I took a quick look at some positions in Munich and the pay did not look very competitive with industry. However, public service has other advantages, and if you prefer to not rent your soul to Capital like so many of us do, I think the salaries looked pretty nice compared to other government jobs. Which is pretty much the deal everywhere, right?

(You can find the rate tables by doing a web search for the code listed next to “Entgelt/Besoldung.”)

I got a kick out of the fact that Street Cleaner came up in my search for “IT and Telecommunication:”

https://interamt.de/koop/app/stelle?1&id=894097