Junior Full-Stack Engineer

Salary band

Base salary, gross annual

25th percentile

€38,000

Median

€44,000

75th percentile

€52,000

For reference: the statutory minimum wage in Germany has stood at €13.90 gross per hour since January 1, 2026 — roughly €2,410 gross a month for a full-time role at 40 hours/week. (BMAS: Mindestlohn steigt zum 1. Januar 2026 auf 13,90 Euro)

Gross fixed salary per year for a junior Full-Stack Engineer (0 to 2 years of experience, including recent graduates and bootcamp leavers) at a German SMB or Mittelstand company. Berlin, Munich and Hamburg in the SaaS/scale-up environment pull upward (48-58 k€); classic Mittelstand and provincial locations trend lower (34-40 k€). A relevant internship or working-student stint and a visible portfolio (GitHub, side projects) pull up; no production exposure at all pulls down. Stepstone's own Junior Full Stack Developer data (median around 41 k€) and its general Full-Stack-Webentwickler:in entry-level range (40-50 k€) anchor this band. Engineering roles in Germany usually have no variable compensation component.

Sources: Stepstone Gehaltsdaten Junior Full Stack Developer Deutschland 2026; Stepstone Gehaltsdaten Full-Stack-Webentwickler:in Deutschland 2026; Honeypot State of Software Engineering Germany 2025