Probably not an issue with that Job Search as exciting as that salary – and yet a well-kept secret. This has now been decoded in a study – including an interview with publisher Simone Janson.

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Career entry, career and salary by state and industry

Especially for academic ones Young Professionals and young Executives the question is interesting: how much to earn others in the same professions and industries. The Hamburg comparison portal Salary.de has analyzed 49.646 salary details from academic employees with up to six years of professional experience from the last 12 months and more Best of HR – Berufebilder.de®Founder and publisher Simone Janson interviewed.

It was also discussed which professions after the Study most commonly chosen as one's Ascent into the leadership position and in which federal state it creates the most Money gives. The result in brief: Academics earn the most after graduating in Baden-Württemberg (48.000 euros). In a sector comparison, the automotive industry (51.900 euros) comes off best. The change in leading position usually takes place in the 30th year of life.

Top industry for young professionals: the automotive industry

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Baden-Württemberg is the most lucrative federal state for academic career starters with an annual starting salary of around 48.000 euros. Bavaria (EUR 46.500) and Hesse (EUR 45.400) also have relatively high salary levels. In the new federal states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, on the other hand, academics receive clear lower salaries. There they are below 40.000 euros each.

Academics in the automotive industry receive the highest starting salary. Here they earn around 51.900 euros at the start of their career. Mechanical engineering and shipbuilding (EUR 49.500) and the software industry (EUR 49.400) are also lucrative sectors to enter Working world.

Academics work most often in these professions

Social and social scientists deserve 35.700 Euro at the beginning of their career. They are most often used in social work and education and receive 34.300 Euro annually. Mathematicians and computer scientists earn 47.300 Euro in their first three years of employment.

Employees from this field of study increasingly start their careers as Developer or IT-Adviser and have an annual income of 46.200 or 50.000 euros. A degree in technical-mathematical subjects obviously provides optimal conditions for salary negotiations.

Economists earn around 41.800 Euro

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After graduation, engineers receive a salary of around 47.800 Euro and work predominantly in project management and construction. Here they earn a gross annual income of 47.000Euro. After studying economics, graduates receive 41.800 Euro at the beginning of their studies.

Most often they work as controllers or business consultants. Professionals in all subjects are increasingly in the 30. Age to executives. With three to six years of professional experience, they earn a gross salary of around 77.700 euros per year. Around 29 percent of executives drive a company car and receive an annual premium of approximately 8.000 Euro.

All results at a glance

Starting salaries (maximum of three years' professional experience) for academics

Starting salary academics in generalMedianAverage
Bachelor42.585 €45.778 €
Master46.314 €48.416 €

By region

Academics by federal statesMedianAverage
Baden-Württemberg47.957 €49.812 €
Bavaria46.500 €49.578 €
Hessen45.406 €48.375 €
Nordrhein-Westfalen43.409 €46.222 €
Lower Saxony43.258 €45.430 €
Hamburg43.007 €46.016 €
Rhineland Palatinate42.701 €45.495 €
Bremen41.989 €44.356 €
Schleswig-Holstein41.443 €43.991 €
Saarland41.168 €44.111 €
Berlin39.768 €41.915 €
Thuringia38.043 €39.276 €
Brandenburg37.994 €39.557 €
Saxony37.018 €39.123 €
Sachsen-Anhalt36.627 €39.820 €
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern35.367 €38.006 €

By Industry

Top industries Academics overallMedianAverage
Automotive industry51.876 €55.070 €
Mechanical engineering and shipbuilding49.462 €52.010 €
Software49.364 €53.526 €
E-Technology49.180 €52.454 €
Banks and financial services49.011 €51.895 €

Starting salaries by subjects

Social and social sciencesMedianAverage
General35.680 €37.647 €
Professional favorites
Social worker / social worker or social worker34.339 €35.739 €
Editor / -in32.689 €35.194 €
Online Marketing Management33.903 €35.727 €
Industry Favorites
Social facilities34.186 €36.292 €
Advertising and PR34.145 €34.277 €
Media and press33.959 €35.957 €
Mathematics and Computer ScienceMedianAverage
General47.250 €49.195 €
Professional favorites
Software Developer Backend46.160 €47.880 €
Software Developer Frontend42.419 €43.821 €
Employees in IT consulting, analysis and conception49.996 €52.854 €
Industry Favorites
Software45.127 €46.711 €
IT system houses45.807 €47.894 €
Automotive industry50.685 €54.146 €
EconomicsMedianAverage
General41.773 €44.120 €
Professional favorites
Controller / -in44.944 €47.546 €
Business Consultant / -in50.660 €53.352 €
Online Marketing Manager / -in39.957 €42.045 €
Industry Favorites
Advertising and PR35.416 €35.953 €
Tax advice and auditing39.973 €41.435 €
Automotive industry48.130 €49.989 €
engineeringMedianAverage
General47.786 €50.031 €
Professional favorites
Engineer in project management46.838 €49.371 €
Engineer in construction47.415 €49.325 €
Employed in technical research and development52.465 €54.693 €
Industry Favorites
Automotive industry52.288 €54.922 €
engineering office42.393 €43.849 €
Engineering48.722 €50.848 €

Salaries of executives by subject

Executives 3-6 years of work experienceQ1MedianAverage
General67.203 €77.693 €80.932 €
subject
Mathematics and Computer Science65.144 €75.673 €82.087 €
Economics63.191 €71.787 €78.960 €
Social and social sciences41.752 €61.672 €64.356 €
engineering70.177 €75.071 €81.064 €


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