In 2024, banks recorded the highest average gross annual salaries for full-time employees at around 65,500 euros. Other leading industries included aviation and aerospace, as well as pharma. Regarding average monthly salaries, Germany ranks in the top ten countries worldwide.
According to the source (page 6), around 1,052,211 datasets were sourced from the StepStone website. These included various age and professional groups, various regions and industries, managers as well as young professionals. According to the source, data was verified and weighted.
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