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

    PositionAverage Income in Euro
    Head Physician100.000 – 280.000 
    Assistent Medical Director100.000 – 130.000 
    Specialist65.000 – 85.000 
    Assistent Doctor48.000 – 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:

    SpecialisationIncome in Euro
    Radiologist850.000 
    Eye Doctor370.000 
    Orthopedic Specialist311.000 
    Urologist302.000 
    Surgeon281.000 
    Gynecologist217.000 
    General Practitioner227.000 
    Childrens Doctor /Pediatrist228.000 
    Neurologist/ Psychiatrist180.000 

     

    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)