Berlin, 22 June 2026. Despite a record tax and tax burden on the working population, the gap between the privileges of the state service and the normal workforce has grown to a historic high. While active officials earn an average of around 71,000 euros gross per year, the average income (median) of normal full-time workers is only 54,066 euros. At the same time, the annual total cost of civil servants exploded to around 242.4 billion euros – wi…
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Berlin, 22 June 2026. Despite a record tax and tax burden on the working population, the gap between the privileges of the state service and the normal workforce has grown to a historic high. While active officials earn an average of around 71,000 euros gross per year, the average income (median) of normal full-time workers is only 54,066 euros. At the same time, the annual total cost of civil servants exploded to around 242.4 billion euros – wi…