Project Manager Daily Rates in Germany
Compare the average daily rate of a freelance Project Manager with related roles and cities in Germany, calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
How Project Manager rates compare with related roles
See how closely related specialisations compare on price — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
Among the 12 related roles compared, average daily rates range from 761 € for Marketing Project Manager up to 984 € for Launch Manager — Project Manager averages 884 € per day.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 27 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
What the benchmark shows
With an average daily rate of 884 €, Project Manager sits mid-field in this comparison — 8 of the compared roles above it, 4 below. Sharper specialisations tend to settle above the role, broader ones below.
Location shifts the picture as well: across the cities in Germany, average daily rates differ by up to 306 € — around 35% of the countrywide average. Dense metropolitan markets usually carry a premium over the national rate, smaller ones a discount; the chart below shows where each city lands.
Project Manager daily rates across cities in Germany
See where the role earns the most, city by city against the national average — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
Across 12 cities in Germany, average daily rates range from 716 € in Leipzig up to 1,022 € in Dortmund — the countrywide average is 884 € per day.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 27 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Project Manager.
The average daily rate for Project Manager in Germany is 884 € with a median of 880 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 110 € per hour.
Based on the average daily rate of 884 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 18,559 € — the underlying hourly rate is 110 €.
Between Leipzig (716 €) and Dortmund (1,022 €) the difference is about 306 € per day, roughly 38 € per hour — around 35% of the countrywide average of 884 €.
Dortmund shows the highest average of the 12 cities compared, at 1,022 € per day (128 € per hour) — about 16% above the countrywide average of 884 €.
Leipzig shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 716 € per day (90 € per hour) — about 19% below the countrywide average of 884 €.
Among the 12 related roles compared, average daily rates range from 761 € for Marketing Project Manager up to 984 € for Launch Manager — that is 95 € to 123 € per hour.
Launch Manager currently averages 984 € per day (123 € per hour), about 100 € per day above the rate for Project Manager.
Marketing Project Manager currently averages 761 € per day (95 € per hour), about 123 € per day below the rate for Project Manager.
All figures are calculated live from the hourly rates of the freelancers on FRATCH matched to Project Manager and its related roles and locations; daily rates assume an 8-hour working day. The average is a weighted mean with outliers trimmed, the median is the middle value of the individual rates, and both refresh continuously as freelancer profiles change.
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