German Teacher Salary Calculator (Bavaria, A 12–A 14)

A tenured teacher's pay in Germany is a table, and each state writes its own. In Bavaria an A 13 starts at 5,247.58 € a month in Stufe 5 and reaches 6,168.25 € in Stufe 11. That is the basic salary alone, before family and structural allowances and before any tax.

Tenured teachers in Germany are civil servants, and civil-service pay is set by each state in its own salary act. The figures here are Anlage 3 to the Bavarian salary act, the basic salary scale of Besoldungsordnung A, in the version that has applied since February 2025. Two coordinates decide the amount. The Besoldungsgruppe follows the office you hold: A 12 and A 13 are the usual entry grades for teachers depending on the Lehramt, and A 14 is the next promotion office. The Stufe rises with time served, first in two-year steps, then three, then four, so the same office pays roughly a fifth more at the top than at entry. Grades do not start at the same step: A 12 begins at Stufe 4, and A 13 and A 14 begin at Stufe 5. Part-time work cuts the whole amount in the same proportion as the reduced teaching load. What the calculator reports is basic pay only. A family allowance for a spouse or children, the Bavarian structural allowance, office and post allowances and any overtime payment all come on top, and income tax, church tax and a private health insurance premium all come off. Another state has the same structure and different numbers.