Women's pensions
Average monthly old-age pension paid to women by the statutory pension insurance, by state of residence, 31.12.2025
Women in the former East receive an average old-age pension of €1,305 a month, 1.4 times the €945 paid to women in the West: full-time work in the GDR built up longer contribution records. Berlin splits along the old border too (East €1,417, West €1,070). For men the order is reversed but the gap is small (West €1,546, East €1,494).
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Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·16 states · 31.12.2025
Former West
€945
excl. Berlin
Former East
€1,305
excl. Berlin
East Berlin
€1,417
West Berlin
€1,070
Germany
€1,025
The East stands at 138% of the West's level (31.12.2025).
By state
- Brandenburg€1,328
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern€1,316
- Sachsen€1,303
- Sachsen-Anhalt€1,291
- Thüringen€1,290
- Berlin€1,210
- Hamburg€1,046
- Baden-Württemberg€989
- Hessen€970
- Schleswig-Holstein€960
- Bremen€960
- Bayern€956
- Niedersachsen€925
- Nordrhein-Westfalen€916
- Rheinland-Pfalz€905
- Saarland€839
31.12.2025
Notes & caveats
- Average amount paid out (Rentenzahlbetrag) for old-age pensions in payment on 31.12.2025, statutory pension insurance only (no civil-servant, occupational or private pensions). Survivors' pensions are not included.
- Counted by the pensioner's state of residence. DRV publishes Berlin in two halves (Berlin-West, Berlin-Ost); the Berlin value is our weighted mean of both.
- East, West and Berlin values are our calculation: average × number of pensions, summed and divided by the number of pensions.
- Counts pensions, not people: a person receiving two pensions counts twice.
Show the table
| State | Side | 31.12.2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | €839 |
| Berlin | berlin | €1,210 |
| Brandenburg | east | €1,328 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | €1,316 |
| Sachsen | east | €1,303 |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | €1,291 |
| Thüringen | east | €1,290 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | €960 |
| Hamburg | west | €1,046 |
| Niedersachsen | west | €925 |
| Bremen | west | €960 |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | €916 |
| Hessen | west | €970 |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | €905 |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | €989 |
| Bayern | west | €956 |