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Germany · Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (BBesG) · FY 2026

R7 Besoldungsgruppe Salary

Besoldungsordnung R7 — Präsident of a smaller federal court.

2026 salary range
143.368 €143.368 €
Annual base in EUR (). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

ErfahrungsstufeAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
1143.368 €11.947 €69 €
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 R7 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 R7 make in the Germany federal government?

A R7 in the Germany federal civil service earns between 143.368 € and 143.368 € per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (BMI).

Is the R7 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.