SOFTWARE ENGINEER SALARY IN GERMANY
GROSS SALARY
EUR 61,414
GROSS SALARY (USD)
US$ 74,346
NET SALARY
EUR 37,806
MOST TYPICAL GROSS
EUR 63,529
Updated: 30 Nov 2020
Diff. gross vs. net:
38%
Salary entries: 54
Salary entries: 54
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SALARY BY LEVEL SOFTWARE ENGINEER GERMANY
Germany • Change Location
| Salary levels | Avg. gross salary (USD) | Avg. gross salary | Salary entries |
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| 185K | US$ 217,339 | EUR 180,000 |
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| 95K | US$ 112,292 | EUR 93,000 |
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| 85K | US$ 101,744 | EUR 81,750 |
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| 75K | US$ 87,329 | EUR 72,600 |
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| 65K | US$ 76,216 | EUR 63,529 |
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| 55K | US$ 65,831 | EUR 54,320 |
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| 45K | US$ 55,556 | EUR 45,903 |
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| 35K | US$ 42,181 | EUR 33,666 |
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| Less | US$ 6,654 | EUR 6,000 |
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SALARY BY GENDER SOFTWARE ENGINEER GERMANY
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| Avg. gross salary (USD) | Avg. gross salary | Salary entries | |
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| Men | US$ 76,154 | EUR 62,967 | 49 |
| Women | US$ 58,904 | EUR 50,333 | 03 |
| N/A | US$ 53,194 | EUR 40,000 | 02 |
SALARY BY EDUCATION SOFTWARE ENGINEER GERMANY
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| Avg. gross salary (USD) | Avg. gross salary | Salary entries | |
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| Doctorate Degree | US$ 77,350 | EUR 63,500 | 06 |
| Masters Degree | US$ 77,148 | EUR 63,101 | 22 |
| Bachelors Degree | US$ 71,823 | EUR 59,416 | 22 |
| Some College | US$ 62,088 | EUR 56,000 | 03 |
| High School | US$ 86,936 | EUR 72,000 | 01 |
Software Engineer workers holding High School degrees enjoy the highest average gross salaries in Germany. With an earned High School, they grosses EUR 72,000. While Software Engineer workers with Some College education earn the least, with an average gross income of EUR 56,000. This is 40.02% lower of what High School degree holders earn.
SALARY BY EXPERIENCE SOFTWARE ENGINEER GERMANY
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| Avg. gross salary (USD) | Avg. gross salary | Salary entries | |
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| 20+ Years | US$ 84,276 | EUR 68,333 | 03 |
| 16-20 Years | US$ 94,604 | EUR 78,412 | 08 |
| 12-16 Years | US$ 71,924 | EUR 61,666 | 03 |
| 8-12 Years | US$ 71,163 | EUR 58,744 | 09 |
| 4-8 Years | US$ 73,014 | EUR 59,882 | 17 |
| 2-4 Years | US$ 67,092 | EUR 55,566 | 06 |
| 1-2 Years | US$ 65,202 | EUR 54,000 | 04 |
| 0-1 Year | US$ 61,039 | EUR 50,750 | 04 |
Software Engineer workers in Germany with more years of work experience outperform their counterparts with less experience. Workers with 16-20 Years of experience earn a gross average of EUR 78,412 compared to EUR 50,750 for their counterparts with 0-1 Year of experience. The difference between workers with 16-20 Years of experience and 0-1 Year is 54.99%.
SALARY BY AGE SOFTWARE ENGINEER GERMANY
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| Avg. gross salary (USD) | Avg. gross salary | Salary entries | |
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| 57-62 | US$ 6,654 | EUR 6,000 | 01 |
| 45-50 | US$ 83,102 | EUR 68,825 | 04 |
| 39-44 | US$ 100,725 | EUR 84,285 | 07 |
| 33-38 | US$ 79,004 | EUR 64,700 | 11 |
| 27-32 | US$ 71,081 | EUR 58,654 | 22 |
| 22-26 | US$ 61,614 | EUR 51,857 | 07 |
| N/A | US$ 53,194 | EUR 40,000 | 02 |
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SALARY BY JOB TYPE SOFTWARE ENGINEER GERMANY
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| Avg. gross salary (USD) | Avg. gross salary | Salary entries | |
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| Permanent | US$ 76,733 | EUR 63,362 | 48 |
| Contract | US$ 57,598 | EUR 47,800 | 05 |
| Part Time | US$ 43,468 | EUR 36,000 | 01 |
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SALARY BY CITY SOFTWARE ENGINEER GERMANY
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| # | Avg. gross salary (USD) | Avg. gross salary | Salary entries | |
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| 1. | Berlin Software Engineer in Berlin | US$ 79,123 | EUR 67,108 | 12 |
| 2. | München Software Engineer in München | US$ 82,034 | EUR 66,356 | 16 |
| 3. | Hamburg Software Engineer in Hamburg | US$ 76,035 | EUR 63,434 | 05 |
| 4. | Düsseldorf Software Engineer in Düsseldorf | US$ 64,538 | EUR 54,666 | 03 |
| 5. | Frankfurt am Main Software Engineer in Frankfurt am Main | US$ 65,142 | EUR 53,000 | 04 |
| 6. | Stuttgart Software Engineer in Stuttgart | US$ 58,562 | EUR 46,600 | 05 |
SALARY BY COUNTRY SOFTWARE ENGINEER
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United States Software Engineer | US$ 106,627 | US$ 106,627 | 197 |
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United Kingdom Software Engineer in United Kingdom | US$ 86,689 | GBP 59,760 | 25 |
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Germany | US$ 74,346 | EUR 61,414 | 54 |
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Belgium Software Engineer in Belgium | US$ 74,017 | EUR 60,895 | 27 |
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France Software Engineer in France | US$ 62,045 | EUR 49,528 | 26 |
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Austria Software Engineer in Austria | US$ 53,167 | EUR 44,200 | 10 |
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China Software Engineer in China | US$ 32,230 | CNY 206,177 | 14 |
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Russia Software Engineer in Russia | US$ 28,717 | RUB 1,362,206 | 14 |
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India Software Engineer in India | US$ 19,302 | INR 1,167,802 | 214 |
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(38/38) FRONTEND ENGINEERPosted: 30 Nov 2020
Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years:
"React, Typescript, Jest
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Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 72,000
US$ 79,849
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(37/38) DEVELOPER OF SOFTWAREPosted: 17 May 2020
Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years:
"Development of software also known as software development."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 65,000
US$ 72,086
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(36/38) FULL STACK DEVELOPERPosted: 22 Mar 2020
Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years:
"Python, Javascript."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 65,000
US$ 72,086
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(35/38) DEVOPS ENGINEERPosted: 25 Feb 2020
Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years:
"Terraform, kubernetes, aws."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 57,000
US$ 63,214
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(34/38) FRONTEND ENGINEERPosted: 05 Feb 2020
Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years:
"React Redux Javascript CSS."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 65,000
US$ 72,086
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(33/38) SOFTWARE DEVELOPERPosted: 05 Jan 2020
Masters Degree, 16-20 years:
"Software developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 6,000
US$ 6,654
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(32/38) SOLUTION ARCHITECTPosted: 16 Dec 2019
Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years:
"Mobile Networks, Solution management,."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 71,000
US$ 85,728
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(31/38) SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 27 Nov 2019
Masters Degree, 1-2 years:
"Software develepor and data scientist."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 36,000
US$ 43,468
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(30/38) SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 16 Nov 2019
Doctorate Degree, 16-20 years:
"Design, implement and test software for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in C/C++."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 66,300
US$ 80,053
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(29/38) DATA SCIENTISTPosted: 20 Oct 2019
Masters Degree, 4-8 years:
"· Define performance metrics and automate metrics reporting
· Work with stakeholders to ensure the quality and availability of data used for performance measurement
· Develop compelling and easy to understand visualizations for internal customers at all levels
· Apply statistical methods to understand when model performance deviates from expected levels and drive automated alerts
· Deep dive to understand patterns and anomalies in performance metrics
· Conduct experiments and analysis to determine whether candidate wakeword models are ready for promotion to production."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 62,000
US$ 74,861
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(28/38) BACKEND ENGINEERPosted: 27 Sep 2019
Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year:
"Software Engineer for backend systems."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 42,000
US$ 50,712
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(27/38) SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 23 Aug 2019
Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years:
"Responsible for designing, creating and maintaining software solutions."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 60,000
US$ 72,446
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(26/38) APPLICATION DEVELOPERPosted: 19 Aug 2019
Masters Degree, 2-4 years:
"I develop application in C#."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 51,000
US$ 61,579
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(25/38) SOFTWARE ARCHITECTPosted: 10 Aug 2019
Masters Degree, 16-20 years:
"Design systems architecture."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 80,000
US$ 96,595
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(24/38) SENIOR SYSTEM ENGINEERPosted: 25 Jul 2019
High School, 20+ years:
"Payment specialist professional."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 72,000
US$ 86,936
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(23/38) SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 15 Jul 2019
Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years:
"Creating software for Booking platform."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 65,000
US$ 78,483
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(22/38) EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 18 Jun 2019
Masters Degree, 4-8 years:
"Developing linux test systems."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 67,000
US$ 80,898
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(21/38) VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERINGPosted: 17 Jun 2019
Masters Degree, 16-20 years:
"18 years of experience mainly in startups."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 180,000
US$ 217,339
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(20/38) MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEERPosted: 04 Jun 2019
Masters Degree, 1-2 years:
"Computer vision and deep learning engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 60,000
US$ 72,446
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(19/38) R&D SOFTWARE DEVELOPERPosted: 26 May 2019
Doctorate Degree, 16-20 years:
"Embedded software development."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 65,000
US$ 78,483
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(18/38) IT IMPLEMENTATIONPosted: 14 May 2019
Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years:
"ITIL tomcat DB2."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 35,000
US$ 42,260
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(17/38) SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 27 Apr 2019
Masters Degree, 4-8 years:
"Fullstack developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 57,000
US$ 68,824
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(16/38) MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEERPosted: 23 Mar 2019
Masters Degree, 1-2 years:
"Machine learning and computer vision engineer. Artificial Intelligence engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 60,000
US$ 72,446
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(15/38) PROJECT ENGINEERPosted: 21 Mar 2019
Masters Degree, 2-4 years:
"Project Coordinator with OEM & Product Development in Automotive Software."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 48,226
US$ 58,230
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(14/38) QUALITY ASSURANCEPosted: 20 Feb 2019
Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years:
"Quality assurance for software products and testing."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 40,000
US$ 48,298
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(13/38) SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 20 Feb 2019
Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years:
"Writing code for online services."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 58,000
US$ 70,031
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(12/38) SENIOR PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 31 Jan 2019
Masters Degree, 16-20 years:
"Software development, maintenance and design. Media expert. Internal consulting."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 90,000
US$ 108,669
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(11/38) MEDICAL INFORMATICSPosted: 29 Jan 2019
Doctorate Degree, 16-20 years:
"Medical Informatics."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 55,000
US$ 66,409
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(10/38) INTEGRATION ENGINEERPosted: 23 Jan 2019
Masters Degree, 4-8 years:
"Validation, debug."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 96,000
US$ 115,914
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(9/38) JUNIOR DEEP LEARNING ENGINEERPosted: 17 Jan 2019
Masters Degree, 0-1 year:
"Fresher junior deep learning engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 48,000
US$ 57,957
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(8/38) APPLICATION ENGINEERPosted: 10 Dec 2018
Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years:
"Pre-sales, embedded software development, training and workshops."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 85,000
US$ 102,632
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(7/38) SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 12 Nov 2018
Doctorate Degree, 8-12 years:
"Developing algorithms and augmented touch interfaces."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 63,700
US$ 76,914
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(6/38) SENIOR SUPPORT ENGINEERPosted: 22 Aug 2018
Bachelors Degree, 20+ years:
"Senior Support Engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 82,000
US$ 99,010
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(5/38) AUTOMOTIVE SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 20 Jun 2018
Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years:
"Software engineer in automotive field."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 60,000
US$ 72,446
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(4/38) FIRMWARE DEVELOPERPosted: 10 Jun 2018
Masters Degree, 1-2 years:
"C/ C++ programming."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 60,000
US$ 72,446
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(3/38) SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 16 May 2018
Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years:
"To develop and maintain the application and in-product software. The main engineering work-products are
estimates, investigation reports, specifications, design documents, the actual source code, test harnesses
and procedures, and test reports. Supports and sustains activities, within the Clear-Com Engineering
team, in researching and experimenting with new technologies that are potentially adaptable to future
product development. Secondary responsibilities include supporting Systems Engineering, Quality
Assurance, Customer Support, Operations, and customers."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 56,170
US$ 67,822
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(2/38) SENIOR JAVA SOFTWARE ENGINEERPosted: 09 Dec 2017
Masters Degree, 8-12 years:
"Concepting, documenting and implementing software, mentoring junior software engineers."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 55,000
US$ 59,095
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(1/38) SENIOR INTEGRATIONS ENGINEERPosted: 26 Nov 2017
Some College, 8-12 years:
"I integrate systems and stuff."
Individual GROSS salary:
EUR 48,000
US$ 51,574
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