Which pays more, Berlin or Hamburg?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Berlin vs Hamburg

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit under 1% apart. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Hamburg move faster — median age 28 days against 87.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Berlin	Hamburg	Gap
Open postings	26,529	25,719	+810
Posted this week	1,578	2,313
Median salary	€60,500	€61,000	€-500
25th percentile	€48k	€48k
75th percentile	€75k	€75.5k
Salary disclosed	3.6%	2.6%
Remote share	13.2%	12.8%	+0.4pp
Median age of posting	87d	28d
Open over 60 days	46.7%	37.2%
Visa sponsorship	17.3%	6.3%

Pay

Pay distribution

Berlin

€27k€105k

Hamburg

€27k€106k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Berlin

just posted87d median90d+

Hamburg

just posted28d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Berlin — technologies

Node.js

72.0%

React

65.8%

AWS

59.6%

dbt

53.4%

Docker

47.2%

GCP

41.0%

TypeScript

34.8%

Hamburg — technologies

Spark

72.0%

Kubernetes

65.8%

59.6%

dbt

53.4%

Snowflake

47.2%

Docker

41.0%

Tableau

34.8%

Berlin — employers

Lakeshore Hospitality

9.4%

Northwind Systems

8.7%

Aperture Labs

8.0%

Ironbark Manufacturing

7.2%

Quarry Analytics

6.5%

Halcyon Energy

5.8%

Kestrel Health

5.1%

Hamburg — employers

Quarry Analytics

9.4%

Vantage Logistics

8.7%

Brightline Retail

8.0%

Beacon Robotics

7.2%

Meridian Software

6.5%

Tidewater Insurance

5.8%

Rivergate Media

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Germany city comparisons

Berlin vs Munich Hamburg vs Munich

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.