Elektro-KV 2026 and 2027 forecast

The Elektro-KV (Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeiter:innen bzw. Angestellten der Elektro- und Elektronikindustrie) covers employees of the electrical and electronics industry. It is negotiated between WKÖ Fachverband der Elektro- und Elektronikindustrie (FEEI) and PRO-GE (Arbeiter:innen) und Gewerkschaft GPA (Angestellte, bis 2020 GPA-djp). It sets a minimum salary for 11 groups with up to 5 steps, currently from €2,553 to €9,557 gross a month, plus increments that come with years of service. 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 March; the raise applies from 1 May. The starting point is inflation over the reference period, last time March 2025 – February 2026 at 3.33%. 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 Elektro-KV rose by 41.94%, prices over the reference periods by 37.46%.

Elektro-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each actual raise on top of the last, +41.94% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+37.46%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.