Not sure about SAP, but I’m on track for 55-57 with a good margin of safety. I know mostly about the IG Metall ERA Manteltarifvertrag, which covers employers li

Not sure about SAP, but I’m on track for 55-57 with a good margin of safety. I know mostly about the IG Metall ERA Manteltarifvertrag, which covers employers like Siemens and Bosch (and mine). The levels differ by region, but at my employer in Bavaria, recent CS/MIS grads would start at EG 8 or 9, while software engineers and IT admins with a few years of experience would start at 10. A senior software engineer or data scientist would probably come in at 11 or 12, and might be able to negotiate “außer Tarif” (higher pay) if particularly sought after. After a good first year, you’re likely to get bumped up a level and/or get a performance raise of up to 28%, re-evaluated annually. Pay in Bavaria looks to be a bit higher than most other regions. You also get 30 days of vacation on top of a lot of state/federal holidays, plus extra vacation money in June and December. The base pay tables: https://www.igmetall.de/download/docs_MuE_ERA_Entgelte_Juni2018_78d3e1848939887f53dcf9506907870bb637c493.pdf https://www.igmetall.de/download/docs_MuE_ERA_Entgelte_Juni2... (Edited to add) and at least the rates for Bavaria are for a 35 hr/week contract. Multiply by 1.14 to find the rate for a 40 hour contract.