Sources and method

Section 2 · the field comparator

Field comparator. Germany: StepStone Gehaltsreport 2026, average gross annual salary for one representative role per field. Brazil: Portal Salário (salario.com.br), average gross monthly salary for one representative CBO occupation per field, from Novo CAGED/MTE microdata (CLT contracts, 12 months to Jun/2026), × 12. Exchange rate: ECB euro reference rate, the same for every field (value and date right below). The large figure on both sides is in euro, the currency the German salary is paid in; the Brazilian salary is converted to euro at that rate. On the Portuguese page a reais value sits smaller beside each figure: original for Brazil, converted at the same rate for Germany.

R$ 5.6246 per euro — ECB reference rate on 2026-10-14.

• Portal Salário (salario.com.br) — Engenheiro de Software, CBO 2122-15, salário médio bruto jul/2025–jun/2026 (regime CLT, 6.896 profissionais), atualizado em 03/08/2026: R$ 14.443,24/mês × 12. https://www.salario.com.br/profissao/engenheiro-de-software-computacional-basico-cbo-212215/ StepStone Gehaltsreport 2026 — Software-Entwickler/in (Deutschland), Durchschnittsgehalt brutto/Jahr: 51.200 €. https://www.stepstone.de/gehalt/Software-Entwickler-in.html
• Portal Salário (salario.com.br) — Engenheiro Mecânico, CBO 2144-05, salário médio bruto jul/2025–jun/2026 (regime CLT, 6.561 profissionais): R$ 11.703,79/mês × 12. https://www.salario.com.br/profissao/engenheiro-mecanico-cbo-214405/ StepStone Gehaltsreport 2026 — Ingenieur/in Maschinenbau (Deutschland), Durchschnittsgehalt brutto/Jahr: 55.700 €. https://www.stepstone.de/gehalt/Ingenieur-in-Maschinenbau.html
• Portal Salário (salario.com.br) — Enfermeiro, CBO 2235-05, salário médio bruto jul/2025–jun/2026 (regime CLT, 178.201 profissionais): R$ 4.475,06/mês × 12. https://www.salario.com.br/profissao/enfermeiro-cbo-223505/ StepStone Gehaltsreport 2026 — Pflegefachkraft (Deutschland), Durchschnittsgehalt brutto/Jahr: 39.800 €. https://www.stepstone.de/gehalt/Pflegefachkraft.html
• Portal Salário (salario.com.br) — Contador, CBO 2522-10, salário médio bruto jul/2025–jun/2026 (regime CLT, 81.432 profissionais), atualizado em 03/08/2026: R$ 5.520,14/mês × 12. https://www.salario.com.br/profissao/contador-cbo-252210/ StepStone Gehaltsreport 2026 — Finanzbuchhalter/in (Deutschland), Durchschnittsgehalt brutto/Jahr: 39.800 €. https://www.stepstone.de/gehalt/Finanzbuchhalter-in.html
• Portal Salário (salario.com.br) — Analista de Marketing, CBO 1423-35, salário médio bruto jul/2025–jun/2026 (regime CLT, 76.070 profissionais), atualizado em 03/08/2026: R$ 4.886,46/mês × 12. https://www.salario.com.br/profissao/analista-de-marketing-cbo-142335/ StepStone Gehaltsreport 2026 — Marketing Manager (Deutschland), Durchschnittsgehalt brutto/Jahr: 45.300 €. https://www.stepstone.de/gehalt/Marketing-Manager.html
• Portal Salário (salario.com.br) — Analista de Logística, CBO 2527-15, salário médio bruto jul/2025–jun/2026 (regime CLT, 25.436 profissionais), atualizado em 03/08/2026: R$ 3.949,34/mês × 12. https://www.salario.com.br/profissao/analista-de-logistica-cbo-252715/ StepStone Gehaltsreport 2026 — Logistik-Manager/in (Deutschland), Durchschnittsgehalt brutto/Jahr: 50.400 €. https://www.stepstone.de/gehalt/Logistik-Manager-in.html
• Portal Salário (salario.com.br) — Arquiteto Urbanista, CBO 2141-25, salário médio bruto jul/2025–jun/2026 (regime CLT, 1.188 profissionais), atualizado em 03/08/2026: R$ 7.341,10/mês × 12. https://www.salario.com.br/profissao/arquiteto-urbanista-cbo-214125/ StepStone Gehaltsreport 2026 — Architekt/in (Hochbau) (Deutschland), Durchschnittsgehalt brutto/Jahr: 50.400 €. https://www.stepstone.de/gehalt/Architekt-in-Hochbau.html

R$ 11,141/month. Formally employed electrical engineer, Novo CAGED average (5,328 professionals, 12 months to June 2026).

€50,700/year. Legal salary floor for the EU Blue Card, §18g(1) AufenthG; €45,934.20 in shortage occupations.

Logistics and construction. These are the two largest gaps in the table because the Brazilian role chosen is an analyst and the German role is a manager. Both roles are printed under the figures, in the section itself.

Section 2 · life beyond salary — sources

• € 259 per child, per month. Kindergeld from January 2026, paid by the Familienkasse per child per month, regardless of family income — Bundesagentur für Arbeit, notice 2025-53.
• 14 months of paid leave and 3 years of job protection. Basiselterngeld: 14 months of paid leave split between both parents, at least 2 months each — Familienportal des Bundes / BMBFSFJ. Elternzeit: up to 3 years of protected leave per child for each parent — §15 and §18 BEEG. The 14-month cap is per couple, not per parent.
• 6 months, and dismissal starts requiring a legally recognized reason. Kündigungsschutzgesetz (KSchG) §1 and §23: general protection against dismissal applies after six months of employment, at workplaces with more than ten employees; after that a dismissal is only valid if socially justified on personal, conduct or operational grounds. Condition that doesn't fit the summary: the ten-employee threshold — below it, general protection does not apply.
• 60% of your last net salary, 67% with a child, for up to 12 months. Arbeitslosengeld I, SGB III / Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Conditions that don't fit the summary: the base is net salary and there is a contribution ceiling (Beitragsbemessungsgrenze); the 12-month benefit requires 24 months of contributions in the last 30 — someone with 12 months of contributions receives 6.
• 0.9 homicides per 100,000 people, in 2024. Intentional homicide victims in Germany: 0.91 per 100,000 in 2024 (779 victims) and 0.91 in 2023 — SDG indicator 16.1.1, Statistisches Bundesamt. The year in the summary is mandatory: the same series shows 1.33 per 100,000 in 2025.

Section 3 · the skilled-worker shortage

357,091 vacancies. National Fachkräftelücke for March 2026 — qualified vacancies for which no unemployed person in the whole country held the required qualification. Not "open jobs." KOFA Kompakt 5/2026, Fachkräftereport März 2026, IW Köln (Philip Herzer and Gero Kunath, July 2026). This figure is recalculated every quarter. This is the March 2026 figure.

The field markers. They identify the reader; they do not split the figure, and none carries its own number. IT, engineering, health/nursing and construction/electrical trades appear with margin in the KOFA series. Marketing and finance/accounting do not appear in any Engpassberufe list and were dropped from the page for that reason. Logistics is marked pending verification.

Sections 5 to 8

• Two pages and dates as month/year. Bundesagentur für Arbeit guidance on the Lebenslauf.
• Testimonials. These describe the one-on-one guidance StarIn offered before the platform existed, with the name and field of each person quoted.
• Visa route. The questionnaire result is orientation based on Germany's official immigration rules: a realistic starting point, not legal advice.