Average income of Doctors in germany
Doctor salaries in Germany vary a lot depending on qualifications and experience. Here information from 2018.
After the Medical terminology exam – Doctors typically earn €2500 Net..(which can be increased to net €3400 by doing additional duties – like night shift etc..) while preparing for the Approbiation (final licence exam -which they need to pass in 2 years).
Then they go to work as assistant doctors in a hospital.
In Hospitals: Doctors earn on average
| Position | Average Income in Euro |
| Head Physician | 100.000 – 280.000 |
| Assistent Medical Director | 100.000 – 130.000 |
| Specialist | 65.000 – 85.000 |
| Assistent Doctor | 48.000 – 55.000 |
Own Clinic : This can only be opened after a number of years practice in a hospital and a large amount of experience. This is an income list for Specialist Doctors with the own clinics:
| Specialisation | Income in Euro |
| Radiologist | 850.000 |
| Eye Doctor | 370.000 |
| Orthopedic Specialist | 311.000 |
| Urologist | 302.000 |
| Surgeon | 281.000 |
| Gynecologist | 217.000 |
| General Practitioner | 227.000 |
| Childrens Doctor /Pediatrist | 228.000 |
| Neurologist/ Psychiatrist | 180.000 |
To become a Specialist
Once a Doctor has their licence they can submit any specialist qualifications that they have from abroad and see what the Germany Doctors Association recognizes of this – so if a foreign pediatrician wants to get their qualifications recognized in germany they can only do so at this stage.
Information Source: Destatis (Statistisches Bundesamt)