Originally Posted by Sambo-Chris

well, i am not sure which department you work in, but i have seen the salary categories for civil servants in the "Auswärtiges Amt" and they are rather high. My cousin and my aunt also work as civil servants and earn more than the average citizen in eastern germany. furthermore, where you live jobs are generally better paid than where i am. (here we have an unemployment rate of 20%) so i dont know...