Diakonie-KV 2026 and 2027
Your net pay 2026 and 2027
+€63.24 vs. 2026
€2,826.13
per month from 1 January 2027 · agreed
€2,762.89
per month since 1 April 2026
Net 69.10% SI 18.14% Income tax 12.76%
Net raise
2.29%
net 2027 ÷ net 2026
Deductions on the raise
50.99%
SI + wage tax ÷ gross raise
2026 and 2027 compared
| Value | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum salaries | +2.60% | ≥ +2.30% |
| Actual salaries | +2.40% | – |
| Inflation | 3.19% | 3.20% |
| Your gross | €4,090.00 | €4,184.00 |
| ↳per year | €57,260.00 | €58,576.00 |
| Your net | €2,762.89 | €2,826.13 |
| ↳per year | €39,568.54 | €40,473.97 |
| Purchasing power | −1.27% | −0.30% |
| Value | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Min. salaries | +2.60% | ≥ +2.30% |
| Actual salaries | +2.40% | – |
| Inflation | 3.19% | 3.20% |
| Your gross | €4,090.00 | €4,184.00 |
| ↳per year | €57,260.00 | €58,576.00 |
| Your net | €2,762.89 | €2,826.13 |
| ↳per year | €39,568.54 | €40,473.97 |
| Purchasing power | −1.27% | −0.30% |
Raise compared with inflation
Minimum salaries (avg. of all steps)
Actual salaries
Inflation, reference period
Main employment
€
2028 round
- 2028 deal, forecast≈ +2.80%range 1.90% to 3.20%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 January 2028
- Talks beginaround October 2027
- Inflation over the reference periodØ 2.72%November 2026 – October 2027 · 12 months forecast
- 2027 agreementagreed on 29 January 2026 · applies from 1 January 2027Minimum salaries–Actual salaries–
No pay negotiations yet; they usually start in October or November and follow the SWÖ deal.
Your grade in the agreement
| BG 7 Staff with a diploma (e.g. registered nurses, early-years teachers) | per month |
|---|---|
| Minimum 2026 | €4,081.00 |
| ↳per year | €57,134.00 |
| Your gross | €4,090.00 |
| Above the minimum | +€9.00 (+0.22%) |
| Next step: Step 14 (years 27–28) | +€29.10 |
| Next group: BG 8 School-leaving exam or diploma with higher responsibility (e.g. social workers, allied health) | +€508.40 |
| BG 7 Staff with a diploma (e.g. registered nurses, early-years teachers) | per month |
|---|---|
| Minimum 2026 | €4,081.00 |
| ↳per year | €57,134.00 |
| Your gross | €4,090.00 |
| Above the minimum | +€9.00 (+0.22%) |
| Next step: Step 14 (years 27–28) | +€29.10 |
| Next group: BG 8 School-leaving exam or diploma with higher responsibility (e.g. social workers, allied health) | +€508.40 |
What the Diakonie-KV covers
The Diakonie-KV (Kollektivvertrag für Arbeitnehmer:innen der Diakonie Österreich) covers employees of the Diakonie and the Protestant social services. It is negotiated between Arbeitgeberverband der Diakonie Österreich and Gewerkschaft GPA und Gewerkschaft vida. It sets a minimum salary for 11 groups with up to 18 steps, currently from €2,122 to €5,402 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 October; 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 Diakonie-KV rose by 42.49%, prices over the reference periods by 41.28%.
Actual salaries
Inflation, reference period
Diakonie-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each actual raise on top of the last, +42.49% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+41.28%, 2027 partly forecast). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.
Minimum salaries from 1 April 2026
Group
Step 1 (years 1–2)
Step 2 (years 3–4)
Step 3 (years 5–6)
Step 4 (years 7–8)
Step 5 (years 9–10)
Step 6 (years 11–12)
Step 7 (years 13–14)
Step 8 (years 15–16)
Step 9 (years 17–18)
Step 10 (years 19–20)
Step 11 (years 21–22)
Step 12 (years 23–24)
Step 13 (years 25–26)
Step 14 (years 27–28)
Step 15 (years 29–30)
Step 16 (years 31–32)
Step 17 (years 33–34)
Step 18 (years 35–36)
BG 1 Auxiliary work (e.g. cleaning, kitchen help)
€2,307.40
€2,327.80
€2,349.70
€2,390.90
€2,433.50
€2,474.70
€2,517.70
€2,558.50
€2,601.40
€2,621.80
€2,642.50
€2,664.40
€2,684.80
€2,707.00
€2,727.50
€2,748.20
€2,770.00
€2,793.70
BG 2a Paramedics and patient transport up to year 10
€2,122.20
€2,144.30
€2,164.90
€2,204.50
€2,246.90
BG 2b Paramedics and patient transport from year 11
€2,266.00
€2,290.00
€2,312.20
€2,358.10
€2,403.80
€2,449.50
€2,495.20
€2,541.20
€2,586.90
€2,609.20
€2,632.90
€2,654.90
€2,678.60
€2,700.60
€2,724.30
€2,746.70
€2,771.50
€2,795.50
BG 3 Semi-skilled and care staff without a diploma (e.g. home help, personal assistance)
€2,492.30
€2,515.80
€2,538.30
€2,583.70
€2,629.70
€2,675.40
€2,721.40
€2,768.40
€2,817.80
€2,841.80
€2,867.30
€2,891.10
€2,916.70
€2,940.40
€2,966.20
€2,990.10
€3,014.00
€3,039.60
BG 4 Emergency paramedics
€2,403.80
€2,452.40
€2,525.30
€2,598.10
€2,670.60
€2,743.30
€2,795.50
€2,846.80
€2,899.50
€2,925.50
€2,951.10
€2,978.30
€3,003.80
€3,031.20
€3,056.60
€3,082.20
€3,109.50
€3,135.00
BG 5 Staff with over 1,000 hours of training (e.g. nursing assistants)
€2,680.10
€2,729.00
€2,801.70
€2,880.20
€2,958.60
€3,037.20
€3,088.20
€3,140.90
€3,193.90
€3,219.70
€3,247.00
€3,272.40
€3,298.20
€3,323.50
€3,351.10
€3,376.80
€3,404.00
€3,429.50
BG 6 Staff with over 1,600 hours of training (e.g. nursing associates, specialist social carers)
€2,839.10
€2,878.60
€2,933.20
€3,035.60
€3,138.00
€3,238.90
€3,342.70
€3,424.90
€3,504.90
€3,559.40
€3,613.90
€3,668.60
€3,696.20
€3,723.40
€3,750.60
€3,777.90
€3,805.40
€3,832.50
BG 7 Staff with a diploma (e.g. registered nurses, early-years teachers)
€3,060.10
€3,120.00
€3,179.70
€3,292.40
€3,405.10
€3,517.50
€3,630.20
€3,718.90
€3,809.60
€3,899.80
€3,990.60
€4,050.10
€4,081.00
€4,110.10
€4,140.80
€4,169.80
€4,200.30
€4,229.30
BG 8 School-leaving exam or diploma with higher responsibility (e.g. social workers, allied health)
€3,343.30
€3,406.50
€3,486.80
€3,606.00
€3,732.60
€3,860.30
€3,986.90
€4,112.70
€4,241.10
€4,367.50
€4,463.00
€4,558.50
€4,589.40
€4,623.60
€4,654.00
€4,686.60
€4,717.40
€4,749.60
BG 9 Academic training (e.g. psychologists, doctors)
€3,521.00
€3,573.90
€3,645.10
€3,776.90
€3,908.30
€4,040.00
€4,173.00
€4,276.80
€4,384.30
€4,454.70
€4,524.50
€4,594.50
€4,630.10
€4,666.10
€4,700.20
€4,735.90
€4,769.90
€4,806.10
BG 10 Heads of units, specialist doctors
€3,957.80
€4,017.40
€4,096.00
€4,244.40
€4,393.10
€4,541.50
€4,689.70
€4,809.40
€4,927.20
€5,005.90
€5,085.90
€5,164.50
€5,203.80
€5,242.70
€5,283.90
€5,323.10
€5,362.30
€5,401.90
Salary table (§ 33, until 2022 § 32): grades 1, 2a, 2b and 3 to 10, 18 steps each; advancement every two years. Grade 2a has 5 steps, then staff move to 2b. Each cell is the full monthly minimum for full time (37 hours a week), gross, paid 14 times a year. Grades 2a, 2b and 4 without the § 36 allowances. Apprentice pay and allowances are not included.
Agreements since 2017
Year
From
Minimum salaries
Actual salaries
Inflation in period
2028
1 January 2028
Next round from 1 January 2028
2.72%*
2027
1 January 2027
at least +2.30%, by inflation
–
3.20%*
2026
1 April 2026
+2.60%
+2.40%
3.19%
2025
1 January 2025
+4.00%
+4.00%
3.52%
2024
1 January 2024
+9.20%
+9.20%
8.70%
2023
1 January 2023
+8.00%, at least €175
+8.00%, at least €175
7.51%
2022
1 January 2022
no raise (no new agreement)
–
2.26%
2021
1 January 2021
+2.08%
+2.08%
1.48%
2020
1 February 2020
+2.70%
+2.70%
1.53%
2019
1 February 2019
+3.20%
+3.20%
2.01%
2018
1 February 2018
+2.50%
+2.50%
2.03%
2017
1 February 2017
+1.30%
+1.30%
0.86%
Related agreements
Branch
2026
Inflation
2027
History
+2.40%
3.19%
+2.30%agreed
+2.60%
3.19%
≥ +2.30%agreed
+2.60%
3.19%
≈ +3.30%forecast
+2.30%
3.44%
≈ +2.70%in talks
+2.91%
3.19%
≈ +2.72%agreed
Frequently asked questions
Agreed: minimum salaries at least +2.30%, by inflation, from 1 January 2027.
Our forecast: minimum salaries about +2.50% (range 1.80% to 3.60%), actual salaries about +2.80%. It starts from inflation over the reference period November 2026 – October 2027 (2.72%, 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 April 2026, between €2,122.20 (BG 2a Paramedics and patient transport up to year 10, Step 1, years 1–2) and €5,401.90 (BG 10 Heads of units, specialist doctors, Step 18, years 35–36) 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 October; 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 actual raise applies to the salary really paid, even above the minimum. Where it is lower than the minimum raise, the over-payment shrinks; your salary may never fall below the new minimum.
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 2027 actual salaries rose by 42.49% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 41.28% (2027 partly forecast). In 7 of 10 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds kept up with inflation.
- •Table · vida/GPA: Kollektivvertrag für Arbeitnehmer:innen der Diakonie Österreich, Stand 1.1.2026, KV-Highlights und § 33 Gehaltstabellen (wirksam ab 1.4.2026)
- •2027–2028 · vida, 30.1.2026: Kollektivvertrag Diakonie (Abschluss 29.1.2026; 2027 mindestens +2,3 %, halbe Differenz über 2,3 %, höchstens 2,5 %)
- •2026 · GPA, 29.1.2026: Kollektivvertrag Diakonie 2026: Zweijahresabschluss in vierter Runde
- •2025 · GPA, 6.12.2024: Kollektivvertrag 2025 für die Diakonie (+4 %, rollierende Inflation 3,5 %, BG 6+7 +20 €, BG 8 +100 €)
- •2024 · Kollektivvertrag Diakonie Österreich, Stand 1. Jänner 2024, KV-Highlights und § 33 Gehaltstabellen (Kopie behindertenarbeit.at)
- •2023 · GPA/vida: Kollektivvertrag Diakonie Österreich, Stand 1. Jänner 2023, KV-Highlights und § 33 Gehaltstabellen
- •2020–2022 · Abschlussvereinbarung KV Diakonie 2020 (Verhandlungen 8.4. und 14.4.2020, unterzeichnet Wien, 16.4.2020)
- •2019 · WageIndicator: Kollektivvertrag Diakonie Österreich, Stand 1. Februar 2019, § 32 Gehaltstabellen (Kopie des KV-Texts)
- •2018 · GPA-djp/vida: Kollektivvertrag Diakonie Österreich, Stand 1. Februar 2018, Die wesentlichsten Ergebnisse (Kopie behindertenarbeit.at)
- •2017 · vida/GPA-djp via APA-OTS, 2.2.2017: Plus 1,3 Prozent für Beschäftigte der Diakonie Österreich (Abschluss am 1.2.2017)