In Germany, published rates for a desk editor start at €4,465 a month on staff.
What desk editor work in Germany pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
Month
Day of 8 hours
What desk editor job ads in Germany offer
Open marketWhat employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 6 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.
Each published rate as a day's pay
US$ a day at the ECB rate for the month. A month is 12 payments over 260 working days, or 13 or 14 where the agreement says so; a year is 260 days; a shift counts as a day.
| Type of work | What | As printed | US$ a day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On staff | Group 3 special function, years 3-7 | €4,465 a month | $230.95 | DJV · Collective agreement · 1 Feb 2026 |
| On staff | Editorial desk service | €318.37 an 8-hour day | $356.80 | ver.di · Collective agreement · 1 Apr 2023 |
| On staff | Group 4 management function, from year 16 | €6,925 a month | $358.20 | DJV · Collective agreement · 1 Feb 2026 |
Every figure, as printed
Open a row for the wording in the document and its dates.
4.465,00 €DocumentSalary table for staff editors at German daily newspapers, from 1 Feb 2026 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Feb 2026
4 Leitungsfunktion ab 16. 6.925,00 €DocumentSalary table for staff editors at German daily newspapers, from 1 Feb 2026 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Feb 2026
Redaktionsdienst 318,37 €DocumentBayerischer Rundfunk day rates for editorial services, 1 Apr 2023 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Apr 2023
Redaktionelle Mitarbeit pro Schicht 230,66DocumentWDR radio minimum fees for freelancers, 21 Dec 2022 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 21 Dec 2022
Redaktionelle Mitarbeit pro Tag 229,18DocumentWDR television editorial minimum fees for freelancers, 21 Dec 2022 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 21 Dec 2022
einfache Tätigkeit pro Tag 335DocumentDeutschlandradio fee framework for freelancers, 1 Apr 2020 to 31 Mar 2021 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Apr 2020
Questions people ask
In Germany, published rates for a desk editor start at €4,465 a month on staff.
DJV, ver.di, in 5 documents.
€18 an hour in the middle of the ads from the last 12 months: middle half €17–€18 · 3 ads.
A desk editor's minimum nearby
Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.
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