PassPeersMedian
€5,404
gross per month, full-time
Middle half
€4,443–€6,376
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
20,260
people in this job
Occupation: Pharmacists – highly complex tasks [Apotheker/innen, Pharmazeuten/Pharmazeutinnen - hoch komplexe Tätigkeiten] (KldB 2010 81804). Employed pharmacists only; self-employed pharmacy owners 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.
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By state
| # | State | Median | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhineland-Palatinate | €5,691 | 940 |
| 2 | Berlin | €5,615 | 1,195 |
| 3 | Baden-Württemberg | €5,538 | 2,679 |
| 4 | Hesse | €5,512 | 1,852 |
| 5 | Bavaria | €5,426 | 3,504 |
| 6 | Schleswig-Holstein | €5,426 | 657 |
| 7 | Hamburg | €5,413 | 652 |
| 8 | Lower Saxony | €5,353 | 1,496 |
| 9 | North Rhine-Westphalia | €5,338 | 4,348 |
| 10 | Saxony | €4,940 | 801 |
gross per month, full-time · 31 Dec 2025 · Source
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