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Occupational therapist · Germany

Occupational therapist salary in Germany

Median €3,695 gross per month, full-time · 31 Dec 2025 · Source

Median

€3,695

gross per month, full-time

Middle half

€3,086–€4,336

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

21,410

people in this job

Occupation: Occupational therapy occupations – complex specialist tasks [Berufe in der Ergotherapie - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten] (KldB 2010 81723). The BA files the state-registered Ergotherapeut/in under this code, together with related therapists such as Arbeitstherapeut/in. 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.

By state

Occupational therapist salary by state
#StateMedianEmployed
1Berlin€4,059723
2Hamburg€3,989543
3Schleswig-Holstein€3,837915
4Bavaria€3,7663,124
5Hesse€3,7651,219
6Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania€3,759600
7Baden-Württemberg€3,7421,961
8North Rhine-Westphalia€3,6984,933
9Rhineland-Palatinate€3,6921,078
10Brandenburg€3,685589
11Saxony-Anhalt€3,612784
12Lower Saxony€3,5482,490
13Thuringia€3,431730
14Saxony€3,3551,238

gross per month, full-time · 31 Dec 2025 · Source

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