Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer in Germany during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer in Germany during 2025 is USD 71,052

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 63,157 and USD 272,000 in Germany. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
Germany
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 320,000
Top 25%
$ 272,000
Median
$ 71,052
Bottom 25%
$ 63,157
Bottom 10%
$ 63,157

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 28578 jobs Python | 27570 jobs Machine Learning | 20694 jobs Pipelines | 17650 jobs Architecture | 17165 jobs Computer Science | 16532 jobs AWS | 16128 jobs SQL | 14466 jobs Security | 13276 jobs Azure | 11440 jobs Testing | 11289 jobs CI/CD | 9717 jobs GCP | 9490 jobs Data pipelines | 9465 jobs APIs | 9057 jobs Agile | 8894 jobs Java | 8553 jobs Research | 8449 jobs Kubernetes | 8247 jobs Spark | 8044 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 24787 jobs Health care | 13307 jobs Equity / stock options | 9971 jobs Flex hours | 8965 jobs Competitive pay | 8640 jobs Startup environment | 8633 jobs Salary bonus | 7110 jobs Flex vacation | 6054 jobs Insurance | 5979 jobs Team events | 5802 jobs Parental leave | 5203 jobs Medical leave | 5083 jobs Wellness | 3604 jobs 401(k) matching | 3310 jobs Relocation support | 1675 jobs Transparency | 1617 jobs Conferences | 1487 jobs Home office stipend | 1343 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1122 jobs Gear | 1018 jobs

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