Engineer salary across Europe (2026)
Highest median pay for Engineer roles: Germany at €70,000. Lowest: Czechia at €26,000 — a gap of about 170%. Medians from live job ads across 8 countries.
Median Engineer salary by country
- Germany€70,000
Typical range €54,500–€85,000 · 306 ads
- Spain€65,000
Typical range €40,000–€91,000 · 57 ads
- Austria€52,000
Typical range €42,000–€60,000 · 84 ads
- Netherlands€50,000
Typical range €43,000–€57,000 · 573 ads
- Belgium€45,500
Typical range €39,500–€54,000 · 100 ads
- France€45,000
Typical range €40,000–€52,500 · 5,069 ads
- Italy€41,500
Typical range €36,000–€49,500 · 99 ads
- Czechia€26,000
Typical range €20,000–€37,000 · 403 ads
Gross advertised pay per year. Each bar is the median of that country's job ads.
Frequently asked questions
- Where do Engineers earn the most in Europe?
- Highest median: Germany, about €70,000 per year. Lowest: Czechia at €26,000 — roughly a 170% gap. Figures are medians of advertised pay from live job ads.
- What is the median Engineer salary by country?
- Median advertised pay per year — Germany €70,000; Spain €65,000; Austria €52,000; Netherlands €50,000; Belgium €45,500; France €45,000; Italy €41,500; Czechia €26,000.
- How is this salary data calculated?
- We parse the advertised pay from 6,691 real job vacancies, take the most recent postings and report the median and the 25th–75th percentile range. It is advertised gross annual pay in EUR — not a survey, and not an offer.
How we calculate this
Medians are parsed from 6,691 live job ads that disclose pay, across 8 countries. Figures are gross annual advertised salaries, rounded for display — indicative benchmarks, not offers.