Peter Salzmann was born in Freudenstadt in 1956. After graduating from high school in 1975, he studied law at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. After passing the first state law examination, he completed his legal clerkship at the Heilbronn District Court. After the second state law examination, he was admitted to the bar and has been working as a lawyer at RBB & Partner since 1985, and as a partner since 1994. He has been a specialist in labour law since 1999.