Editing Beamter (section)

==The Bundesbesoldungsgesetz==
There are several different Salary Orders (Besoldungsordnungen): A (for most Beamte and soldiers), B (for ministerial officials), C (for university professors and lecturers; now replaced by W for newly employed lecturers), R (for public prosecutors and all judges) and W for university lecturers and professors.
The salaries in order A are organised in steps, i.e. the longer a Beamter has worked, the better he or she is paid. The different groups reach from A2 to A 16 (A1 was abolished in the 1970s). A2 to A5/6 belong to the '''Lower Service''', A 6 to A 9 to the '''Middle Service''', A 9 to A 13 to the '''Upper Service''' and A 13 to A 16 to the '''Senior Service'''. The other orders, B, C, R and W, also belong to the Senior Service. German law refers to this as the principle of career tracks or  '''Laufbahnprinzip''', based on academic qualifications. 
* Beamte of the Middle Service are required to have passed their Realschulabschluss, preferably some further experience. This can be compared to GCSEs in the United Kingdom (other than Scotland), or the American High School diploma. 
* To join the Upper Service, all applicants need the Abitur (roughly equivalent to [[GCE Advanced Level|A-levels]] in UK schools), followed by taking a degree at a college owned by entity for the purpose of training future Beamte. 
* Traditionally, most Beamte in the Senior Service held a University State Exam, then equivalent to a university diploma or magister, at a time when law and teacher training was still regulated by the state (law still is). However, the common requirement these days is a master's degree or equivalent, or a State Exam in law. Grammar-school teachers now commonly hold a B.A. in two or three subjects, and a Master's in Education. In Baden-Württemberg, the annual starting salary for a single teacher without children (A13) is €45,511.92 pre-tax (c. £38,500; US$58,600).
* Top salaries can be as high as € 180,897.60 (B11) also considering that the top positions in the system is alimented on this level using a multplicator of 1 5/6.  During retirement the alimentation continues at up to 71.75% of the salary that was received in the two years before retirement.