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Electrical Engineering Daily Rates in Germany

Compare the average daily rate of a freelance Electrical Engineering expert with related technologies and cities in Germany, calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

Electrical Engineering daily rates across cities in Germany

Among the 7 cities compared, average daily rates range from:

524 € for Essen → 1067 € for Cologne

Countrywide average:

789 € per day

Cologne 1067 € · 1000 € Hamburg 804 € · 680 € Berlin 801 € · 640 € Dusseldorf 790 € · 800 € Munich 772 € · 800 € Frankfurt 651 € · 640 € Essen 524 € · 640 €
140 280 420 560 700 840 980 €/day

What the benchmark shows

Location shifts the picture as well: across the cities in Germany, average daily rates differ by up to 543 € — around 69% 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.

Frequently asked questions

Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Electrical Engineering.

The average daily rate for Electrical Engineering in Germany is 789 € with a median of 800 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 99 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 789 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 16,560 € — the underlying hourly rate is 99 €.

The average of 789 € sits about 11 € per day below the median of 800 € (99 € versus 100 € per hour): a number of lower-priced offers pulls the average down, while the median marks the typical middle of the market — half of the freelancers charge less, half charge more.

Between Essen (524 €) and Cologne (1,067 €) the difference is about 543 € per day, roughly 68 € per hour — around 69% of the countrywide average of 789 €.

Cologne shows the highest average of the 7 cities compared, at 1,067 € per day (133 € per hour) — about 35% above the countrywide average of 789 €.

Essen shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 524 € per day (65 € per hour) — about 34% below the countrywide average of 789 €.

All figures are calculated live from the hourly rates of the freelancers on FRATCH matched to Electrical Engineering and its related technologies 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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