Berlin Salary Trends 2026 – Handpicked Berlin x Ravio

The Berlin Salary Trends survey is the largest independent tech salary survey in Berlin. The 2026 edition is the biggest yet – 4,627 cleaned responses from a pool of 6,240 submissions, a 151% increase on last year, covering 34 role families across full-time employees.

This year, Ravio joined as benchmarking partner for the first time. That means Berlin's self-reported salary data now sits alongside live European compensation benchmarks drawn from 1,500+ companies – so you can see what Berlin pays, and whether that's competitive.

What the 2026 report covers:

• Median full-time salary climbed to €80,000, up 4.6% from €76,500 in 2025
• Women earn 17.6% less than men at the median – €70,000 vs €85,000. A slight narrowing from 2025, but the gap persists
• Engineering leadership tops the role rankings at €115,000; AI & Machine Learning Engineering debuts in the top three at €95,000
• 33% are likely to change jobs in 2026 – compensation is the dominant driver at 45.2%, more than triple the next reason
• 68.8% of at-risk employees would leave or start job-hunting if mandated back to the office four or more days a week
• 87.5% use AI tools personally and 84.7% say it's made them more productive – yet 61.2% are worried about AI affecting their job security