Ask HN:Full-time software engineers in Germany, what's your salary and benifits?

Its not like Bay Area, software engineering salary is bit lower than other fields here. As far as I found,it starts with around 38K(Euro). And it grows with certain limit and also there is no other perks, some startup give free drinks and coffees but its rare. And also have tax rate around 35%(depends on your family size), but in Germany have better social security than US.

In the past I've mostly seen salaries offered (outside of expensive Hamburg or Munich) for a Sr. Software Engineer that are around €35-45k/year before tax.

Please clarify - Euros or Dollars?