What is the Entgeltatlas of the Federal Employment Agency?

This is the most reliable free salary reference for Germany — and the only one based on actual social insurance data rather than self-reported figures. At entgeltatlas.arbeitsagentur.de (BA, Q027), you can search by job title, region, and qualification level. The advantage over platforms like Glassdoor: nobody inflates their numbers, the data comes from real wage reports to the pension insurance (Destatis Q026). Limitations: only covers employees subject to social insurance contributions in full-time employment, no executives above upper management level, no self-employed. For normal employee positions in Germany, it is the most reliable reference you can get for free. Additionally: Cedefop Germany 2025 Skills Forecast for industry-specific trends.