Average Accountant Salary in Germany

Annual Base Salary - 42.382,00 €/year

The average annual salary of Accountant is 42.382,00 €

31.200,00 €
Low
42.382,00 €
Average
55.620,00 €
High

The starting salary of Accountant is between 26.520,00 € and 31.200,00 € whereas the maximum salary range is between 55.620,00 € and 63.963,00 €.

Minimum Annual PayMaximum Annual Pay
26.520,00 €63.963,00 €
Average Hourly Pay - 12,26 €/hour

The average hourly pay of Accountant is 12,26 €.

8,32 €
Low
12,26 €
Average
30,52 €
High

The starting hourly rate is between 7,00 € and 8,32 € for Accountant whereas the maximum hourly wage is between 30,52 € and 35,00 €.

Minimum Hourly PayMaximum Hourly Pay
7,00 €35,00 €
Bonus Range: Tooltip
1.046,00 € - 5.400,00 €
1.046,00 €
63.963,00 €
Profit Sharing: Tooltip
871,00 € - 5.350,00 €
871,00 €
63.963,00 €
  • Currency : EUR
  • Annual Salary : 42.382,00 €
  • Hourly Pay : 12,26 €
  • Weekly Pay : 762,00 €
  • Fortnightly Salary : 1.523,00 €
  • Monthly Salary : 3.301,00 €

Accountant Salary Comparison by Gender

Female
Male

This pie chart demonstrates the gender share for Accountant. As indicated, the golden colour represents the percentage share for women and the green represents the percentage share for men.

As shown in the chart, male employees are involved significantly more as Accountant compared to female. Their involvement is 52% while of female is only 48%.

Salary Distribution Based on Years of Experience

The line graph shows Accountant salary in Germany on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Accountant working less than a year in a company, you notice that their annual salary starts around 39.306,49 €.

As the years of experience reaches 1 to 4, there is a significant increase of 1.338,79 € which would give a total wage of EUR40,645.28.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Accountant salary would increase again to a total of 42.716,88 €, adding 2.071,60 € from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, another increase in salary will be added to a total of 44.020,15 €.

And finally, once the Accountant gains 20 years of experience or more, their salary would reach 54.217,59 €.

Prominent Skills Affecting Accountant Salary

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Accountant's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Accountant when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Accountant is Accounting which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 4% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Accounting.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Financial Reporting with 1%. It can be said that Financial Reporting skill will unlikely impact the salary.

Compensation Statistics Based on Experience Levels

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Accountant. Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is 38.568,00 € whereas the highest earning is 54.673,00 € which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Experienced person will earn the maximum salary of 54.673,00 € at 29%. So to summerize, Entry Level earns 9% less than the average salary, Early Career earns 2% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 2% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 4% more than the average salary, Experienced earns 29% more than the average salary.