Salary as PTA

What does one earn as PTA?

As a PTA, one earns an average of 39.971€ per year in Germany. This corresponds to a gross monthly salary of 3.331€. The salary as a PTA ranges between 35.640€ and 45.599€.

Nationwide, there are

10 PTA jobs on jobvector.de.

Average Salary

39.971 € gross/Year
To give you a realistic assessment of your potential income, we use the 25th and 75th percentiles of our salary data for salary values (min, max). This improves the quality of our salary information by excluding distorting (extremely high and low) salaries.
min. 35.640 €

Gross salary/Year

max. 45.599 €

Gross salary/Year

Year Month
Demand in the job market for positions as PTA is currently high, and many companies are looking for suitable professionals. Among the employers currently seeking applicants as PTA are:

Starting salary as PTA

The starting salary as a PTA is on average 37.454 € gross per year. This corresponds to a monthly salary of 3.121 € gross.

Your chances of a higher salary increase with your work experience, as you can often take on more responsibility.

As a PTA with several years of work experience, your average salary is 48.048 € gross per year.

Starting Salary

⌀ 37.454 €

With
Experience

⌀ 48.048 €

Similar Interesting Professions

As a PTA, you have numerous specialization opportunities and related professions, such as

CTA , Pharmaceutical-technical Assistent , PhyTA ,

for which you could also be qualified with your knowledge.

Salary as PTA
Specialist vs. Manager

Are you aiming for a career as a manager or do you prefer to specialize as a specialist? The salary for specialists and managers in the field of PTA can serve as your first decision-making aid in choosing your career path.

Taking on personnel responsibility as a manager pays off in the field of PTA. While your salary as a specialist averages 39.321€, as a manager you can earn up to 49.000€.

Specialist

ø 39.321 €

Manager

ø 49.000 €

Skills as PTA

In addition to soft skills such as communication, flexibility, and teamwork, employers expect a variety of relevant hard skills and abilities for the profession as PTA. The most important skills include: Pharma , process analytical technology , ATMPs , Product testing , PCR , Proficiency testing , ATMP , PET .

Salary as PTA
by City

Where do you earn the most as a PTA? Currently, you earn the most as a PTA in Nürnberg with an average salary of 48.661€ per year.

In general, the salary as a PTA is usually higher in large cities than in small towns. Large cities and metropolises often offer higher salaries, although the cost of living is also higher.

In which city you can earn particularly high salaries as a PTA, you will find out in this table:

Ø Gehalt Gehaltsspanne
Berlin 41,040€ 35,383 € - 49,525€
Hamburg 39,330€ 33,772 € - 42,524€
München 40,745€ 38,255 € - 45,347€
Köln 38,340€ 33,856 € - 41,844€
Frankfurt am Main 44,847€ 39,188 € - 51,409€
Stuttgart 38,456€ 35,919 € - 46,468€
Düsseldorf 38,920€ 34,568 € - 42,398€
Leipzig 33,294€ 31,842 € - 37,134€
Dortmund 43,066€ 38,425 € - 56,250€
Essen 41,349€ 37,954 € - 46,200€
Dresden 40,910€ 34,155 € - 50,962€
Nürnberg 48,661€ 43,468 € - 54,799€
Duisburg 40,262€ 37,715 € - 43,362€
Bochum 42,660€ 37,950 € - 50,234€
Wuppertal 39,971€ 34,616 € - 45,000€
Bonn 36,960€ 33,770 € - 39,744€
Mannheim 40,825€ 37,454 € - 46,539€
Wiesbaden 37,454€ 35,458 € - 43,680€
Mönchengladbach 40,951€ 38,243 € - 45,651€
Gelsenkirchen 43,830€ 39,458 € - 52,617€
Braunschweig 35,500€ 35,400 € - 40,000€
Halle (Saale) 34,157€ 32,428 € - 36,811€
Freiburg im Breisgau 41,184€ 40,825 € - 57,499€
Krefeld 40,262€ 38,050 € - 44,766€
Mainz 38,879€ 35,880 € - 44,925€
Oberhausen 40,262€ 37,715 € - 43,362€
Hagen 43,066€ 38,425 € - 56,250€
Potsdam 40,926€ 35,286 € - 50,269€
Ludwigshafen am Rhein 40,997€ 37,654 € - 46,404€
Mülheim an der Ruhr 40,262€ 37,715 € - 43,362€
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Salary as PTA
by Federal State

In which region do you earn the most as a PTA? Currently, you earn the most as a PTA in Hesse with an average salary of 42.000€ per year.

In Germany, there are still sometimes differences in salaries between western and eastern federal states.

We provide you with an overview of the salaries you can expect as a PTA in different federal states.

Ø Gehalt Gehaltsspanne
Bavaria 40,832€ 37,584 € - 50,143€
Hesse 42,000€ 37,454 € - 50,000€
North Rhine-Westphalia 39,744€ 34,821 € - 45,234€
Saxony 33,657€ 29,051 € - 39,423€
Lower Saxony 36,999€ 32,707 € - 41,804€
Rhineland-Palatinate 36,874€ 33,475 € - 42,000€
Thuringia 26,726€ 26,726 € - 34,627€
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 38,900€ 31,975 € - 44,500€
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What factors influence your salary as PTA?

There are several career factors that influence your salary as a PTA. Average salary tends to increase with the size of the company you work for. In large corporations, salaries are often higher compared to start-ups and small companies. However, in smaller companies, you may have the opportunity to advance more quickly on the career ladder.

One of the key factors affecting your salary as a PTA is your work experience. With each year on the job, you gain valuable knowledge and experience that become increasingly better compensated over time. In just a few years, you transition from a beginner to a young professional. After more than 10 years of experience, you can then be considered a professional. With increasing experience, you also have the opportunity to move into positions with personnel responsibility. A position with personnel responsibility is generally paid significantly better, and there are further factors influencing your salary here as well. For example, a department head with personnel responsibility for over 20 employees earns more than a group leader responsible for 5 employees.

Your educational qualification, the city, and the federal state where you work are also factors that influence your salary.

PTA - Latest salary data 2025

How up-to-date is the PTA salary data?

At jobvector, we attach great importance to always providing you with up-to-date and accurate salary information. Income as an PTA has changed significantly over the last few years due to factors such as rising wage levels, inflation, new legal regulations, bonus payments and tax adjustments. It is therefore particularly important to us to present up-to-date data that gives you as an applicant a good and realistic basis for the next salary negotiation.

The salary information on jobvector is consistently kept up to date and is never more than three years old. This timeliness guarantees you a precise and clearly structured overview of salary structures as an PTA, and effectively supports you in preparing for your salary negotiations.

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The salary data presented here is based on salary information provided by employers in job advertisements as well as salary information from over 10,000 professionals and managers from surveys conducted by jobvector.

These professionals bring a variety of experience and expertise from different companies and positions, making the salary data a comprehensive and meaningful source of average salaries.
It is important to emphasize that this salary data represents averages and cannot be directly attributed to individual job postings. However, they do provide valuable guidance and insight into the salary structures of the field being sought for both job seekers and employers.