Agreement: ab 01.04.2021 valid from1 April 2021

IG Metall Entgelttabelle Hamburg 2018

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The complete IG Metall pay scale for the Hamburg + Unterweser region (all pay grades & steps), valid from 1 April 2021.

Eckentgelt (reference salary)

€3,125.00

EG 5 · Hauptstufe

Leistungszulage average

6 %

average

Lowest base salary

€2,546.00

EG 2

Highest base salary

€6,420.00

EG 11

Pay grades

10

EG 1 – EG 10

IG Metall Entgelttabelle Hamburg 2018

IG Metall Entgelttabelle Hamburg 2018
Pay grade GrundstufeHauptstufeZusatzstufe 1Zusatzstufe 2Zusatzstufe 3 Calculate annual salary
EG 2 €2,546.00 €2,638.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 3 €2,625.00 €2,721.00 €2,815.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 4 €2,767.00 €2,847.00 €2,925.00 €3,006.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 5 €3,047.00 €3,125.00 (Eckentgelt (reference salary)) €3,205.00 €3,281.00 €3,362.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 6 €3,289.00 €3,367.00 €3,488.00 €3,565.00 €3,644.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 7 €3,530.00 €3,639.00 €3,757.00 €3,863.00 €3,973.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 8 €4,161.00 €4,266.00 €4,389.00 €4,497.00 €4,603.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 9 €4,817.00 €4,956.00 €5,076.00 €5,218.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 10 €5,493.00 €5,714.00 €5,871.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 11 €6,203.00 €6,420.00 Calculate annual salary →

Eckentgelt — this region’s collectively agreed reference salary.

Apprentice pay

Monthly apprentice pay per year of training, in euros.
Year of training Gross / month
1. Jahr €1,047.00
2. Jahr €1,078.00
3. Jahr €1,109.00
4. Jahr €1,141.00

Hamburg 2018 in charts

€0€2,000€4,000€6,000€8,0002€2,546345€3,04767891011€6,203
From EG 2 to EG 11 the base pay rises 143.6 % — from €2,546 to €6,203. Highlighted: the Eckentgelt in EG 5 at €3,047.
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From EG 2 to EG 11 the base pay rises 143.6 % — from €2,546 to €6,203. Highlighted: the Eckentgelt in EG 5 at €3,047.
Pay grade Grundentgelt (base salary)
EG 2 €2,546
EG 3 €2,625
EG 4 €2,767
EG 5 · Eckentgelt (reference salary) €3,047
EG 6 €3,289
EG 7 €3,530
EG 8 €4,161
EG 9 €4,817
EG 10 €5,493
EG 11 €6,203
234567€3,530€3,973891011
Within a pay grade the base pay grows across the steps — in EG 7 by up to 12.5 %, from €3,530 to €3,973.
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Within a pay grade the base pay grows across the steps — in EG 7 by up to 12.5 %, from €3,530 to €3,973.
Pay grade Minimum Maximum Stufe (step)
EG 2 €2,546 €2,638 2
EG 3 €2,625 €2,815 3
EG 4 €2,767 €3,006 4
EG 5 €3,047 €3,362 5
EG 6 €3,289 €3,644 5
EG 7 €3,530 €3,973 5
EG 8 €4,161 €4,603 5
EG 9 €4,817 €5,218 4
EG 10 €5,493 €5,871 3
EG 11 €6,203 €6,420 2
Baden-Württemberg€3,241Bayern€3,135Hamburg€3,125Schleswig-Holstein€3,125Niedersachsen€3,124Osnabrück€3,124Berlin€3,073Sachsen-Anhalt€2,959NRW€2,884Hessen€2,876Pfalz€2,876Rheinland€2,876Saarland€2,876Sachsen€2,876Thüringen€2,876
Eckentgelt of all 15 regions (2018): Hamburg ranks 3 of 15 at €3,125. Note: each region's Eckentgelt references a different pay grade (here EG 5), so this is a headline rather than a like-for-like comparison.
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Eckentgelt of all 15 regions (2018): Hamburg ranks 3 of 15 at €3,125. Note: each region's Eckentgelt references a different pay grade (here EG 5), so this is a headline rather than a like-for-like comparison.
Rank Regions Eckentgelt (reference salary)
1 Baden-Württemberg €3,241
2 Bayern €3,135
3 Hamburg · this region €3,125
4 Schleswig-Holstein €3,125
5 Niedersachsen €3,124
6 Osnabrück €3,124
7 Berlin €3,073
8 Sachsen-Anhalt €2,959
9 NRW €2,884
10 Hessen €2,876
11 Pfalz €2,876
12 Rheinland €2,876
13 Saarland €2,876
14 Sachsen €2,876
15 Thüringen €2,876
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Across 2018, 5 special payments are spread over the year: T-Zug T (February), Urlaubsgeld (June), T-Zug A (July), T-Zug B (July), Weihnachtsgeld (November).
  • T-Zug T
  • Urlaubsgeld
  • T-Zug A
  • T-Zug B
  • Weihnachtsgeld
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Across 2018, 5 special payments are spread over the year: T-Zug T (February), Urlaubsgeld (June), T-Zug A (July), T-Zug B (July), Weihnachtsgeld (November).
Special payments Month Factor
T-Zug T February 18.4 %
Urlaubsgeld June 69 %
T-Zug A July 27.5 %
T-Zug B July 12.3 %
Weihnachtsgeld November 55 %

Special payments 2018

The step system in Hamburg

Within a pay grade this region distinguishes the steps Grundstufe, Hauptstufe, Zusatzstufe 1, Zusatzstufe 2, Zusatzstufe 3. They represent different experience or requirement levels; blank cells mean the step does not exist for that pay grade.

Which areas does it cover?

The Hamburg + Unterweser region stretches from Hamburg across northern Lower Saxony to the Unterweser (including Bremerhaven).

Source & disclaimer

All values come from the published IG Metall pay scales. Provided without guarantee — the respective collective agreement is authoritative.

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