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How much does a DHL parcel delivery person actually earn?
High time pressure, physical strain, zero self-realization: DHL parcel delivery is a tough job. But what do delivery workers actually earn from their work?
Shopping online is wonderfully convenient. Hardly any hassle or delivery costs, unlimited selection, and if you don’t like what you ordered, you simply send it back.
Only the moment of delivery can be briefly unpleasant. If it’s warm, he comes sweaty, if it’s cold, with a red nose: the stressed DHL parcel delivery person who takes on our troubles for a fee. But how high is it actually?
How much does a parcel delivery person earn at DHL?
Wages and working conditions can be found in the current ones: In Cologne, for example, as a new full-time parcel delivery worker (38.5 hours per week) you get 17.60 euros per hour. That’s 2710.40 euros in four weeks. There is also a 13th salary as a Christmas bonus. From the 2nd year onwards, DHL pays holiday pay of 332 euros.
However, the hourly wage differs from city to city: in Duisburg it is 17.05 euros. That is 3.1 percent less than in Cologne. But the other conditions are the same.
DHL parcel deliverers are paid according to. This was last concluded in March 2023 between Deutsche Post AG and the Verdi union and is valid until March 31, 2026.
Parcel deliverers therefore belong to salary group 3 and initially receive the basic monthly salary of level 0. Every two years they move up one level. The salary in level 1 increases to 2,832.14 euros. After ten years you will receive 3166.98 euros.
Subcontractors rarely pay according to the tariff
In addition to DHL, there are five other major parcel services in Germany: Amazon, DPD, GLS, Hermes and UPS. According to the Federal Network Agency, DHL has a market share of more than 40 percent, the others between 5 and 15 percent.
According to Verdi, more than half of German parcel deliverers are not directly employed by the large logistics companies. You work for subcontractors where the collective agreement does not apply. This leads to abuses such as 14-hour days, dumping wages or unpaid overtime.
According to DHL, only two percent of its employees are employed by subcontractors. At the end of 2023, over 116,000 deliverers worked for the company in the postal and parcel segment. According to the Federal Association of Parcel and Express Logistics, around 260,500 people were employed in the courier, express and parcel industry in 2023.
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Source: Stern
