Overview

• Newly released official data requested in parliament show average statutory pensions differ by up to €644 a month across cities and counties, with pronounced gender splits.
• Men post the highest averages in industrial hubs such as Böblingen (€1,743 net), while women’s averages are highest in eastern cities including East Berlin (€1,374).
• Cohort effects persist: people born in the late 1940s and early 1950s are statistically likelier to receive lower pensions, reflecting mid‑2010s years with unusually low Rentenniveau.
• The Deutsche Rentenversicherung rejected online claims of withheld October payments and will not apply IBAN‑name matching to pension transfers, so disbursements continue unchanged.
• EU instant euro transfers become mandatory on 9 October 2025, and cash pickup of pensions at post offices ends in December, with bank transfers standard from 2026; a separate disability pension supplement will also be folded into monthly payments from December.