Average Design Engineer Salary in Germany

Annual Base Salary - 53.856,00 €/year

The average annual salary of Design Engineer is 53.856,00 €

41.200,00 €
Low
53.856,00 €
Average
74.160,00 €
High

The starting salary of Design Engineer is between 35.020,00 € and 41.200,00 € whereas the maximum salary range is between 74.160,00 € and 85.284,00 €.

Minimum Annual PayMaximum Annual Pay
35.020,00 €85.284,00 €
Average Hourly Pay - 41,60 €/hour

The average hourly pay of Design Engineer is 41,60 €.

27,25 €
Low
41,60 €
Average
49,50 €
High

The starting hourly rate is between 23,00 € and 27,25 € for Design Engineer whereas the maximum hourly wage is between 49,50 € and 57,00 €.

Minimum Hourly PayMaximum Hourly Pay
23,00 €57,00 €
Bonus Range: Tooltip
548,00 € - 10.300,00 €
548,00 €
85.284,00 €
Profit Sharing: Tooltip
1.090,00 € - 31.610,00 €
1.090,00 €
85.284,00 €
  • Currency : EUR
  • Annual Salary : 53.856,00 €
  • Hourly Pay : 41,60 €
  • Weekly Pay : 986,00 €
  • Fortnightly Salary : 1.973,00 €
  • Monthly Salary : 4.274,00 €

Design Engineer Salary Comparison by Gender

Female
Male

This pie chart demonstrates the gender share for Design Engineer. 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 Design Engineer compared to female. Their involvement is 92% while of female is only 8%.

Salary Distribution Based on Years of Experience

The line graph shows Design 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 Design Engineer working less than a year in a company, you notice that their annual salary starts around 49.586,04 €.

As the years of experience reaches 1 to 4, there is a decrease of 738,29 € which would decline total wage to 48.847,75 €.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Design Engineer salary would increase again to a total of 58.814,98 €, adding 9.967,23 € 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 65.412,60 €.

And finally, once the Design Engineer gains 20 years of experience or more, their salary would reach 68.961,00 €.

Prominent Skills Affecting Design Engineer Salary

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

The most vital skill expected of Design Engineer is Product Development which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 9% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Product Development.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Engineering Design with 1%. It can be said that Engineering Design 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 Design 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 48.470,00 € whereas the highest earning is 67.859,00 € which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Experienced person will earn the maximum salary of 67.859,00 € at 26%. So to summerize, Entry Level earns 10% less than the average salary, Early Career earns 8% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 10% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 22% more than the average salary, Experienced earns 26% more than the average salary.