Hesse civil servant pay table 2026 (Besoldung)
Basic pay, pay scale A, from 1 July 2026
| Grade | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 6 | 2,974.77 | 3,039.79 | 3,120.00 | 3,203.00 | 3,283.20 | 3,373.10 | 3,449.20 |
| A 7 | 3,077.11 | 3,157.37 | 3,281.84 | 3,403.55 | 3,525.27 | 3,616.56 | 3,709.25 |
| A 8 | 3,268.01 | 3,380.01 | 3,537.73 | 3,693.99 | 3,807.66 | 3,921.63 | 4,035.65 |
| A 9 | 3,456.11 | 3,580.59 | 3,756.37 | 3,918.80 | 4,054.17 | 4,176.70 | 4,295.01 |
| A 10 | 3,685.70 | 3,907.41 | 4,129.69 | 4,347.68 | 4,507.30 | 4,661.18 | 4,816.50 |
| A 11 | 4,273.62 | 4,501.58 | 4,732.43 | 4,883.49 | 5,047.65 | 5,207.42 | 5,368.26 |
| A 12 | 4,609.91 | 4,883.49 | 5,157.05 | 5,341.84 | 5,541.47 | 5,735.26 | 5,931.97 |
| A 13 | 5,353.60 | 5,616.35 | 5,879.09 | 6,061.11 | 6,243.16 | 6,425.17 | 6,602.82 |
| A 14 | 5,700.05 | 6,042.07 | 6,381.14 | 6,614.57 | 6,850.87 | 7,084.28 | 7,320.65 |
| A 15 | 6,880.24 | 7,113.64 | 7,348.54 | 7,581.94 | 7,813.85 | 8,045.81 | 8,276.28 |
| A 16 | 7,617.15 | 7,885.81 | 8,155.88 | 8,423.08 | 8,694.63 | 8,963.28 | 9,228.96 |
Status of the pay adjustment
Enacted by the law of 3 September 2026 (GVBl. 2026 No. 57): 3.02%, at least €110, from 1 July 2026 and 2.8% from 1 October 2027. Step 1 was abolished on 1 January 2026.
Table from 1 October 2027 (enacted)
| Grade | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 6 | 3,058.06 | 3,124.90 | 3,207.36 | 3,292.68 | 3,375.13 | 3,467.55 | 3,545.78 |
| A 7 | 3,163.27 | 3,245.78 | 3,373.73 | 3,498.85 | 3,623.98 | 3,717.82 | 3,813.11 |
| A 8 | 3,359.51 | 3,474.65 | 3,636.79 | 3,797.42 | 3,914.27 | 4,031.44 | 4,148.65 |
| A 9 | 3,552.88 | 3,680.85 | 3,861.55 | 4,028.53 | 4,167.69 | 4,293.65 | 4,415.27 |
| A 10 | 3,788.90 | 4,016.82 | 4,245.32 | 4,469.42 | 4,633.50 | 4,791.69 | 4,951.36 |
| A 11 | 4,393.28 | 4,627.62 | 4,864.94 | 5,020.23 | 5,188.98 | 5,353.23 | 5,518.57 |
| A 12 | 4,738.99 | 5,020.23 | 5,301.45 | 5,491.41 | 5,696.63 | 5,895.85 | 6,098.07 |
| A 13 | 5,503.50 | 5,773.61 | 6,043.70 | 6,230.82 | 6,417.97 | 6,605.07 | 6,787.70 |
| A 14 | 5,859.65 | 6,211.25 | 6,559.81 | 6,799.78 | 7,042.69 | 7,282.64 | 7,525.63 |
| A 15 | 7,072.89 | 7,312.82 | 7,554.30 | 7,794.23 | 8,032.64 | 8,271.09 | 8,508.02 |
| A 16 | 7,830.43 | 8,106.61 | 8,384.24 | 8,658.93 | 8,938.08 | 9,214.25 | 9,487.37 |
Steps
Since 2026 you start at step 2. Steps 2 to 4 take 3 years each, steps 5 to 7 four years each. Click a grade to see gross and net pay by step.
Family allowance, bonus and working hours
Family allowance: €177.30 for married staff, €360.57 for the first and second child, €831.08 from the third child.
Hesse pays its bonus monthly: 5% of pay and €2.13 per child are added every month (included in gross pay in the calculator). In A 4 to A 8 there is an extra €166.17 in July. The working week is 41 hours, 40 hours from the month of the 60th birthday. With 41 hours, one hour a week is credited to a lifetime working time account.
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, Hamburg, 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: Hesse Pay Act Anlagen IV, V and VII, law of 3 September 2026 (GVBl. 2026 No. 57), Sections 28 and 43 HBesG, Sections 5 to 7 HSZG, Section 1 HAZVO. Values taken by script from the official tables and checked against the statutory increases. Updated 2026-11-04.