MEDIA / SALARY
GERMANY

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

0.91 EUR = 1 USD

€51,446 EUR

$56,819 USD

Berlin

€50,500 EUR

€38,028 EUR

$42,000 USD

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Average salary for Media / Germany is €51,446 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €38,028 EUR. All data are based on 40 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €56,590 EUR. Women receive a salary of €45,363 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with High School with salary of €87,647 EUR. The second most paid education level is Doctorate Degree with salary of €75,333 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of €76,057 EUR. Employees with 4-8 Years of experience receive €75,514 EUR.

Levels / Media / 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	0	n/a
€22,600 EUR - €27,199 EUR	3	100% 7.5%
€27,200 EUR - €31,699 EUR	1	92.5% 2.5%
€31,700 EUR - €36,199 EUR	5	90% 12.5%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€36,200 EUR - €40,699 EUR	10	77.5% 25%
€40,700 EUR - €45,299 EUR	3	52.5% 7.5%
€45,300 EUR - €49,799 EUR	6	45% 15%
€49,800 EUR - €54,299 EUR	2	30% 5%
€54,300 EUR - €58,899 EUR	2	25% 5%
€58,900 EUR - €63,399 EUR	0	n/a
€63,400 EUR - €67,899 EUR	1	20% 2.5%
€67,900 EUR - €72,399 EUR	0	n/a
€72,400 EUR - €76,999 EUR	4	17.5% 10%
€77,000 EUR - €81,499 EUR	0	n/a
€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	2	7.5% 5%
€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	1	2.5% 2.5%
€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 / Media / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	15	€56,590 EUR
2	Women	19	€45,363 EUR

Education / Media / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	High School	2	€87,647 EUR
2	Doctorate Degree	1	€75,333 EUR
3	Some College	2	€52,787 EUR
4	Bachelors Degree	20	€49,347 EUR
5	Masters Degree	15	€47,717 EUR

Experience / Media / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	2	€76,057 EUR
2	4-8 Years	7	€75,514 EUR
3	20+ Years	1	€52,878 EUR
4	0-1 Year	3	€52,063 EUR
5	12-16 Years	2	€49,347 EUR
6	8-12 Years	5	€45,634 EUR
7	2-4 Years	14	€44,638 EUR
8	1-2 Years	6	€36,218 EUR

Age / Media / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	14-20	1	€98,422 EUR
2	41-45	1	€76,872 EUR
3	46-50	2	€64,105 EUR
4	n/a	6	€57,677 EUR
5	26-30	16	€52,425 EUR
6	31-35	8	€42,284 EUR
7	36-40	4	€41,197 EUR
8	21-25	2	€33,048 EUR

Work Type / Media / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	5	€78,955 EUR
2	Part Time	2	€64,558 EUR
3	Permanent	21	€47,717 EUR
4	Contract	12	€44,367 EUR

Cities / Media / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Stuttgart	2	€146,773 EUR
2	Düsseldorf	3	€66,097 EUR
3	--Other--	1	€52,878 EUR
4	Berlin	20	€50,524 EUR
5	Frankfurt am Main	3	€43,189 EUR
6	Hamburg	3	€36,218 EUR
7	Dortmund	2	€36,218 EUR
8	Köln	4	€34,226 EUR
9	Duisburg	1	€30,604 EUR
10	München	1	€24,628 EUR

Careers / Media / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Interactive Media	1	€76,872 EUR
2	TV Producer	1	€72,888 EUR
3	Media Manager	8	€72,073 EUR
4	Editor	4	€57,314 EUR
5	Video Producer	2	€56,137 EUR
6	Film Producer	1	€49,709 EUR
7	Journalist	5	€49,075 EUR
8	Other Media Career	4	€48,260 EUR
9	Music Producer	1	€47,717 EUR
10	Social Media	2	€41,288 EUR
11	Cameraman	1	€39,024 EUR
12	Photographer	2	€36,942 EUR
13	Game Producer	1	€36,036 EUR
14	Weather Reporter	1	€35,493 EUR
15	Digital Media	3	€32,958 EUR
16	Cameraman Assistant	1	€30,604 EUR
17	Media Coordinator	2	€28,702 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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

Video Producer

Posted 17 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"E-commerce."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€37,000 EUR

Senior Account Manager

Posted 13 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conducted agile media strategies, media buying, planning, communications & monitoring across both Digital Media (SEM, SEO, Facebook, LinkedIn, e-commerce, Email Marketing) & Offline media channels (TV, Radio, Outdoor, Press, Press Releases)
Negotiated media channels/suppliers to close competitive deals that resulted in saving 16% of the gross cost
Increased clients sales revenues by 28% in 2016
Developed insightful narratives on performance media with accountability for continually improving the ROI of the client’s media investments and conceptualized client solutions to ensure client satisfaction
Provided strategic direction to the agency and client teams on KPIs, A/B testing, optimization strategies, pre-sales, route cause analysis, automation, performance marketing, governance, messaging systems, strategic projects, value proposition, digital communication & attribution models (motivated constant client engagement) 
Planned, designed and optimized yearly media budgets per client/per products."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Frankfurt am Main	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€48,700 EUR

Digital Program Strategy Manager

Posted 03 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Social Media, Ads."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€39,600 EUR

Environment Artist

Posted 28 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Environment art, 3d props, set dressing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€36,000 EUR

Marketing Lead

Posted 17 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Digital media mix."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€75,300 EUR

Producer

Posted 15 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Produce organize shotgun."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€49,700 EUR

Field Producer

Posted 26 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working in a field."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€48,900 EUR

Content Manager

Posted 09 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"I do not want to disclose this information. Thank you!."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Frankfurt am Main	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€37,800 EUR

Senior Sound Designer

Posted 20 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Music, art, master in arts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€47,700 EUR

Junior Motion Graphics Designer

Posted 17 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"After effects animaiton, storyboarding, working with photoshop, illustrator."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€34,000 EUR

Translator

Posted 20 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Translation of various texts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€57,600 EUR

Content Lead

Posted 11 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Copywriter and editing and writing press releases and public relations with media and proofreading and editing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€25,700 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

Project Manager

Posted 16 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management, client management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€41,200 EUR

Broadcast Producer

Posted 24 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fifteen character limit."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	€72,900 EUR

Junior Photographer

Posted 25 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Create content for e-commerce, managing a team of junior photographers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€37,000 EUR

Director Of Photography

Posted 17 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Delicious recipe preparations really delicious to stage
cool slices of beautiful food
Videos that fit on YouTube
a nice team member, with whom the work is fun
You should feel like this:

Food videos
Produce new videos every week
To turn ideas into beautiful pictures into action
Creative, heartfelt people left and right of you who have the urge to make videos
Flat hierarchy
Office Dachshund
Full time job."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hamburg	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€39,000 EUR

Social Media Manager

Posted 30 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manger of all Social Media's at Porsche."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Stuttgart	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€195,100 EUR

Translator, Editor

Posted 18 August 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Translation of documents, editing of manuscripts."

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