Simulation, Modeling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€62,600 EUR

Associate Research Engineer

Posted 12 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Researcher R&D for additive manufacturing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dresden	Some College	1-2 Years	n/a	€52,500 EUR

Mechanical Engineer

Posted 28 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I develop the production line of my company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€32,900 EUR

Researcher

Posted 08 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research simulation methods for predicting material behavior, finite element analysis of mechanical processes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Bochum	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€51,500 EUR

Mechanical Engineer

Posted 14 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mechanical Design Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€41,200 EUR

Designer

Posted 12 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design of automotive components."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nürnberg	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€49,400 EUR

Design Engineer

Posted 27 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design of Healthcare products."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nürnberg	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€72,000 EUR

Technologist

Posted 24 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Production planing, Cycle time planing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€40,100 EUR

Spacesystems Engineer

Posted 11 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Quality Assurance and Space Systems Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Stuttgart	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€70,000 EUR

Product Mechanical Design

Posted 16 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design mechanical consumer products."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nürnberg	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€72,900 EUR

Design Engineer

Posted 10 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designing Aircraft Engines."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€66,700 EUR

Automotive Engineer

Posted 09 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Finite elements simulations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€16,800 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 Manager

Posted 06 February 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"I was in charge for multiple projects throughout my university career. 
Both my main thesis were within well-known and experienced companies in their field."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dortmund	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€53,800 EUR

Student Work

Posted 28 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Help out in projects in construction and development of machines."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	€38,900 EUR

Mechanical Designer

Posted 13 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"System Design for hanging struktures."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hamburg	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€44,400 EUR

Cae Engineer

Posted 29 August 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Thermal, mechanical, CFD, low frequency electromagnetic analyses."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€58,400 EUR

Automotive Developer

Posted 02 August 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineering Design and CAD Construction in Automotive."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€48,600 EUR

MECHANICAL ENGINEER / SALARY GERMANY

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€52,584 EUR

€47,575 EUR

€51,610 EUR

Average Salary / Mechanical Engineer / Germany

Levels / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

Gender / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

Education / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

Experience / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

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Work Type / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

Cities / Mechanical Engineer / Germany (Gross EUR)

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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