https://www.gehalt.de/einkommen/suche/maschinenbau%20masterIn Germany someone with a master's in mechanical engineering will make about 55k per year, before tax. This assumes full time work.You'll have to deduct around 40% to get the net, which results in a little more than 3k per month.An apartment in well paying cities like Stuttgart or Munich costs 1.5k per month, easily.Keep in mind that mechanical engineering is Germany's strongest industry, as it can't compete too well in electronics or IT.A master's degree will take 17 to 18 years if you include school, during which you won't earn a dime. It's very brutal too, success is not guaranteed.Mind you that someone with a trade school degree will make 2.5k per month after tax, and that's only 10 years of school and ~3 years of apprenticeship (during which one earns money).That's progressive taxation for you. The gross is pretty different, the net no so much.Does this seem fair in your country?
>gehalt.de
>>220064178So?
>>220064284Please cite a serious source and not one published by a job platform with a strong incentive to play down salaries.Also most of these job offerings seem for entry level position at smaller companies i.e. the lowest paying positions in any industry.
>>220064911Wait, why would they have an incentive play DOWN the salaries? Someone looking for a new job should be led to think that he has the potential to earn significantly more, no? If someone visits such a platform and notices that he earns above average will probably be ok with his situation and stop looking for new employment.If anything they would therefore display higher average salaries, no?
>>220065177Not really.Think about it again, thoroughly this time.
>>220065177Because the customers of job sites are companies looking to hire and not job seekers. And a job site having a lot of job seekers who think the appropriate salary for an engineer is 52 cents and a half eaten mars bar is very attractive to said companies.
