Engineer salary across Europe (2026)
Highest median pay for Engineer roles: Germany at €65,000. Lowest: France at €45,000 — a gap of about 44%. Medians from live job ads across 3 countries.
Median Engineer salary by country
- Germany€65,000
Typical range €52,000–€77,500 · 166 ads
- Netherlands€48,000
Typical range €42,500–€57,000 · 161 ads
- France€45,000
Typical range €40,000–€50,000 · 3,636 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 €65,000 per year. Lowest: France at €45,000 — roughly a 44% 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 €65,000; Netherlands €48,000; France €45,000.
- How is this salary data calculated?
- We parse the advertised pay from 3,963 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 3,963 live job ads that disclose pay, across 3 countries. Figures are gross annual advertised salaries, rounded for display — indicative benchmarks, not offers.