Dentist salary in Germany

Occupation: Dentists and orthodontists – highly complex tasks [Zahnärzte/-ärztinnen & Kieferorthopäden/-orthopädinnen - hoch komplexe Tätigkeiten] (KldB 2010 81474). Employed dentists only (e.g. assistant dentists); most dentists in Germany run their own practice and are not in the statistics. States with too few full-time employees in the job are not published. Full-time employees subject to social insurance (core group) on 31 December 2025, before tax and social contributions; civil servants and the self-employed are not included. Employers report pay only up to the pension contribution ceiling of 8,050 € a month, so figures above it are not published; nor are figures for fewer than 500 employees.