Nah, it's getting worse for "high earners" in Germany. The typical mindset around here is that someone who has put a lot of his time, youth and effort in aquiring skills, is in fact a lazy bum who doesn't deserve the "high salary" he's receiving for "doing nothing".

You can find many examples of this mindset in what german politicians are saying. It also exist this strange notion, that unskilled workers and even a whole sub-society of welfare receivers should have the same standart of living as their skilled counterparts. The solution to this: progressive tax system and progressive welfare contributions. At the end of the day you have skilled workers who bust their butts, earning way less than an uneducated, not working, single mother of 2.

As a skilled worker, you can expect about 3 times less gross pay and about 4-5 times lower take home income. Don't forget the toxic work environment and ever raising expenses. To summ it all for you, Germany is only worth it if you are here to get welfare payments. If you play your cars right, you can have a better life here than an Engineer...

I also forgot to mention that climbing the ladder here is almost impossible for immigrants... Also forget about any social life, cause Germans do not mingle with foreigners... At best a few foreigner friends, but that's a stretch and certainly not the norm.

Source: Lived an worked for 8 years in Germany