Caritas-KV 2026 and 2027
Your net pay 2026 and 2027
2026 and 2027 compared
| Value | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum salaries | +2.60% | ≥ +2.30% |
| Actual salaries | – | – |
| Inflation | 3.19% | 3.20% |
| Your gross | €4,098.00 | €4,192.00 |
| ↳per year | €57,372.00 | €58,688.00 |
| Your net | €2,766.82 | €2,830.05 |
| ↳per year | €39,628.16 | €40,533.49 |
| Purchasing power | −1.13% | −0.31% |
| Value | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Min. salaries | +2.60% | ≥ +2.30% |
| Actual salaries | – | – |
| Inflation | 3.19% | 3.20% |
| Your gross | €4,098.00 | €4,192.00 |
| ↳per year | €57,372.00 | €58,688.00 |
| Your net | €2,766.82 | €2,830.05 |
| ↳per year | €39,628.16 | €40,533.49 |
| Purchasing power | −1.13% | −0.31% |
Raise compared with inflation
Main employment
2028 round
- 2028 deal, forecast≈ +2.40%range 1.80% to 3.20%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 January 2028
- Talks beginaround November 2027
- Inflation over the reference periodØ 2.72%November 2026 – October 2027 · 12 months forecast
- 2027 agreementagreed on 3 February 2026 · applies from 1 January 2027Minimum salaries–Actual salaries–
No negotiations yet; they usually start in November, after the SWÖ round has begun.
Your grade in the agreement
| IVa Registered nurses (DGKP) | per month |
|---|---|
| Minimum 2026 | €4,096.50 |
| ↳per year | €57,351.00 |
| Your gross | €4,098.00 |
| Above the minimum | +€1.50 (+0.04%) |
| Next step: Step 13 (years 25–26) | +€50.50 |
| Next group: III Specialists with special responsibility (bachelor level) | +€263.40 |
| IVa Registered nurses (DGKP) | per month |
|---|---|
| Minimum 2026 | €4,096.50 |
| ↳per year | €57,351.00 |
| Your gross | €4,098.00 |
| Above the minimum | +€1.50 (+0.04%) |
| Next step: Step 13 (years 25–26) | +€50.50 |
| Next group: III Specialists with special responsibility (bachelor level) | +€263.40 |
What the Caritas-KV covers
The Caritas-KV (Kollektivvertrag für die Beschäftigten und Lehrlinge der karitativen Arbeitgeber*innen (vormals Kollektivvertrag für Arbeitnehmer und Lehrlinge karitativer Einrichtungen der Katholischen Kirche in Österreich)) covers employees of Caritas and other charitable organisations. It is negotiated between Verein karitativer Arbeitgeber*innen (VkA*, vormals Caritas) and Gewerkschaft GPA und Gewerkschaft vida. It sets a minimum salary for 11 groups with up to 17 steps, currently from €2,209 to €5,974 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 November; 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 usually has two figures: the minimum raise for the salary table and the actual raise for the salary you really get, also with an over-payment.
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 actual salaries under the Caritas-KV rose by 42.72%, prices over the reference periods by 41.33%.
Caritas-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each actual raise on top of the last, +42.72% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+41.33%, 2027 partly forecast). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.
Minimum salaries from 1 April 2026
Base salary table (Annex 3a): grades I to IX with IVa and Va, 16 steps each, 17 since 2025; advancement every two years. Each cell is the full monthly base salary for full time (37 hours a week), gross, paid 14 times a year. Since 2024 it is the minimum salary (Annex 3b) plus the VkA* allowance (Annex 3c). The grade descriptions of Annex 2 apply to employment from 1 Feb 2010. Allowances, the care supplement and apprentice pay are not included.
Agreements since 2018
Related agreements
Frequently asked questions
- •Table · GPA: Gehaltstabelle Caritas 2026, gültig ab 1. April 2026 (3a, 3b, 3c)
- •2026–2028 · GPA, 4.2.2026: Kollektivvertrag Caritas 2026: Beschäftigte erhalten ab April 2,6 Prozent mehr Gehalt
- •2025 · Kollektivvertrag des Vereins karitativer Arbeitgeber*innen, Fassung 1.1.2025, Anhang 3a Grundgehaltstabelle (Kopie Caritas St. Pölten; Text bis Stufe 7 gelesen)
- •2024 · GPA, 18.12.2023: KV-Abschluss 2024 für die Caritas (+9,2 %, rollierende Inflation 8,7 %)
- •2023 · GPA/vida: Kollektivvertrag für die Beschäftigten und Lehrlinge der karitativen Arbeitgeber*innen, Fassung 1. Jänner 2023, KV-Highlights, Anhang 3 Gehaltstafel und Protokoll 2023 (Wien, 5.12.2022)
- •2022 · Caritas St. Pölten: Kollektivvertrag, Ausschnitt 1.1.2022 / Fassung 1.1.2021 (37-Stunden-Woche ab 1.1.2022; Transitbeschäftigte 87 % von IX/1 = 1.496,90 €)
- •2021 · GPA/vida: Kollektivvertrag Caritas, Stand 2021, KV-Highlights (2021 +2,08 %, 2022 37 Stunden bei gleichbleibender Gehaltstafel) und Anhang 3 Gehaltstafel ab 1.1.2021 (Wayback-Kopie)
- •2020 · GPA-djp/vida: Kollektivvertrag Caritas 2020, KV-Highlights, Anhang 3 Gehaltstafel ab 1.2.2020 und Protokoll vom 24.7.2020 (Wayback-Kopie)
- •2019 · GPA-djp/vida: Kollektivvertrag Caritas, Fassung 1. Februar 2019, KV-Highlights und Anhang 3 Gehaltstafel ab 1.3.2019 (Wayback-Kopie)
- •2018 · GPA-djp/vida: Kollektivvertrag Caritas, Fassung 1. Februar 2018 (Entgelt ab 1. März 2018), Vorwort und Anhang 4 Gehaltstafel