IT technician: salary 2026 at a glance
Salary at a glance: this is what IT technician earn in Germany – from 18 job ads with a stated salary and 52 salary data sets.
Median, gross
€43,129
€27,771 lower 10 %
€63,229 upper 10 %
How salaries are distributed
Each column = number of salary figures per €5,000 band · basis 70
You
- Between lower and upper 10 % (€27,771 – €63,229)
- Edges
Salary rises with experience
Median and middle 50 % per level · jobs + data sets
€30,000
Junior
28,500 – 32,000
13 values
€41,500
Mid-level
37,500 – 44,500
+38 % · 30 values
€46,500
Senior
43,500 – 51,000
+55 % · 13 values
€56,000
Lead/Principal
52,000 – 60,500
+87 % · 13 values
Salary by federal state
Median of the salary data sets for IT technician per federal state. The samples are small here – read the figures as a trend, not a guarantee.
- Hesse €49,000 n = 4
- Baden-Württemberg €48,000 n = 4
- Bavaria €47,000 n = 4
- Hamburg €46,000 n = 4
- North Rhine-Westphalia €44,500 n = 4
- Berlin €43,500 n = 4
- Lower Saxony €42,000 n = 4
- Rhineland-Palatinate €41,000 n = 4
- Schleswig-Holstein €41,000 n = 4
- Brandenburg €39,500 n = 4
- Saarland €39,500 n = 4
- Saxony €38,500 n = 4
- Thuringia €38,000 n = 4
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IT Servicetechniker / 3rd Level Support (m/w/d)
€30,000 – €46,000
below median
KI-Manager/in & Beauftragte/r IT-Techniker für KI / Fachinformatiker Systemintegration (m/w/x) - Schwerpunkt Künstliche Intelligenz
€39,000 – €79,000
above median
IT-Techniker KRITIS (m/w/d)
€43,000 – €61,000
above median
IT-Techniker KRITIS (m/w/d)
€43,000 – €61,000
above median
IT-Techniker KRITIS (m/w/d)
€43,000 – €61,000
above median
IT-Servicetechniker (m/w/d)
€31,000 – €45,000
below median
IT technician: job profile and outlook
IT technicians are indispensable specialists who ensure the smooth operation of a company's IT infrastructure. They install, configure and maintain hardware and software systems, rectify technical faults and support users with IT problems. From setting up workstations and network administration to supporting servers and printers - IT technicians ensure the daily functionality of the entire IT landscape. Entry into the profession is often via training as an IT specialist for system integration or a comparable technical qualification. Important skills include knowledge of operating systems such as Windows and Linux, network technologies, IT security and virtualisation solutions. Communication skills are also crucial, as IT technicians regularly have to explain technical issues to users in an understandable way. Salaries for IT technicians vary depending on experience, specialisation and region. Career starters receive a solid starting salary, which can increase significantly with growing expertise and additional certifications such as CompTIA, Microsoft or Cisco. Specialists with experience in cloud infrastructures and IT security are particularly in demand, with typical career paths ranging from first-level support to system administrator to IT infrastructure manager or team leader. IT technicians can significantly improve their career opportunities and salary through targeted further training in areas such as cloud administration, DevOps or cybersecurity.
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€20,000 – €80,000 · bar = lower to upper 10 %, line = median
How we calculate
- Sources: job ads with a stated salary that are assigned to a role, plus recorded salary data sets. Currently 6,380 active IT jobs state their salary.
- Range: lower 10 % to upper 10 % (P10–P90), so that individual outliers do not shift the limits. The median splits the values into two equal halves.
- Plausible: only gross annual salaries between €15,000 and €250,000; placeholders and monthly values are excluded.
- Calculator: role median × experience factor × federal state factor. The factors come from 4,290 salary data sets – each as a ratio to the median of its role, so the mix of roles does not distort them.
- Minimum size: breakdowns by skill, city and work model only appear from 20 values; every figure states its basis.
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