Wanna know what Porsche pays? Someone actually asked at the annual general meeting. They weren’t shy. The automaker had no choice but to flip the books and reveal its internal salary structure. First look behind the payroll curtain.
The Numbers That Bite
Porsche employs 23, You guessed it, 23,000 of us. But in 2025 9 082 of those employees cleared €100 000 ($115 k) in taxable gross income.
That’s nearly 40 percent.
Four out of ten people at Porsche making six figures is wild for a manufacturing firm of this size. Most people don’t make six figures. Here it’s the norm.
“The gap says as much about German wages it does about Porsche.”
Federal data puts this group in the top 10 percent of all German workers. Double the national average. And that includes bonuses. The average worker gets €55 000. Porsche’s high earners get two times that. Easy.
Keep climbing though. Just 201 employees made over €300 000. A mere 28 broke €500 000 $571k. Only three people cracked the seven-figure barrier earning more than €1 million. And remember this doesn’t even count the top board members. The ceiling goes higher.
Who Makes The Most
Oliver Blume. Former CEO. He left in 2025 with €1.9 million on paper. $2.2 million. He was running Volkswagen simultaneously so his actual take was way more. Porsche won’t disclose 2026 numbers for new boss Michael Leiters. Not yet.
But who made the most last year? Not Blume.
Michael Steiner head of development walked away with €2.1 million. Albrecht Reimold production chief got €2.05 million. They out-earned the departing chief.
Then there’s Lutz Meschke.
Ex-CFO. He left in late February yet still scored €266 000 for those few weeks. Porsche had to pay another €10 million to buy him out. He had a contract until 2027 after all. Is it a retirement or a payout? Doesn’t matter. He got the money.
His replacement Jochen Breckner started in March 2025 and pulled €1.1 million for the rest of the year. So did the sales head Matthias Becker. Same start date. Same salary. Coincidence? Maybe.
Here is the kicker. This looks like a lot but it isn’t. Porsche bosses make peanuts compared to their rivals.
BMW’s Oliver Zipse made €7.85 million in 2025 Ola Källenius at Mercedes grabbed €8.78 million. Porsche pays its leaders less than the competition. Significantly less.
What Does The Rest Make
Not everyone is a VP. Most are not. If you’re looking at the roles under the $100 k line check Kununu. Employee-reported data. Rough estimates.
Project managers average €92 000.
Development engineers take €87 000. HR managers sit around €80 000 purchasing folks get €75 000.
Go lower for support and factory floors. Administrative assistants see €62 000 Production workers €58 000 logistics specialists €51 000.
So you have the high rollers. The mid-tier engineers. The factory floor. Three tiers of reality inside the same building. The payroll doesn’t lie about the split. Just don’t ask about the exit packages
