Agreement: ab 01.04.2025 valid from1 April 2025 +2 %

IG Metall Entgelttabelle Hamburg 2025

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The complete IG Metall pay scale for the Hamburg + Unterweser region (all pay grades & steps), valid from 1 April 2025.

Eckentgelt (reference salary)

€3,465.00

EG 5 · Hauptstufe

Leistungszulage average

6 %

average

Lowest base salary

€2,821.00

EG 2

Highest base salary

€7,117.00

EG 11

Pay grades

10

EG 1 – EG 10

IG Metall Entgelttabelle Hamburg 2025

IG Metall Entgelttabelle Hamburg 2025
Pay grade GrundstufeHauptstufeZusatzstufe 1Zusatzstufe 2Zusatzstufe 3 Calculate annual salary
EG 2 €2,821.00 €2,924.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 3 €2,910.00 €3,015.00 €3,120.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 4 €3,067.00 €3,156.00 €3,243.00 €3,331.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 5 €3,377.00 €3,465.00 (Eckentgelt (reference salary)) €3,553.00 €3,637.00 €3,727.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 6 €3,645.00 €3,732.00 €3,866.00 €3,951.00 €4,038.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 7 €3,914.00 €4,033.00 €4,164.00 €4,282.00 €4,404.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 8 €4,611.00 €4,729.00 €4,864.00 €4,985.00 €5,102.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 9 €5,339.00 €5,494.00 €5,626.00 €5,783.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 10 €6,089.00 €6,333.00 €6,508.00 Calculate annual salary →
EG 11 €6,876.00 €7,117.00 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 €1,332.00
2. Jahr €1,366.00
3. Jahr €1,400.00
4. Jahr €1,434.00

Hamburg 2025 in charts

€0€2,000€4,000€6,000€8,0002€2,821345€3,37767891011€6,876
From EG 2 to EG 11 the base pay rises 143.7 % — from €2,821 to €6,876. Highlighted: the Eckentgelt in EG 5 at €3,377.
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From EG 2 to EG 11 the base pay rises 143.7 % — from €2,821 to €6,876. Highlighted: the Eckentgelt in EG 5 at €3,377.
Pay grade Grundentgelt (base salary)
EG 2 €2,821
EG 3 €2,910
EG 4 €3,067
EG 5 · Eckentgelt (reference salary) €3,377
EG 6 €3,645
EG 7 €3,914
EG 8 €4,611
EG 9 €5,339
EG 10 €6,089
EG 11 €6,876
2345678€4,611€5,10291011
Within a pay grade the base pay grows across the steps — in EG 8 by up to 10.6 %, from €4,611 to €5,102.
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Within a pay grade the base pay grows across the steps — in EG 8 by up to 10.6 %, from €4,611 to €5,102.
Pay grade Minimum Maximum Stufe (step)
EG 2 €2,821 €2,924 2
EG 3 €2,910 €3,120 3
EG 4 €3,067 €3,331 4
EG 5 €3,377 €3,727 5
EG 6 €3,645 €4,038 5
EG 7 €3,914 €4,404 5
EG 8 €4,611 €5,102 5
EG 9 €5,339 €5,783 4
EG 10 €6,089 €6,508 3
EG 11 €6,876 €7,117 2
Baden-Württemberg€3,592Bayern€3,475Hamburg€3,465Schleswig-Holstein€3,465Niedersachsen€3,462Osnabrück€3,462Berlin€3,407Sachsen-Anhalt€3,280NRW€3,196Hessen€3,189Pfalz€3,189Rheinland€3,189Saarland€3,189Sachsen€3,189Thüringen€3,189
Eckentgelt of all 15 regions (2025): Hamburg ranks 3 of 15 at €3,465. 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 (2025): Hamburg ranks 3 of 15 at €3,465. 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 €3,592
2 Bayern €3,475
3 Hamburg · this region €3,465
4 Schleswig-Holstein €3,465
5 Niedersachsen €3,462
6 Osnabrück €3,462
7 Berlin €3,407
8 Sachsen-Anhalt €3,280
9 NRW €3,196
10 Hessen €3,189
11 Pfalz €3,189
12 Rheinland €3,189
13 Saarland €3,189
14 Sachsen €3,189
15 Thüringen €3,189
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Across 2025, 5 special payments are spread over the year: T-Zug B (February), Urlaubsgeld (June), T-Zug A (July), T-Zug T (July), Weihnachtsgeld (November).
  • T-Zug B
  • Urlaubsgeld
  • T-Zug A
  • T-Zug T
  • Weihnachtsgeld
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Across 2025, 5 special payments are spread over the year: T-Zug B (February), Urlaubsgeld (June), T-Zug A (July), T-Zug T (July), Weihnachtsgeld (November).
Special payments Month Factor
T-Zug B February 18.5 %
Urlaubsgeld June 69 %
T-Zug A July 27.5 %
T-Zug T July 18.4 %
Weihnachtsgeld November 55 %

Special payments 2025

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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