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legulere 7 hours ago

Median automation engineer in Germany made 78 840 € in 2025, according to government statistics

https://web.arbeitsagentur.de/entgeltatlas/beruf/59351

spiderfarmer 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Now do per working hour, including benefits.

mstaoru 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Per working hour would be €157,680.

21asdffdsa12 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

German Ex-Automation engineer here - was more like 120€ - don't forget they usually sub-contract that out..

froh 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> €157,680

outside germany the `,` reads as thousands-separator. may I offer you a `.` in exchange?

also that's gross, not net (Brutto/Netto) which is _painfully_ lower.

	▲	socksy 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think the joke is that they only work half an hour a year...
	▲	mstaoru 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I meant it as a thousands separator.
	▲	ahartmetz 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Net is usually a little more than half of gross if your salary is high.