The focus: Who deserves the most in Germany in 2025?

The focus: Who deserves the most in Germany in 2025?

Deutschland - In Germany, the salary plays a significant role, especially in view of the current situation on the job market. It turns out that the industry in which you work is strongly decided by your own salary. In the financial and technology sector, professions often earn significantly more than their colleagues in trade or hospitality. While the employees in the hotel and restaurant industry can expect an average annual salary of around 37,250 euros, banking and financial service providers bring it to around 65,500 euros. This is shown by [Wa.de] (https://www.wa.de/wirtschaft/was-verdient-Deutschland-znitt-haelter-nach-Branche-und-beruf-im-ueberblick-zr-93820312.html) clearly to the point.

But how exactly does the salary landscape 2025 look like? The annual salary report by Michael Page and Page Personnel gets to the bottom of this question and illuminates salary structures for over 240 positions. This not only offers a transparent overview of developments in the labor market, but also helps workers to strengthen their own negotiation power. According to the report, a shortage of skilled workers is still a topic in economic stagnation, the company is forcing the company to rethink their salaries and working conditions in order to gain and maintain talented employees. As reports [michaelpage.de] (https://www.michalepage.de/news/media-releases/halt-als-offenes-heimnish-deckt-deckt-Altstructure-am-Deutschen-Arbeitsmarkt-2025- on), 79.3% of the IT and 63.3% of the financial specialists do not see their salary structures clearly.

salaries according to industries

Here is an overview of the average gross annual salaries of the various industries in 2025:

As the data from destatis.de show, the salaries within the industries vary strongly, depending on qualifications and activity. The salaries for doctors are around 98,750 euros, while engineers earn around 58,250 euros a year. IT specialists with salaries between 60,000 and 65,000 euros are particularly in demand today.

Future of the salary trend

In the course of the growing demands for salary transparency, the EU plans to implement new regulations by 2026 in order to combat wage discrimination. Employers will then be obliged to disclose their wage structures and take measures if there are over 5% wage differences. This could result in a fundamental change in the salary structures in Germany.

Finally, it can be said that the salary landscape in 2025 is diverse and in transition. Nevertheless, good information and market knowledge for every professional is of central importance in order to be able to act strongly in salary negotiations. An ongoing exchange via salaries, supported by comparison portals such as Stepstone or Kununu, becomes a norm and leaves space for more justice in the professional environment.