Your money

Understanding your German payslip

Estimate what you are likely to earn — then see exactly where every number appears on the Abrechnung you will receive.

1. Estimate your pay

Move the sliders or type your own numbers. Tap any result for the full calculation.

Pay estimator

Hours per working day — 7 are guaranteed, often more

Working days per week — usually 5, Saturdays happen

Days in Germany — public holidays are deducted

Hourly wage in € — gross, at least 15,33

Rent per month in € — optional

Advance you asked for in € — optional, one-off

15,33 € per hour is the minimum you can earn — your real pay is often higher, through extra hours or premiums for evening, night and Sunday work. The example below deliberately shows only the basic wage, so anything extra comes on top.

This is an estimate, not a promise of pay. Your real payslip will almost always look different. The hours you actually work, night and Sunday premiums, your tax class and tax ID, the days you start and finish, accommodation costs, advances and corrections by the employer all change the result. Only the payslip issued by your employer is binding. Ferienjob Germany and SHB Personalservice GmbH give no guarantee for the figures shown here, and no claim can be based on them.

2. Your payslip, line by line

This is the same form you will receive each month. Tap a blue number to see what that field means.

On a phone: swipe the slip sideways, or use the list underneath.

1Abrechnung der Brutto/Netto-Bezüge für Juli 2026

I85 XXXXXX/XXXXX/XXXXX
13.08.2026 Blatt 1

Personal-Nr.XXXXX

GeburtsdatumXX.XX.XX

StKl Faktor1

Ki.Frbtr.

Konfession

Freibetrag jährl.

Freibetrag mtl.

DBA

Mobjob

St.-Tg.30

VJ Urt. üb.

Anw. Tage

Urlaub Tage

Krankh. Tage

Fehlz. Tage

SV-NummerXX XXXXXX X XXX

KrankenkasseKnappschaft

KK %

PGRS110

BGRS0000

SV-Tg.30

Anw. Std.

Urlaub Std.

Krankh. Std.

Fehlz. Std.

Eintritt Austritt2010726 280926

Steuer-IDXX XXX XXX XXX

MFB

Zeitlohn Std.3150,00

Überstd.

Bez. Std.3150,00

Abax Personaldienstleistungen GmbH*06, 7*68161 Mannheim

Hinweise zur AbrechnungAZK-Std. 0,00 4Std.lohn 1 15,33

Brutto-Bezüge

Lohnart (code, not an amount)	Bezeichnung	Einheit	Menge	Faktor	St	SV	GB	Betrag
1000	5Stundenlohn	Std	150,00	15,33	L	F	J	2.299,50
1900	Aufbau Arbeitszeitkonto	Std	19,61-	15,33	L	F	J	300,62-
1910	Abbau Arbeitszeitkonto	Std	19,61	15,33	L	F	J	300,62

Gesamt-Brutto62.299,50

Steuer/Sozialversicherung

St	Steuer-Brutto	Lohnsteuer	Kirchensteuer	Solidaritätszuschlag
L	2.299,50	7267,08

Steuerrechtliche Abzüge267,08

SV	KV-Brutto	RV-Brutto	AV-Brutto	PV-Brutto	KV-Beitrag	RV-Beitrag	AV-Beitrag	PV-Beitrag
8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

SV-rechtliche Abzüge0,00

Netto-Verdienst92.032,42

Verdienstbescheinigung

Gesamt-Brutto2.299,50 Steuer-Brutto2.299,50 Lohnsteuer267,08 Kirchensteuer Solidaritätszuschlag Steuerfreie Bezüge0,00 P. verst. Zuk.sich. Pfändung Rest Darlehen Rest

Netto-Bezüge/Netto-Abzüge

Lohnart (code, not an amount)	Bezeichnung	Betrag
9000	10Vorschuß	500,00-
9007	Miete	907,50-

Bank — Konto — SV-AG-Anteil 000 — Zus. AG-Kosten — Gesamtkosten 11Auszahlungsbetrag 624,92

1 = Hinzurechnungsbetrag · 2 = Bestandteil des Gesamt-Brutto · L = Laufender Bezug, S = Sonstiger Bezug · F = SV-frei · J = Bestandteil Gesamt-Brutto
Lohnart = interne Lohnarten-Nummer, kein Geldbetrag. · Dies ist eine Entgeltbescheinigung nach §108 Abs. 3 Satz 1 der Gewerbeordnung. Form.-Nr. LNGN16 · DATEV

Example slip. Personal fields (staff number, social security number, tax ID, date of birth) are shown as XXXXX — on your own slip they will be filled in. The amounts are an example, calculated at your hourly wage of 15,33 € and based on the structure of a real July 2026 slip. Your own hours, premiums, rent and advance will be different, so your totals will be too. Lohnart is an internal wage-type code, not an amount of money.

Good to know: many students get a large part of the wage tax back by filing a tax return in the following year. Whether that applies to you depends on your total income for the year. We are not tax advisers, but we are happy to point you in the right direction — just ask us in the chat.