Doctor Salary in Germany .. Your full guide 2023
In this article, we will answer all your questions for Doctor Salary in Germany with updated salaries for 2023 in euros.
After the huge surge in inflation in 2022, salaries in general witnessed a substantial increase which lead to a doctor salary increase to catch up with the rise of prices.
How much is Doctor Salary in Germany per month? (2023 updated)
Depending on the employer, the starting salary as an assistant doctor in the first year is 4,760 euros to 5,109 euros gross per month. In the course of professional life, the salary increases with increasing professional experience and after five years you can expect a salary of 6,000 euros gross per month.
The following is an overview of the starting salary in the various collective agreements (as of 2022). This is how much you earn from the various employers in the first year of work:
| Hospital type | Resident’s salary (occupation entry) |
| Municipal clinics | 4,852 € |
| University hospitals | 4,938 € |
| Helios clinics | 5,109 € |
| Asklepios clinics | 4,830 € |
| Sana clinics | 4,770 € |
| Röhn clinics | 4,760 € |
Assistant doctor salary according to collective agreement
Depending on professional experience and employer, the assistant doctor’s salary is between 4,700 euros and 6,000 euros. It is usually determined by a collective agreement, both at university hospitals, municipal hospitals and private employers.
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The two most common collective agreements are the collective agreement for municipal hospitals (TV doctors VKA) and the collective agreement of the university hospitals (TV Ärzte TdL), in which the salary development is precisely defined. In addition, there are numerous collective agreements from private hospital groups such as Helios, Asklepios and Sana, to name but a few.
Collective agreement for university hospitals
In the collective agreement for university hospitals, the grade Ä1 shows how much euros you earn gross per month as an assistant doctor from which year. The starting salary can be found in the row Ä1 / column level 1. The other levels are reached depending on the respective year of professional affiliation (e.g. from the second year you are in level 2, from the third year you are in level 3, etc.). The collective agreement of the university hospitals is valid until 30. June 2022.
| Grade | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ä1 Assistant Doctor | 4,938 € | 5,218 € | 5,418 € | 5,765 € | 6,178 € | 6,339 € |
| 1. Year | 2. Year | 3. Year | 4. Year | 5. Year | 6. Year | |
| Ä2 specialist | 6,518 € | 7,064 € | 7,544 € | 7,814 € | 7,961 € | 8,164 € |
| 1. Year | 4. Year | 7. Year | 9. Year | 11. Year | 13. Year | |
| Ä3 Senior Physician | 8,164 € | 8,644 € | 9,331 € | |||
| 1. Year | 4. Year | 7. Year | ||||
| Ä4 Ltd. Senior physician | 9,604 € | 10,290 € | 10,837 € | |||
| 1. Year | 4. Year | 7. Year |
Collective agreement for municipal hospitals
In the collective agreement of municipal hospitals, grade I shows how much you earn in the assistant doctor profession. The indication “4 years” in the overview in level 4 means that the level is reached after four years. The starting salary can be found in row I / column level 1:
| Grade | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Assistant doctor | 4,852 € | 5,127 € | 5,323 € | 5,663 € | 6,069 € | 6,236 € |
| at recruitment | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5 years | |
| II Specialist | 6,403 € | 6,940 € | 7,412 € | 7,687 € | 7,955 € | 8,224 € |
| at recruitment | 3 years | 6 years | 8 years | 10 years | 12 years | |
| III Senior Physician | 8,021 € | 8,492 € | 9,167 € | |||
| at recruitment | 3 years | 6 years | ||||
| IV Ltd. Senior physician | 9,435 € | 10,110 € | ||||
| At the setting | 3 years |
Change of hospital or subject
For all collective agreements, the individual stages are not based on the training period in a specific subject, but on medical professional experience. For example, if you change the hospital or maybe even the subject after three years, you do not start again at level 1, but then continue at level 3 or Stage 4.
This is not clear to many assistant doctors and the employer often does not draw attention to it, because he has to pay significantly less in level 1.
Remuneration of services and on-call duty
The assistant doctor’s salary can be improved by services, work on weekends or overtime.
In total, the following options are available:
- On-call services
- Overtime
- Night work
- Sunday work
- Holiday work
- Work on the 24th and 31st December
According to the collective agreement for municipal hospitals, overtime is remunerated with a surcharge of 15 percent of the normal hourly wage. The regular working time is 40 hours. In addition, additional work will be compensated accordingly with the surcharge. Night work is also compensated with a 15 percent surcharge, Sunday work even with a 25 percent surcharge. Holiday work is remunerated with a 35 percent surcharge for leisure compensation, without compensation even with 135 percent.
Resident Doctor Salary (Net_
The net salary of assistant doctor in Germany is between 2,700 euros and 3,000 euros at the start of your career. Many factors such as state, church affiliation and tax class are relevant for the exact calculation. Various online tools and salary calculators are available to calculate the exact net amount. Here you can calculate the net salary in a simple way.
Below we have created an example calculation with tax class 1, church affiliation in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.
Calculation of assistant doctor salary net:
| Item | Amount |
| Gross salary | €5,000.00 |
| Church tax | 77.04 € |
| Income tax | 963.08 € |
| total taxes | 1,040.12 € |
| Pension scheme | €465.00 |
| Unemployment insurance | €60.00 |
| Health insurance | €379.74 |
| Nursing care insurance | 85.87 € |
| Total social security contributions | €990.61 |
| net salary | 2,969.27 € |
Depending on the aforementioned factors, between 55 and 60 percent of the gross wage usually remain.
However, this amount is also the money from the services. As described above, it can increase the net wage, especially by working on weekends and public holidays. With three to four services a month, you should be able to increase your net salary to 3,200 euros.
Resources
- German Federal medical association
- Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
- German Federal Statistical Office – Statistisches Bundesamt
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