Overview

• Salaries rise in two steps tied to the April agreement: 3% retroactive from April 2025 and a further 2.8% starting in May 2026.
• President Frank‑Walter Steinmeier’s monthly pay increases by about €700 now and €650 later to roughly €24,300.
• Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s base salary rises by about €620 now and €600 later to around €21,900 per month, excluding allowances.
• Federal ministers see increases of about €500 initially and €480 later, taking monthly pay to roughly €17,600.
• Retroactive payouts for cabinet members remain unclear; civil servants are expected to receive backpayments from around December following passage of the federal budget in mid‑September, and millions of public‑sector workers also benefit, with example gains of about €221 a month for a municipal educator by 2026.