What does a project assistant earn?
Project assistants relieve project leads in organisation, communication and documentation: they maintain plans and deadlines, prepare meetings, manage documents and approvals and keep stakeholders informed – in industry, construction, IT, consulting, the public sector or services. Entry often comes via commercial apprenticeships (e.g. industrial management assistant, office management), dual study, internships/trainee phases or a move from assistance and disposition. Gross pay depends on region, industry, tool skills and responsibility. As a guide, practising project assistants in Germany in 2026 often earn about €3,100–€3,700 gross per month; during apprenticeship typical ranges are around €950–€1,250.
Salary by region (gross/month)
Orientation figures as of 2026. The apprenticeship column covers typical dual entry routes into assistance and project organisation (e.g. industrial management assistant, office management clerk) as well as dual study, internship or trainee phases; qualified means practising project assistants. Actual pay depends on collective agreements, employer, region, industry, tool skills and experience and is not a guarantee.
Further training options
Job and everyday work
A project assistant keeps organisation and communication in the project aligned: deadlines and documents are maintained, meetings prepared and information bundled between departments and the project lead. Everyday work is structured and service-oriented – between tool upkeep, minutes, follow-ups and short-notice replanning.
- Maintain deadlines, milestones and to-dos in the project plan and report deviations to the project lead early.
- Prepare and follow up meetings: invitations, agenda, minutes, action lists and reminders.
- Organise documents, contracts, quotes and approvals; keep filing and approval workflows up to date in tools.
- Coordinate stakeholders and departments: align dates, gather information and prepare status reports.
- Help document budgets, hours and supplier invoices and prepare figures for reporting.
- Track risks, open issues and dependencies and ease day-to-day project communication.
