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 | 19047 jobs Python | 18496 jobs Machine Learning | 13863 jobs Pipelines | 11656 jobs Architecture | 11251 jobs Computer Science | 11112 jobs AWS | 10862 jobs SQL | 9744 jobs Security | 8721 jobs Azure | 7609 jobs Testing | 7355 jobs Data pipelines | 6390 jobs GCP | 6385 jobs CI/CD | 6307 jobs Agile | 6013 jobs Java | 5773 jobs APIs | 5747 jobs Research | 5725 jobs Spark | 5536 jobs Kubernetes | 5490 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 | 16647 jobs Health care | 8982 jobs Equity / stock options | 6889 jobs Flex hours | 6014 jobs Competitive pay | 5874 jobs Startup environment | 5866 jobs Salary bonus | 4811 jobs Flex vacation | 4175 jobs Insurance | 4042 jobs Team events | 3977 jobs Parental leave | 3565 jobs Medical leave | 3448 jobs Wellness | 2427 jobs 401(k) matching | 2276 jobs Relocation support | 1151 jobs Transparency | 1135 jobs Conferences | 1004 jobs Home office stipend | 901 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 771 jobs Gear | 703 jobs

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