Nurse Average Salary in Germany

A person working as a Nurse in Germany typically earns around 2,900 EUR per month. Salaries range from 1,340 EUR (lowest) to 4,620 EUR (highest).

This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. Nurse salaries vary drastically based on experience, skills, gender, or location. Below you will find a detailed breakdown based on many different criteria.

The median, the maximum, the minimum, and the range

Salary Range

Nurse salaries in Germany range from 1,340 EUR per month (minimum salary) to 4,620 EUR per month (maximum salary).

Median Salary

The median salary is 3,140 EUR per month, which means that half (50%) of people working as Nurse(s) are earning less than 3,140 EUR while the other half are earning more than 3,140 EUR. The median represents the middle salary value. Generally speaking, you would want to be on the right side of the graph with the group earning more than the median salary.

Percentiles

Closely related to the median are two values: the 25th and the 75th percentiles. Reading from the salary distribution diagram, 25% of Nurse(s) are earning less than 2,010 EUR while 75% of them are earning more than 2,010 EUR. Also from the diagram, 75% of Nurse(s) are earning less than 4,190 EUR while 25% are earning more than 4,190 EUR.

Nurse Salary Comparison by Years of Experience

The experience level is the most important factor in determining the salary. Naturally the more years of experience the higher your wage. We broke down Nurse salaries by experience level and this is what we found.

A Nurse with less than two years of experience makes approximately 1,520 EUR per month.

While someone with an experience level between two and five years is expected to earn 2,020 EUR per month, 34% more than someone with less than two year’s experience.

Moving forward, an experience level between five and ten years lands a salary of 2,990 EUR per month, 48% more than someone with two to five years of experience.

Additionally, Nurse(s) whose expertise span anywhere between ten and fifteen years get a salary equivalent to 3,650 EUR per month, 22% more than someone with five to ten years of experience.

If the experience level is between fifteen and twenty years, then the expected wage is 3,980 EUR per month, 9% more than someone with ten to fifteen years of experience.

Lastly, employees with more than twenty years of professional experience get a salary of 4,300 EUR per month, 8% more than people with fifteen to twenty years of experience.