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Highest salary cities in Germany

Stuttgart, Germany has the highest median gross salary of the 30 cities compared: 5,128 EUR/month (Sozialversicherungspflichtige Bruttoarbeitsentgelte – Deutschland, West/Ost, Länder und Kreise (Jahreszahlen), Stichtag 31.12.2025, 2025-12-31).

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

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-24

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Stuttgart, Germany5,128 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
2Frankfurt am Main, Germany5,074 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
3Dusseldorf, Germany4,933 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
4Mainz, Germany4,891 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
5Munich, Germany4,800 EUR/month2026-06-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
6Bonn, Germany4,798 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
7Karlsruhe, Germany4,793 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
8Braunschweig, Germany4,755 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
9Cologne, Germany4,654 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
10Mannheim, Germany4,581 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
11Wiesbaden, Germany4,580 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
12Muenster, Germany4,500 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
13Fuerth, Germany4,487 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
14Essen, Germany4,387 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
15Bochum, Germany4,360 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
16Hamburg, Germany4,300 EUR/month2026-06-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
17Berlin, Germany4,250 EUR/month2026-06-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
18Nuremberg, Germany4,241 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
19Dortmund, Germany4,197 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
20Augsburg, Germany4,183 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
21Oberhausen, Germany4,171 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
22Kassel, Germany4,167 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
23Dresden, Germany4,163 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
24Kiel, Germany4,161 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
25Bielefeld, Germany4,156 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
26Duisburg, Germany4,151 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
27Krefeld, Germany4,137 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
28Wuppertal, Germany4,104 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
29Bremen, Germany4,082 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
30Luebeck, Germany4,034 EUR/month2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Stuttgart, Germany leads at 5,128 EUR/month.
  • Luebeck, Germany sits at the other end with 4,034 EUR/month.
  • The middle of this ranking is 4,360 EUR/month, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 1,094 EUR/month.

Quick answer

What does Highest salary cities in Germany show?

Stuttgart, Germany has the highest median gross salary of the 30 cities compared: 5,128 EUR/month (Sozialversicherungspflichtige Bruttoarbeitsentgelte – Deutschland, West/Ost, Länder und Kreise (Jahreszahlen), Stichtag 31.12.2025, 2025-12-31).

How this list is built

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.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2025-12-31 to 2026-01-01
Last checked
2026-09-24
With an official source link
30 of 30

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Sources

  1. Sozialversicherungspflichtige Bruttoarbeitsentgelte – Deutschland, West/Ost, Länder und Kreise (Jahreszahlen), Stichtag 31.12.2025Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit · Checked 2026-09-24
  2. Bundesagentur fuer Arbeit Entgeltatlasweb.arbeitsagentur.de · Checked 2026-06-04