Hamburg civil servant pay table 2026 (Besoldung)
Basic pay, pay scale A, from 1 February 2025
| Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 4 | 2,866.35 | 2,929.18 | 2,991.92 | 3,054.84 | 3,110.79 | 3,145.47 | 3,169.69 | 3,173.50 |
| A 5 | 2,897.10 | 2,964.01 | 3,030.57 | 3,097.56 | 3,164.18 | 3,230.97 | 3,257.62 | 3,269.50 |
| A 6 | 2,938.58 | 3,018.70 | 3,097.56 | 3,169.69 | 3,241.68 | 3,313.87 | 3,385.96 | 3,415.19 |
| A 7 | 3,042.70 | 3,133.36 | 3,224.41 | 3,314.96 | 3,405.95 | 3,496.83 | 3,582.03 | 3,643.81 |
| A 8 | 3,196.37 | 3,304.56 | 3,412.51 | 3,521.91 | 3,631.47 | 3,732.93 | 3,834.56 | 3,925.07 |
| A 9 | 3,322.56 | 3,436.01 | 3,549.48 | 3,665.82 | 3,781.95 | 3,895.49 | 4,008.85 | 4,104.50 |
| A 10 | 3,537.46 | 3,691.18 | 3,844.53 | 3,999.64 | 4,138.03 | 4,285.75 | 4,436.26 | 4,553.63 |
| A 11 | 3,991.44 | 4,125.77 | 4,275.97 | 4,429.25 | 4,582.54 | 4,735.81 | 4,889.09 | 5,043.29 |
| A 12 | 4,439.04 | 4,596.47 | 4,753.95 | 4,911.38 | 5,068.86 | 5,226.33 | 5,383.78 | 5,532.97 |
| A 13 | 4,939.24 | 5,107.88 | 5,276.51 | 5,445.10 | 5,613.71 | 5,782.33 | 5,950.93 | 6,115.53 |
| A 14 | 5,183.12 | 5,410.26 | 5,637.40 | 5,864.54 | 6,091.66 | 6,318.82 | 6,545.95 | 6,738.55 |
| A 15 | 6,265.87 | 6,467.93 | 6,669.98 | 6,859.49 | 7,048.99 | 7,238.50 | 7,428.02 | 7,568.98 |
| A 16 | 6,880.39 | 7,115.89 | 7,351.38 | 7,572.96 | 7,794.51 | 8,016.06 | 8,237.64 | 8,396.86 |
Status of the pay adjustment
The table of 1 February 2025 applies. The increase of 2.8% (at least €100) from 1 April 2026, 2.0% from 1 March 2027 and 1.0% from 1 January 2028 is a bill (Drucksache 23/4975) and is to be paid with back pay once passed.
Table from 1 April 2026 (draft)
| Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 4 | 2,966.35 | 3,029.18 | 3,091.92 | 3,154.84 | 3,210.79 | 3,245.47 | 3,269.69 | 3,273.50 |
| A 5 | 2,997.10 | 3,064.01 | 3,130.57 | 3,197.56 | 3,264.18 | 3,330.97 | 3,357.62 | 3,369.50 |
| A 6 | 3,038.58 | 3,118.70 | 3,197.56 | 3,269.69 | 3,341.68 | 3,413.87 | 3,485.96 | 3,515.19 |
| A 7 | 3,142.70 | 3,233.36 | 3,324.41 | 3,414.96 | 3,505.95 | 3,596.83 | 3,682.33 | 3,745.84 |
| A 8 | 3,296.37 | 3,404.56 | 3,512.51 | 3,621.91 | 3,733.15 | 3,837.45 | 3,941.93 | 4,034.97 |
| A 9 | 3,422.56 | 3,536.01 | 3,649.48 | 3,768.46 | 3,887.84 | 4,004.56 | 4,121.10 | 4,219.43 |
| A 10 | 3,637.46 | 3,794.53 | 3,952.18 | 4,111.63 | 4,253.89 | 4,405.75 | 4,560.48 | 4,681.13 |
| A 11 | 4,103.20 | 4,241.29 | 4,395.70 | 4,553.27 | 4,710.85 | 4,868.41 | 5,025.98 | 5,184.50 |
| A 12 | 4,563.33 | 4,725.17 | 4,887.06 | 5,048.90 | 5,210.79 | 5,372.67 | 5,534.53 | 5,687.89 |
| A 13 | 5,077.54 | 5,250.90 | 5,424.25 | 5,597.56 | 5,770.89 | 5,944.24 | 6,117.56 | 6,286.76 |
| A 14 | 5,328.25 | 5,561.75 | 5,795.25 | 6,028.75 | 6,262.23 | 6,495.75 | 6,729.24 | 6,927.23 |
| A 15 | 6,441.31 | 6,649.03 | 6,856.74 | 7,051.56 | 7,246.36 | 7,441.18 | 7,636.00 | 7,780.91 |
| A 16 | 7,073.04 | 7,315.13 | 7,557.22 | 7,785.00 | 8,012.76 | 8,240.51 | 8,468.29 | 8,631.97 |
Table from 1 March 2027 (draft)
| Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 4 | 3,025.68 | 3,089.76 | 3,153.76 | 3,217.94 | 3,275.01 | 3,310.38 | 3,335.08 | 3,338.97 |
| A 5 | 3,057.04 | 3,125.29 | 3,193.18 | 3,261.51 | 3,329.46 | 3,397.59 | 3,424.77 | 3,436.89 |
| A 6 | 3,099.35 | 3,181.07 | 3,261.51 | 3,335.08 | 3,408.51 | 3,482.15 | 3,555.68 | 3,585.49 |
| A 7 | 3,205.55 | 3,298.03 | 3,390.90 | 3,483.26 | 3,576.07 | 3,668.77 | 3,755.98 | 3,820.76 |
| A 8 | 3,362.30 | 3,472.65 | 3,582.76 | 3,694.35 | 3,807.81 | 3,914.20 | 4,020.77 | 4,115.67 |
| A 9 | 3,491.01 | 3,606.73 | 3,722.47 | 3,843.83 | 3,965.60 | 4,084.65 | 4,203.52 | 4,303.82 |
| A 10 | 3,710.21 | 3,870.42 | 4,031.22 | 4,193.86 | 4,338.97 | 4,493.87 | 4,651.69 | 4,774.75 |
| A 11 | 4,185.26 | 4,326.12 | 4,483.61 | 4,644.34 | 4,805.07 | 4,965.78 | 5,126.50 | 5,288.19 |
| A 12 | 4,654.60 | 4,819.67 | 4,984.80 | 5,149.88 | 5,315.01 | 5,480.12 | 5,645.22 | 5,801.65 |
| A 13 | 5,179.09 | 5,355.92 | 5,532.74 | 5,709.51 | 5,886.31 | 6,063.12 | 6,239.91 | 6,412.50 |
| A 14 | 5,434.82 | 5,672.99 | 5,911.16 | 6,149.33 | 6,387.47 | 6,625.67 | 6,863.82 | 7,065.77 |
| A 15 | 6,570.14 | 6,782.01 | 6,993.87 | 7,192.59 | 7,391.29 | 7,590.00 | 7,788.72 | 7,936.53 |
| A 16 | 7,214.50 | 7,461.43 | 7,708.36 | 7,940.70 | 8,173.02 | 8,405.32 | 8,637.66 | 8,804.61 |
Table from 1 January 2028 (draft)
| Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 4 | 3,055.94 | 3,120.66 | 3,185.30 | 3,250.12 | 3,307.76 | 3,343.48 | 3,368.43 | 3,372.36 |
| A 5 | 3,087.61 | 3,156.54 | 3,225.11 | 3,294.13 | 3,362.75 | 3,431.57 | 3,459.02 | 3,471.26 |
| A 6 | 3,130.34 | 3,212.88 | 3,294.13 | 3,368.43 | 3,442.60 | 3,516.97 | 3,591.24 | 3,621.34 |
| A 7 | 3,237.61 | 3,331.01 | 3,424.81 | 3,518.09 | 3,611.83 | 3,705.46 | 3,793.54 | 3,858.97 |
| A 8 | 3,395.92 | 3,507.38 | 3,618.59 | 3,731.29 | 3,845.89 | 3,953.34 | 4,060.98 | 4,156.83 |
| A 9 | 3,525.92 | 3,642.80 | 3,759.69 | 3,882.27 | 4,005.26 | 4,125.50 | 4,245.56 | 4,346.86 |
| A 10 | 3,747.31 | 3,909.12 | 4,071.53 | 4,235.80 | 4,382.36 | 4,538.81 | 4,698.21 | 4,822.50 |
| A 11 | 4,227.11 | 4,369.38 | 4,528.45 | 4,690.78 | 4,853.12 | 5,015.44 | 5,177.77 | 5,341.07 |
| A 12 | 4,701.15 | 4,867.87 | 5,034.65 | 5,201.38 | 5,368.16 | 5,534.92 | 5,701.67 | 5,859.67 |
| A 13 | 5,230.88 | 5,409.48 | 5,588.07 | 5,766.61 | 5,945.17 | 6,123.75 | 6,302.31 | 6,476.63 |
| A 14 | 5,489.17 | 5,729.72 | 5,970.27 | 6,210.82 | 6,451.34 | 6,691.93 | 6,932.46 | 7,136.43 |
| A 15 | 6,635.84 | 6,849.83 | 7,063.81 | 7,264.52 | 7,465.20 | 7,665.90 | 7,866.61 | 8,015.90 |
| A 16 | 7,286.65 | 7,536.04 | 7,785.44 | 8,020.11 | 8,254.75 | 8,489.37 | 8,724.04 | 8,892.66 |
Steps
Everyone starts at step 1. You stay 3 years at step 1, 2 years at step 2, 3 years at step 3, 4 years each at steps 4 and 5 and 6 years each at steps 6 and 7; step 8 is reached after 28 years. Click a grade to see gross and net pay by step.
Family allowance, bonus and working hours
Family allowance: €161.32 for married staff, €187.88 for the first and second child, €838.08 for the third and €905 from the fourth child; slightly more per child in A 3 to A 5. The bill would cut the amount from the third child.
There is currently no general bonus; €300 per child is paid. The bill provides for a bonus of 27.5% of one month’s pay from 2026. The working week is 40 hours. The bill provides for 41 hours from 2027.
Net pay as a civil servant
Civil servants (Beamte) pay no pension, unemployment or statutory health insurance contributions. From gross pay come wage tax, any solidarity surcharge and church tax, and their own private health and care premium; state aid (Beihilfe) covers the rest of medical costs, usually 50% for the civil servant, 70% with two or more children. Work out your net pay with the civil servant pay calculator.
Other pay tables: Federal, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia. For public sector employees: TVöD and TV-L.
Frequently asked questions
What are German civil servant pay grades?
German civil servants are assigned to pay grades called Besoldungsgruppen. Scale A covers most career tracks from A 2 to A 16; scale B covers senior executive roles. Within each grade, pay increases through experience steps reached roughly every two to four years.
How does federal civil servant pay differ from state civil servant pay in Germany?
Since the 2006 federalism reform, the federal government and each of the 16 states set their own pay tables. Basic pay for the same grade and step can differ by up to 15 percent between the best and lowest-paying employer.
When are German civil servant pay tables updated?
Pay adjustments are enacted annually by law, often with retroactive effect from 1 January or 1 April. This page is updated shortly after the relevant Official Gazette publishes the new table.
Sources: Hamburg Pay Act Anlagen VI, VII and IX (HmbGVBl. 2024 No. 30), Sections 27, 45 and 48 HmbBesG, Section 2 HmbSZG, Drucksache 23/4975, Section 1 ArbzVO. Values taken by script from the official tables and checked against the statutory increases. Updated 2026-11-04.