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# Highest salary cities in Germany

Germany cities ranked by the city-level median gross monthly salary, with each observation period and source retained.

- Canonical: /reports/germany-highest-salary-cities/
- Last checked: 2026-09-24

## Answers

### Stuttgart, Germany

5,128 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Frankfurt am Main, Germany

5,074 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Dusseldorf, Germany

4,933 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Mainz, Germany

4,891 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Munich, Germany

4,800 EUR/month
- Source: https://web.arbeitsagentur.de/entgeltatlas/
- Checked: 2026-06-04

### Bonn, Germany

4,798 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Karlsruhe, Germany

4,793 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Braunschweig, Germany

4,755 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Cologne, Germany

4,654 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Mannheim, Germany

4,581 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Wiesbaden, Germany

4,580 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Muenster, Germany

4,500 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Fuerth, Germany

4,487 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Essen, Germany

4,387 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Bochum, Germany

4,360 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Hamburg, Germany

4,300 EUR/month
- Source: https://web.arbeitsagentur.de/entgeltatlas/
- Checked: 2026-06-04

### Berlin, Germany

4,250 EUR/month
- Source: https://web.arbeitsagentur.de/entgeltatlas/
- Checked: 2026-06-04

### Nuremberg, Germany

4,241 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Dortmund, Germany

4,197 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Augsburg, Germany

4,183 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Oberhausen, Germany

4,171 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Kassel, Germany

4,167 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Dresden, Germany

4,163 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Kiel, Germany

4,161 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Bielefeld, Germany

4,156 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Duisburg, Germany

4,151 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Krefeld, Germany

4,137 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Wuppertal, Germany

4,104 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Bremen, Germany

4,082 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

### Luebeck, Germany

4,034 EUR/month
- Source: https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
- Checked: 2026-09-24

## Method

Every row is a published median gross salary observation measured in EUR/month, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2025 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

## Sources

Sozialversicherungspflichtige Bruttoarbeitsentgelte – Deutschland, West/Ost, Länder und Kreise (Jahreszahlen), Stichtag 31.12.2025 — https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/Statistikdaten/Detail/202512/iiia6/beschaeftigung-entgelt-entgelt/entgelt-dwolk-0-202512-xlsx.xlsx
Bundesagentur fuer Arbeit Entgeltatlas — https://web.arbeitsagentur.de/entgeltatlas/

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  title = {Highest salary cities in Germany},
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