Apotheken-KV 2026 and 2027 forecast

How much salaries under the Apotheken-KV are expected to rise in 2027, what is left of it after tax and whether the rounds since 2017 kept up with inflation. With the 2026 salary table and minimum salaries, every raise against inflation over the reference period, a 2027 forecast and the net effect on your salary, for pharmacy assistants (PKA) and other staff in public pharmacies in Austria.

Your net pay 2026 and 2027

+€73.75 vs. 2026
€2,640.52
per month from 1 January 2027 · forecast
€2,566.77
per month since 1 January 2026
Net 70.66% SI 18.14% Income tax 11.20%
Net raise
2.87%
net 2027 ÷ net 2026
Deductions on the raise
42.82%
SI + wage tax ÷ gross raise

2026 and 2027 compared

Value20262027 · forecast
Min. salaries
+2.50%≈ +3.00%
Actual salaries
––
Inflation
3.19%3.20%
Your gross €3,696.00€3,807.00
per year €51,744.00€53,298.00
Your net €2,566.77€2,640.52
per year €36,600.81€37,658.88
Purchasing power
−1.16%+0.27%

Raise compared with inflation

Minimum salaries (avg. of all steps)
Inflation, reference period

Main employment

€

2027 round

  1. 2027 deal, forecast≈ +3.00%
    range -0.40% to 7.10%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 January 2027
  2. Talks begin
    around December 2026
  3. Inflation over the reference periodØ 3.20%
    November 2025 – October 2026 · 1 month forecast
  4. 2026 agreement
    agreed on 18 December 2025 · applies from 1 January 2026
    Minimum salaries+2.50%
    Actual salaries–
    over-payments kept in euros

No dates, demands or offers published yet (as of 8 Nov 2026). Talks usually start in December.

Your grade in the agreement

Group 4 (PKA, certified pharmacy assistants)per month
Minimum 2026€3,651.00
per year€51,114.00
Minimum 2027, forecast≈ €3,760.53
Your gross€3,696.00
Above the minimum+€45.00 (+1.23%)
Above the minimum 2027, forecast≈ +€46.47 (+1.24%)
Next step: after 20 years in the profession+€165.00

What the Apotheken-KV covers

The Apotheken-KV (Kollektivvertrag für Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Assistenten und Apothekenhilfspersonal in den öffentlichen Apotheken und Anstaltsapotheken) covers pharmacy assistants (PKA) and other staff in public pharmacies. It is negotiated between Österreichischer Apothekerverband and Gewerkschaft GPA (Wirtschaftsbereich Handel) und Gewerkschaft vida. It sets a minimum salary for 3 groups with up to 11 steps, currently from €2,144 to €3,816 gross a month. It is paid 14 times a year: the holiday pay and Christmas pay are set by the agreement and taxed at a preferential rate.

It is renegotiated every year, usually from December; the raise applies from 1 January. The starting point is inflation over the reference period, last time November 2024 – October 2025 at 3.19%. The union makes a demand, the employers an offer, and the deal lands in between. It lifts the minimum salaries; anyone paid more keeps their over-payment in euros.

What is left of a raise after tax depends on your salary: each extra euro carries social insurance and wage tax at your marginal rate, so net pay usually grows a little less, in percent, than gross. Whether a deal is enough shows in purchasing power: since 2018 minimum salaries under the Apotheken-KV rose by 32.60%, prices over the reference periods by 32.07%.

Minimum salaries
Inflation, reference period

Apotheken-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each minimum raise on top of the last, +32.60% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+32.07%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.

Minimum salaries, white-collar, from 1 January 2026

Group
years 1–2 in the profession
years 3–4 in the profession
years 5–6 in the profession
years 7–8 in the profession
years 9–10 in the profession
years 11–12 in the profession
years 13–14 in the profession
years 15–16 in the profession
years 17–18 in the profession
years 19–20 in the profession
after 20 years in the profession
Group 2 (no completed vocational training)
€2,144.00
€2,150.00
€2,183.00
€2,226.00
€2,284.00
€2,425.00
€2,554.00
€2,744.00
€2,868.00
€3,011.00
€3,146.00
Group 3 (related trades, school-leavers with experience)
€2,254.00
€2,284.00
€2,319.00
€2,446.00
€2,606.00
€2,794.00
€2,928.00
€3,117.00
€3,219.00
€3,364.00
€3,501.00
Group 4 (PKA, certified pharmacy assistants)
€2,372.00
€2,404.00
€2,468.00
€2,632.00
€2,837.00
€3,021.00
€3,173.00
€3,401.00
€3,495.00
€3,651.00
€3,816.00

Salaried staff in group 2 (no completed training), 3 (related trades, school-leavers after two years) and 4 (certified PKA and pharmacy assistants), steps by years worked in EEA pharmacies (at most 16 credited). Each cell is a full-time minimum (40 hours, 173 a month), gross, paid 14 times a year. Since 2025 it includes €80 of the former employee bonus. Not included: group 1 (holiday workers), Arbeiter and apprentices.

Agreements since 2017

Year
From
Minimum salaries
Actual salaries
Inflation in period
2027
1 January 2027
Next round from 1 January 2027
3.20%*
2026
1 January 2026
+2.50%
over-payment kept in euros
3.19%
2025
1 January 2025
+4.00%
over-payment kept in euros
3.52%
2024
1 January 2024
+5.30%
over-payment kept in euros
8.70%
2023
1 January 2023
+7.60%
over-payment kept in euros
7.51%
2022
1 January 2022
+2.50%
–
2.26%
2021
1 January 2021
+1.50%
over-payment kept in euros
1.48%
2020
1 January 2020
–
over-payment kept in euros
1.62%
2019
1 January 2019
–
–
2.02%
2018
1 January 2018
Ø +2.43%, at least €40
over-payment kept in euros
1.95%
2017
1 January 2017
+1.30%, at least €22
over-payment kept in euros
0.80%

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2026
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Frequently asked questions

Not agreed yet. Our forecast: minimum salaries about +3.00% (range -0.40% to 7.10%). It starts from inflation over the reference period November 2025 – October 2026 (3.20%, partly a WIFO forecast) and adds how far above or below inflation the branch settled in its last 3 rounds.
Under the salary table from 1 January 2026, between €2,144.00 (Group 2, no completed vocational training, years 1–2 in the profession) and €3,816.00 (Group 4, PKA, certified pharmacy assistants, after 20 years in the profession) gross a month, paid 14 times a year. It is a floor: your employer may pay more (over-payment), never less.
Talks usually start in December; the new salaries apply from 1 January. The round is negotiated against inflation over the reference period, the twelve months before it (last time November 2024 – October 2025: 3.19%).
The minimum raise lifts the salary table, the floor per group and step. The Apotheken-KV has no separate actual raise: anyone paid above the minimum keeps their over-payment in euros, so their salary rises by the same euro amount as the minimum of their step.
Yes. The minimum salary applies in proportion to your hours: at 20 of 40 weekly hours, half of it. The raise in percent is the same as for full-time.
Yes. Holiday and Christmas pay follow the monthly salary in force when they are paid. So you get a raise 14 times a year, and both special payments stay taxed at the preferential rate up to the annual sixth.
Then your employer has to top you up to the new minimum of your group and step from the effective date. Check your grade with the table on this page. You can claim shortfalls back, but many agreements set short deadlines for that, so talk to your works council, union or the Chamber of Labour early.
From 2018 to 2026 minimum salaries rose by 32.60% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 32.07%. In 5 of 7 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds kept up with inflation.
  • Table · GPA: Kollektivvertrag für Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Assistenten und Apothekenhilfspersonal, Stand 1. Jänner 2026 (Gehalts- und Lohnordnung 2025 → 2026, Zusatzprotokoll)
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  • 2026 · GPA: KV-Abschluss für Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Assistent:innen erzielt (2026)
  • 2025 · GPA: Erfolgreicher Gehaltsabschluss für Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Assistent:innen und Apothekenhilfspersonal 2025
  • 2024 · GPA: KV-Abschluss für Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Assistent:innen und Apothekerhilfspersonal 2024 (Abschluss in der vierten Runde)
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  • 2022 · GPA (Wayback Machine): KV-Abschluss für Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische AssistentInnen 2022
  • 2021 · GPA (Wayback Machine): KV-Abschluss für die Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännischen Assistentinnen/Assistenten und das Apothekenhilfspersonal 2021
  • 2020 · GPA (Wayback Machine): Erfolgreicher Gehaltsabschluss für Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Assistenten und Apothekenhilfspersonal, 2020
  • 2019 · GPA (Wayback Machine): KV-Verhandlungen Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische AssistentInnen 2019 (Papa-Monat, Fixbetragabschluss)
  • 2018 · GPA (Wayback Machine): Erfolgreicher Gehaltsabschluss für Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Assistenten und Apothekenhilfspersonal, 2018
  • 2017 · GPA (Wayback Machine): Erfolgreicher Gehaltsabschluss für Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Assistenten und Apothekenhilfspersonal, 2017