Number format: this calculator uses German notation throughout — a comma is the decimal separator and a dot groups thousands. “1.234,56” means one thousand two hundred thirty-four euros and fifty-six cents. The figures come from German tax law, so they are shown the way German authorities write them.
Federal pay (Besoldung)
For federal civil servants and judges as well as soldiers of the Bundeswehr (career soldiers and soldiers on fixed-term service). Pick your rank or the pay grade directly — the amounts are taken unchanged from the official schedules of the federal pay act (Bundesbesoldungsgesetz). One click carries the resulting gross figure over to the gross-to-net calculator.
Your pay per month
3.619,52 €
Gross pay in A9, step 3 — basic pay and family supplement under the federal pay act (BBesG).
| Basic pay | 3.619,52 € | Anlage IV BBesG |
|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | 3.619,52 € | per month |
Work out the net figure in the gross-to-net calculator →
- Basic pay from BBesG schedule IV (federal pay order A, in force from 1 March 2024) and the family supplement from schedule V — official figures, checked character by character.
- This is the most recently promulgated table (Federal Law Gazette 2023 I no. 414). The adjustment of federal pay for 2025 and 2026 had not yet been promulgated in September 2026; until then the federal government pays advances on it. Your actual pay may therefore be higher than the figures shown here.
- Applies to federal civil servants and judges as well as career soldiers and soldiers on fixed-term service (§ 1 (1) BBesG). Volunteer conscripts and reservists are outside it.
- Not included are office, structural and post supplements (BBesG schedule IX among others), overseas deployment and hardship allowances, and supplements tied to particular roles. Civil servants of the federal states follow their own state pay acts and are not covered here.
Terms used on this page
Each term has its own page with a plain-language explanation, the technical detail and a worked example.
- Experience step (Erfahrungsstufe) — Within a pay grade the basic pay rises with length of service, in eight steps.
- Pay grade (Besoldungsgruppe) — Ranks a post or military rank by its level and thereby fixes the basic pay.
How the figures are calculated
Basic pay from schedule IV to the BBesG
Federal pay follows a table: pay grade (A3 to A16, B) times experience step. The values are set out in schedule IV of the federal pay act and are held here in full — no interpolation, no estimate.
Family supplement and the deductions
On top of the basic pay comes the family supplement under schedule V. Civil servants pay no pension or unemployment contributions; in return they carry their health cover privately, with an allowance from their employer.
Soldiers of the Bundeswehr
Military ranks are mapped to the pay grades; pick the rank and you get the grade automatically. The legal basis is the same.
Example: pay grade A9, experience step 3, no children
| Basic pay (BBesG schedule IV) | 3.619,52 € |
|---|---|
| Gross pay per month | 3.619,52 € |
Without a family supplement the gross figure equals the basic pay. For the net figure, private health insurance is decisive — it is entered in the gross-to-net calculator along with the allowance rate.
What this calculator does not cover
Pretending to be complete is the costliest mistake a financial calculator can make. These points are deliberately absent — either because they need details this page does not ask for, or because they cannot be substantiated in general terms:
- State civil servants. Every federal state has its own pay act with its own tables. They are NOT covered here — an estimated figure would be worse than none.
- Supplements such as office, post or hardship supplements; they depend on the role and the individual case.
- Trainee pay during initial training.
Related calculators
- Gross to net for civil servants — from gross pay to net, with private cover and the allowance
- Income tax — the annual calculation, for civil servants too