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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

Among the 12 related roles compared, average daily rates range from:

737 € for Marketing Project Manager → 978 € for Procurement Project Manager

Project Manager averages:

872 € per day

Procurement Project Manager 978 € · 1000 € Launch Manager 936 € · 960 € HR Project Manager 918 € · 880 € Implementation Manager 910 € · 920 € Rollout Manager 908 € · 900 € Logistics Project Manager 885 € · 880 € IT Project Manager 863 € · 880 € Technical Project Manager 851 € · 836 € Construction Project Manager 841 € · 840 € Agile Project Manager 814 € · 800 € Digital Project Manager 787 € · 800 € Marketing Project Manager 737 € · 720 €
130 260 390 520 650 780 910 €/day

What the benchmark shows

With an average daily rate of 872 €, Project Manager sits mid-field in this comparison — 6 of the compared roles above it, 6 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 194 € — around 22% 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

Among the 13 cities compared, average daily rates range from:

788 € for Leipzig → 983 € for Dortmund

Countrywide average:

872 € per day

Dortmund 983 € · 1000 € Bremen 907 € · 880 € Hanover 907 € · 900 € Stuttgart 906 € · 800 € Essen 888 € · 880 € Frankfurt 885 € · 880 € Dusseldorf 881 € · 880 € Cologne 865 € · 860 € Hamburg 859 € · 828 € Berlin 850 € · 800 € Munich 847 € · 800 € Nuremberg 841 € · 800 € Leipzig 788 € · 760 €
130 260 390 520 650 780 910 €/day
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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 872 € with a median of 840 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 109 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 872 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 18,314 € — the underlying hourly rate is 109 €.

The average of 872 € sits about 32 € per day above the median of 840 € (109 € versus 105 € per hour): a smaller number of high-priced specialists pulls the average up, while the median marks the typical middle of the market — half of the freelancers charge less, half charge more.

Between Leipzig (788 €) and Dortmund (983 €) the difference is about 194 € per day, roughly 24 € per hour — around 22% of the countrywide average of 872 €.

Dortmund shows the highest average of the 13 cities compared, at 983 € per day (123 € per hour) — about 13% above the countrywide average of 872 €.

Leipzig shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 788 € per day (99 € per hour) — about 10% below the countrywide average of 872 €.

Among the 12 related roles compared, average daily rates range from 737 € for Marketing Project Manager up to 978 € for Procurement Project Manager — that is 92 € to 122 € per hour.

Procurement Project Manager currently averages 978 € per day (122 € per hour), about 106 € per day above the rate for Project Manager.

Marketing Project Manager currently averages 737 € per day (92 € per hour), about 135 € 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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