ERA Calculator
IG Metall Salary Calculator 2026 – Calculate Your ERA Pay
Compare ERA Entgeltgruppen (EG bands), negotiated between IG Metall and regional employer associations in the metal and electrical industry, across every German Tarifgebiet.
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1st April 2026 to 31st October 2026
ERA full-time here is 35h.
Above-tariff (ÜT-Zulage), company-specific, not part of ERA itself. ~14% is a reported average for engineers.
T-ZUG A/B and T-Geld require 6+ months here to receive at all; it's all-or-nothing, not graduated. Also auto-calculates your Weihnachtsgeld rate below.
Defaults to 55% (fully vested). Real entitlement scales up from ~25% with tenure.
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See the full IG Metall Tariff Table 2026 (all regions)How does a role get its Entgeltgruppe? (ERA-Bewertung)
ERA-Bewertung (job evaluation) determines the Entgeltgruppe for a role in the first place, based on the requirements of the work itself, not a personal assessment of the employee. This calculator doesn't perform that evaluation, it takes your Entgeltgruppe as a given input. If you don't already know yours, check your employment contract or payslip, or ask your works council (Betriebsrat).
Frequently asked questions about ERA
What is ERA (Entgeltrahmenabkommen)?
ERA is the pay-grade framework negotiated between IG Metall and regional employer associations for Germany's metal and electrical industry. It defines Entgeltgruppen (pay grades) and experience steps that determine tariff wages, though each Tarifgebiet negotiates its own wage table independently.
What is ERA-Bewertung (job evaluation)?
ERA-Bewertung (Arbeitsbewertung) is the job-evaluation procedure that assigns a role to an Entgeltgruppe in the first place, not something this calculator does. It scores the task itself, not the person, against criteria like required knowledge, decision-making scope, cooperation, and leadership responsibility; the employer classifies it first, and a joint employer-employee commission (paritätische Kommission) decides any dispute a worker or works council raises. This calculator takes your Entgeltgruppe as a given input, so check your contract, payslip, or Betriebsrat if you don't know yours yet.
What's the difference between T-ZUG A and T-ZUG B?
T-ZUG A is 27.5% of an employee's own bonus-inclusive monthly wage, paid in July. T-ZUG B is a fixed annual amount based on a regional reference wage (the Eckentgelt), the same for everyone in a region regardless of their own grade or hours. Both require at least 6 months of tenure to qualify at all.
How is ERA Weihnachtsgeld calculated?
Weihnachtsgeld is a percentage of the bonus-inclusive monthly wage, paid in November. The fully-vested rate is usually 55% after 36+ months of tenure (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a notable exception at 50%), scaling up gradually from around 25% at 6 months where a tenure schedule is confirmed.
Are ERA Entgeltgruppen the same in every German region?
No. Each Tarifgebiet negotiates its own wage table, so the same Entgeltgruppe (e.g. EG11) pays a different amount depending on the region, and different regions define different numbers of Entgeltgruppen and experience steps. See the region pages above for each Tarifgebiet's own full wage table.
Written and maintained by Basaveswara Rao. Last reviewed on September 14, 2026.