Eisenbahn-KV 2026 and 2027 forecast

How much salaries under the Eisenbahn-KV (also: railway agreement) 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 employees of railway companies in Austria.

Your net pay 2026 and 2027

+€81.86 vs. 2026
€2,919.73
per month from 1 December 2026 · forecast
€2,837.87
per month since 1 December 2025
Net 68.40% SI 18.14% Income tax 13.46%
Net raise
2.88%
net 2027 ÷ net 2026
Deductions on the raise
50.99%
SI + wage tax ÷ gross raise

2026 and 2027 compared

Value20262027 · forecast
Min. salaries
+2.85%≈ +3.00%
Actual salaries
+3.00%≈ +3.10%
Inflation
3.01%3.26%
Your gross €4,243.00€4,375.00
per year €59,402.00€61,250.00
Your net €2,837.87€2,919.73
per year €40,706.83€41,894.96
Purchasing power
−0.84%+0.28%

Raise compared with inflation

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

Main employment

€

2027 negotiations

  1. 2027 deal, forecast≈ +3.10%
    range 2.40% to 3.26%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 December 2026
  2. Round 4
    10 November 2026 · scheduled
  3. Round 3
    4 November 2026 · no agreement, no published employer offer; a works-council conference is to decide next steps
    Union demand
    Minimum salaries+3.26%
    Actual salaries–
    full inflation compensation, plus the 38.5-hour week in every company
    Employers’ offer
    Minimum salaries–
    Actual salaries–
  4. Round 2
    21 October 2026 · rolling inflation set at 3.26%, working groups set up, agreement on apprentices
    Union demand
    Minimum salaries–
    Actual salaries–
    Employers’ offer
    Minimum salaries–
    Actual salaries–
  5. Round 1
    12 October 2026 · framework and labour-law points; observation window October 2025 to September 2026 agreed, no result
    Union demand
    Minimum salaries–
    Actual salaries–
    Employers’ offer
    Minimum salaries–
    Actual salaries–
  6. Inflation over the reference periodØ 3.26%
    October 2025 – September 2026
  7. 2026 agreement
    agreed on 15 October 2025 · applies from 1 December 2025
    Minimum salaries+3.00%
    Actual salaries+3.00%
    actual salaries at most €150

Talks cover around 55,000 employees in 98 railway companies.

The works-council conference on 5 Nov 2026 adopted an alternative: if the framework provisions (38.5-hour week etc.) stay unchanged, vida demands about 3.9% more pay (rolling inflation 3.26% plus 0.3 points the 2025 deal fell short of inflation, plus 0.3 points share of 2026 value added).

Your grade in the agreement

Grade Fper month
Minimum 2026€4,183.31
per year€58,566.34
Minimum 2027, forecast≈ €4,308.81
Your gross€4,243.00
Above the minimum+€59.69 (+1.43%)
Above the minimum 2027, forecast≈ +€66.19 (+1.54%)
Next group: Grade G+€617.18

What the Eisenbahn-KV covers

The Eisenbahn-KV (Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer:innen der österreichischen Eisenbahnunternehmen) covers employees of railway companies. It is negotiated between WKÖ: Fachverband der Schienenbahnen and Gewerkschaft vida. It sets a minimum salary for 10 groups with up to 5 steps, currently from €2,529 to €8,324 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 December. The starting point is inflation over the reference period, last time October 2024 – September 2025 at 3.01%. 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 Eisenbahn-KV rose by 42.68%, prices over the reference periods by 34.24%.

Actual salaries
Inflation, reference period

Eisenbahn-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each actual raise on top of the last, +42.68% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+34.24%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.

Minimum salaries from 1 December 2025

Group
Step 1 (3 years)
Step 2 (4 years)
Step 3 (4 years)
Step 4 (4 years)
Step 5 (final)
Grade A
€2,528.58
€2,563.09
€2,581.70
€2,614.89
€2,633.48
Grade B
€2,816.97
€2,950.72
€3,018.29
€3,153.50
€3,219.67
Grade C
€2,996.74
€3,130.46
€3,198.10
€3,333.29
€3,400.85
Grade D
€3,146.32
€3,280.07
€3,347.65
€3,481.41
€3,549.00
Grade E
€3,369.23
€3,520.25
€3,595.84
€3,749.18
€3,826.74
Grade F
€3,717.85
€3,874.49
€3,952.05
€4,105.71
€4,183.31
Grade G
€4,074.40
€4,308.86
€4,425.91
€4,674.05
€4,800.49
Grade H
€4,435.05
€4,851.36
€5,066.45
€5,481.74
€5,688.96
Grade I
€5,441.87
€5,888.20
€6,112.99
€6,559.27
€6,784.06
Grade J
€6,434.95
€7,064.60
€7,378.60
€8,008.24
€8,323.87

Salary table Anlage 3 (40-hour week): grades A–J, steps 1–5; three years in step 1 and four years each in steps 2 to 4, step 5 is final. Each cell is the full monthly salary, gross, not cumulative; the table applies to wage workers and salaried staff alike. For a 38.5-hour week the lower table Anlage 3A applies. Apprentices, allowances and supplements are not included.

Agreements since 2017

Year
From
Minimum salaries
Actual salaries
Inflation in period
2027
1 December 2026
2027 round under negotiation: demand 3.26%
3.26%
2026
1 December 2025
+3.00%, at most €150
+3.00%, at most €150
3.01%
2025
1 December 2024
+4.10%
+4.10%
3.82%
2024
1 December 2023
+8.30%, at least €190
+8.30%, at least €190
9.17%
2023
1 December 2022
avg. +10.25% (from the salary tables)
–
6.90%
2022
1 November 2021
+3.70%
+3.70%
1.90%
2021
1 January 2021
+1.30%, at least €35
+1.30%, at least €35
1.48%
2019
1 July 2019
+2.60%
+2.60%
1.94%
2018
1 July 2018
+3.40%
+3.40%
2.03%
2017
1 July 2017
+2.10%
+2.10%
1.29%

Related agreements

Branch
2026
Inflation
2027
History
Güterbeförderungs-KV
+2.74%
3.01%
≈ +3.30%in talks
Speditions-KV
+2.80%
3.52%
≈ +2.50%forecast
Handels-KV
+2.55%
3.01%
≈ +2.70%in talks
Metaller-KV
+1.90% (2027)
3.26%
≈ +2.10% (2028)forecast
IT-KV
+2.75%
3.52%
≈ +2.90%in talks

Frequently asked questions

Not agreed yet (2027 round under negotiation: demand 3.26%). Our forecast: minimum salaries about +3.00% (range 2.40% to 3.26%), actual salaries about +3.10%. It starts from inflation over the reference period October 2025 – September 2026 (3.26%) and adds how far above or below inflation the branch settled in its last 3 rounds.
Under the salary table from 1 December 2025, between €2,528.58 (Grade A, Step 1, 3 years) and €8,323.87 (Grade J, Step 5, final) 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 December. The round is negotiated against inflation over the reference period, the twelve months before it (last time October 2024 – September 2025: 3.01%).
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 2026 actual salaries rose by 42.68% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 34.24%. In 5 of 8 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds kept up with inflation.
  • Table, 2025 · WKO: Lohn- und Gehaltsordnung Eisenbahnunternehmen, gültig ab 1.12.2025 (Anlage 3)
  • 2026 · WKÖ Fachverband der Schienenbahnen: Eisenbahn-KV
  • 2024 · WKO: Lohn- und Gehaltsordnung Eisenbahnunternehmen, gültig ab 1.12.2024 (Anlage 3)
  • 2023 · WKO: Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der österreichischen Eisenbahnunternehmen, Stand 1.12.2023, Anlage 3 (Gehaltstabelle gültig ab 1.12.2023; gelesen in der Kopie von web.archive.org, 20.4.2025)
  • 2022 · WKO: Lohn- und Gehaltsordnung Eisenbahnunternehmen, gültig ab 1.12.2022 (Anlage 3)
  • 2021 · WKO: Lohn- und Gehaltsordnung Eisenbahnunternehmen, gültig ab 1.11.2021 (Anlage 3)
  • 2020 · WKÖ via APA-OTS, 21.7.2020: KV-Abschluss bei den EisenbahnerInnen: 250 Euro Corona-Prämie und 1,3 Prozent Lohnerhöhung ab 2021
  • 2019 · WKO: Lohn- und Gehaltsordnung Eisenbahnunternehmen, gültig ab 1.7.2019 (Anlage 3)
  • 2018 · WKO: Lohn- und Gehaltsordnung Eisenbahnunternehmen, gültig ab 1.7.2018 (Anlage 3)
  • 2017 · WKO: Lohn- und Gehaltsordnung Eisenbahnunternehmen, gültig ab 1.7.2017 (Anlage 3)