It would be awesome to see such a thread for not only Germany but Europe. There is no way you can compare the salaries from the US with the salaries here.

I can speak for SIEMENS where they publish the pay for open positions internally. However it is very hard to get into SIEMENS currently, given their savings plan.. I heard that the salaries for the open positions are fixed. I have no idea if this is true. I will refer to the IG Metall Entgeldtabelle for Bavaria: http://www.igmetall-bayern.de/metall-elektro/

- Level: Entry level Software Developer, Bachelor or Master - Location: Germany, Nuremberg - Salary: EG9 ~49000€

- Level: Sysadmin, min 3 Years experience - Location: Germany, Munich - Salary: EG10 ~54600€

They cost of living in Munich are the highest in Germany. So in the end you will probably will have less money if you take the Sysadmin job in Munich.

They don't differentiate between bachelors and masters. I will find out in the near future if you are able to negotiate a higher EG level based on that..

It would be interesting to see some salaries from other companies in Europe. But i'm possibly to late in this thread.