A12 Besoldungsgruppe Salary
Gehobener Dienst — senior upper service; specialist roles and team leads.
Step-by-step pay table
| Erfahrungsstufe | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52.011 € | 4.334 € | 25 € |
| 2 | 55.086 € | 4.591 € | 26 € |
| 3 | 58.177 € | 4.848 € | 28 € |
| 4 | 61.252 € | 5.104 € | 29 € |
| 5 | 63.392 € | 5.283 € | 30 € |
| 6 | 65.499 € | 5.458 € | 31 € |
| 7 | 67.622 € | 5.635 € | 33 € |
| 8 | 69.780 € | 5.815 € | 34 € |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Germany federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the A12 base shown above.
| Conditional adjustment | Formula | If applied (min) | If applied (max) |
|---|---|---|---|
Jahressonderzahlung (year-end special payment) At the federal level Beamte currently receive no guaranteed Jahressonderzahlung (removed 2006); some Länder pay up to 100% of one monthly salary. Value set to 0 here to reflect federal baseline. | 0% of base | — | — |
Frequently asked
A A12 in the Germany federal civil service earns between 52.011 € and 69.780 € per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (BMI).
The base pay scale is set centrally by Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (BMI) and applied uniformly across eligible federal employers, but agency-specific supplements, locality pay, and bargaining agreements can produce meaningful differences in take-home pay.
Directly from Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (BMI) at https://www.bmi.bund.de/DE/themen/oeffentlicher-dienst/besoldung/besoldung-node.html. Each page on FedSalary carries the retrieval date and a link back to the primary source.