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813 Working Student & Intern Jobs in Cologne

North Rhine-Westphalia

Browse working student and internship positions in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. Sourced directly from company career pages and ATS platforms, refreshed daily.

Cologne blends one of Germany's largest student populations with a broad employer base across media, e-commerce, insurance, consulting, and software. With the University of Cologne and TH Koln feeding talent into the region, working student roles span business, product, marketing, analytics, and engineering.

As of Oct 21, 2026, workingstudentjobs.de lists 813 working student and internship positions in Cologne from 244 employers. The median working student salary in Cologne is €16.00 per hour (€1,386 per month), based on 61 listings with disclosed pay.

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Employers
244 companies
Median salary
€1,386/mo · €16.00/h
P25-P75 €1,299 - €1,516, 61 salary listings, updated Oct 21, 2026
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Deloitte · REWE Group
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Cologne in our data

Counted from the student jobs we have listed, open and closed.

Median stated pay by field

FieldWorking student, per hourInternship, per month
Marketing€15.7167 postings€1,17532 postings
Operations€15.8846 postingsFewer than 10 postings state pay
Sales€15.5033 postings€2,28610 postings
Tech€15.7533 postingsFewer than 10 postings state pay
HR€16.0019 postings€2,41011 postings
Finance€16.0012 postingsFewer than 10 postings state pay
Design€16.0010 postingsFewer than 10 postings state pay

Median of the pay stated in postings since March 2026. A field needs at least 10 postings that state pay. Working students are compared per hour and interns per month, never converted.

Employers with the most student roles

  1. 1REWE Group27 open109 roles
  2. 2Deloitte45 open81 roles
  3. 3RTL Deutschland12 open74 roles
  4. 4REWE14 open67 roles
  5. 5KPMG Deutschland20 open62 roles
  6. 6DEUTZ9 open53 roles
  7. 7HDI Group9 open45 roles
  8. 8BarmeniaGothaer13 open43 roles

Distinct roles listed since March 2026, open or closed. A reposted role counts once.

New postings per month

  1. Apr 2026576
  2. May 2026487
  3. Jun 2026495
  4. Jul 2026457
  5. Aug 2026382
  6. Sept 2026322

Postings we first listed each month. The count also moves when we add or lose a source, so it shows our coverage, not the whole market.

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Jobs near universities in Cologne

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Working student jobs in Cologne: FAQ

Why Cologne for Working Student Jobs?

Cologne offers a balanced mix of corporate employers, scale-ups, and creative industries. Students can find Werkstudent opportunities in digital marketing, finance, business operations, customer experience, and software development, often within companies serving national and international markets.

Its central location in North Rhine-Westphalia also connects Cologne to the wider Rhine-Ruhr economy. That gives students access not just to local employers, but to a dense regional job market with strong transport links and a steady supply of part-time student roles.

Salary data on this page is based on workingstudentjobs.de listings with disclosed pay. In Cologne, the current working-student median is €1,386 per month, equivalent to about €16.00 per hour, with the middle 50 percent of disclosed salaries between €1,299 - €1,516. The sample includes 61 salary listings and was refreshed on Oct 21, 2026. During the semester, working students in Germany generally stay within the 20-hour-per-week Werkstudentenprivileg rule; full-time work is usually possible during semester breaks.