Average Automation Engineer Salary in Germany

The line graph shows Automation Engineer 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 Automation Engineer working less than a year in a company, you notice that their annual salary starts around 47.250,00 €.

As the years of experience reaches 1 to 4, there is a significant increase of 3.249,95 € which would give a total wage of EUR50,499.95.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Automation Engineer salary would increase again to a total of 53.165,97 €, adding 2.666,02 € 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 56.941,08 €.

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

The most vital skill expected of Automation Engineer is Project Management which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 24% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Project Management.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) / Automation with 4%. It can be said that Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) / Automation skill will unlikely impact the salary.

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Automation Engineer. 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 48.886,00 € whereas the highest earning is 59.207,00 € which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Late Career person will earn the maximum salary of 59.207,00 € at 9%. So to summerize, Entry Level earns 10% less than the average salary, Early Career earns 3% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 1% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 9% more than the average salary.