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🇩🇪Germany · High income · 2026-Q3

Berlin

92composite score · #4 of 50

MEDIUM · sourced, not yet live-verified

DEMOTED to MEDIUM 2026-07-27 (Round J): the cited Lieferando courier page does not carry the published €13.36/hr figure, and the live page returns HTTP 403 so the citation cannot be content-verified. Germany's statutory minimum wage rose to €13.90/hr on 1 January 2026 (BMAS), which now exceeds the published courier figure. A further sign the earnings value is stale. To restore HIGH: a live-verifiable employer or collective-agreement disclosure of the current Lieferando/Wolt courier hourly rate in Berlin.

Only HIGH-confidence cities carry a full verification audit. See the methodology for what each tier means.

Earnings (USD per hour)

Net, after tax & expensesn/a
Gross$15.20/hr

Source: Lieferando courier page (403 live; does not carry the published figure)

What would you take home in Berlin?

30hrs

Take-home, weekly

n/a

Take-home, monthly

n/a

Gross, weekly

$456

Gross, monthly

$1,976

Take-home is gross hourly minus an estimated tax/expense rate per country. See the methodology page for the derivation. This widget assumes you actually work the hours you set. For app-based delivery, a portion of logged-in time is unpaid waiting; the headline rate reflects engaged time only where regulators have defined it.

Cost of living vs. earnings

Hours of work for one month's rent (1BR outside centre)116 hours
Rent, 1BR outside centre$1095/mo
Restaurant meal (mid-range)$17.07

Pay vs. local labour market

Minimum wage$15.82/hr
Median wage (all occupations)$24.99/hr

Gross hourly is 96% of local minimum wage, 61% of local median.

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Primary earnings source: www.lieferando.de/en/courier/ · archived