 An "Oberstudienrat" is remunerated according to category "A 14", which means a salary of at least some 50 000  € per year, exactly as much as the lower-half Lieutenant Colonels, and after at least two but no more than eight years of service is roughly as much as the lowest rank of judges and state prosecutors.The equivalent title of an official in civil administration is "Oberregierungsrat" (senior councillor in government administration).The "Oberstudienrat" is the position immediately senior to "Studienrat" (councillor in education).