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Germany · Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (BBesG) · FY 2026

A14 Besoldungsgruppe Salary

Höherer Dienst — Oberrat. Senior civil servant; typical working level for experienced höherer Dienst.

2026 salary range
62.203 €83.675 €
Annual base in EUR (). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

ErfahrungsstufeAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
162.203 €5.184 €30 €
265.923 €5.494 €32 €
369.661 €5.805 €33 €
473.381 €6.115 €35 €
575.946 €6.329 €37 €
678.528 €6.544 €38 €
781.093 €6.758 €39 €
883.675 €6.973 €40 €
Hourly computed assuming 2,080 annual working hours. Actual hourly rates on official tables may differ slightly.

Beyond base: annual adjustments

Base tables understate real take-home. Germany federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the A14 base shown above.

Conditional adjustmentFormulaIf 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

How much does a A14 make in the Germany federal government?

A A14 in the Germany federal civil service earns between 62.203 € and 83.675 € per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (BMI).

Is the A14 besoldungsgruppe the same in every agency?

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.

Where does this data come from?

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.

Source: Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (BMI) · Last verified 2026-04-17. · Verified by AUTO-FETCH on 2026-04-20.