Hotel Front Desk Manager

Salary band

Base salary, gross annual

25th percentile

€32,000

Median

€40,000

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 Hotel Front Desk Manager with 3 to 10 years of experience in German hospitality (a 3 to 5-star city hotel, a boutique or resort hotel from 60 rooms, or several outlets in a group). Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Berlin pull the range up by 10 to 15 %; rural regions and the East pull it down by 5 to 10 %. Profiles with experience in 4 or 5-star houses, with multi-PMS command (Opera, Mews, Protel) or with responsibility for banquet and MICE reservations sit at the top of the range. Special payments (Christmas and holiday bonuses) and shift or night supplements are common depending on the house, structurally outside the fixed salary.

Sources: Destatis Verdiensterhebung Gastgewerbe (April 2025); StepStone Gehaltsreport Empfangschef und Front Office Manager 2026; DEHOGA Tarifempfehlung und Länder-Tarifverträge Gastgewerbe; Glassdoor Gehaltsdaten Front Office Manager Deutschland 2025