E-Wirtschaft-KV 2026 and 2027 forecast

How much salaries under the E-Wirtschaft-KV (also: energy 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 electricity companies (EVU) in Austria.

Your net pay 2026 and 2027

+€124.49 vs. 2026
€3,955.27
per month from 1 February 2027 · forecast
€3,830.78
per month since 1 February 2026
Net 63.43% SI 18.14% Income tax 18.43%
Net raise
3.25%
net 2027 ÷ net 2026
Deductions on the raise
50.99%
SI + wage tax ÷ gross raise

2026 and 2027 compared

Value20262027 · forecast
Min. salaries
+2.80%≈ +3.50%
Actual salaries
+2.80%≈ +3.50%
Inflation
3.42%3.15%
Your gross €6,269.00€6,488.00
per year €87,766.00€90,832.00
Your net €3,830.78€3,955.27
per year €55,780.45€57,615.78
Purchasing power
−0.93%+0.63%

Raise compared with inflation

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

Main employment

€

2027 round

  1. 2027 deal, forecast≈ +3.50%
    range 2.50% to 4.20%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 February 2027
  2. Talks begin
    around December 2026
  3. Inflation over the reference periodØ 3.15%
    February 2026 – January 2027 · 4 months forecast
  4. 2026 agreement
    agreed on 27 January 2026 · applies from 1 February 2026
    Minimum salaries+2.80%
    Actual salaries+2.80%

No demand, offer or negotiating date published yet (as of 8 Nov 2026). The round usually starts in mid-December with the economic talks and the hand-over of demands; recent deals came in January.

Your grade in the agreement

Group 10per month
Minimum 2026€6,227.51
per year€87,185.14
Minimum 2027, forecast≈ €6,445.47
Your gross€6,269.00
Above the minimum+€41.49 (+0.67%)
Above the minimum 2027, forecast≈ +€42.53 (+0.66%)
Next step: after 10 y+€253.61
Next group: Group 11+€528.86

What the E-Wirtschaft-KV covers

The E-Wirtschaft-KV (Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeiter bzw. Angestellten der Elektrizitätsunternehmen Österreichs) covers employees of electricity companies (EVU). It is negotiated between Österreichs E-Wirtschaft (Oesterreichs Energie) and PRO-GE (Arbeiter:innen) und Gewerkschaft GPA (Angestellte, bis 2020 GPA-djp). It sets a minimum salary for 15 groups with up to 6 steps, currently from €2,616 to €10,822 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 December; the raise applies from 1 February. The starting point is inflation over the reference period, last time February 2025 – January 2026 at 3.42%. 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. The 2026 deal includes a one-off payment of €400 gross. One-off employee bonus of €400 gross for everyone employed on 31 Jan 2026 (part-time pro rata), with the July payroll; convertible into two days off by works agreement until 31 Mar 2026. Apprentices €200.

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 E-Wirtschaft-KV rose by 44.88%, prices over the reference periods by 37.47%.

Actual salaries
Inflation, reference period

E-Wirtschaft-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each actual raise on top of the last, +44.88% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+37.47%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.

Minimum salaries from 1 February 2026

Group
1st and 2nd year in group
after 2 y
after 4 y
after 6 y
after 8 y
after 10 y
Group 1
€2,616.03
€2,650.67
€2,685.31
Group 2
€2,654.25
€2,701.54
€2,748.83
€2,796.12
€2,843.41
€2,890.70
Group 3
€2,824.12
€2,879.05
€2,933.98
€2,988.91
€3,043.84
€3,098.77
Group 4
€3,046.44
€3,101.32
€3,156.20
€3,211.08
€3,265.96
€3,320.84
Group 5
€3,302.40
€3,393.77
€3,485.14
€3,576.51
€3,667.88
€3,759.25
Group 6
€3,652.48
€3,789.81
€3,927.14
€4,064.47
€4,201.80
€4,339.13
Group 7
€3,984.53
€4,134.31
€4,284.09
€4,433.87
€4,583.65
€4,733.43
Group 8
€4,309.51
€4,471.43
€4,633.35
€4,795.27
€4,957.19
€5,119.11
Group 9
€4,738.62
€4,916.88
€5,095.14
€5,273.40
€5,451.66
€5,629.92
Group 10
€5,213.07
€5,466.68
€5,720.29
€5,973.90
€6,227.51
€6,481.12
Group 11
€5,630.33
€5,911.84
€6,193.35
€6,474.86
€6,756.37
€7,037.88
Group 12
€6,531.16
€6,827.31
€7,123.46
€7,419.61
€7,715.76
€8,011.91
Group 13
€7,215.55
€7,558.25
€7,900.95
€8,243.65
€8,586.35
€8,929.05
Group 14
€8,051.78
€8,434.27
€8,816.76
€9,199.25
€9,581.74
€9,964.23
Group 15
€8,979.98
€9,440.42
€9,900.86
€10,361.30
€10,821.74

Increments (euro per advancement)

Group
Two-year increment
Group 1
€34.64
Group 2
€47.29
Group 3
€54.93
Group 4
€54.88
Group 5
€91.37
Group 6
€137.33
Group 7
€149.78
Group 8
€161.92
Group 9
€178.26
Group 10
€253.61
Group 11
€281.51
Group 12
€296.15
Group 13
€342.70
Group 14
€382.49
Group 15
€460.44

Pay scheme since 1 Feb 2019 (KV neu), the same for Arbeiter and Angestellte: employment groups BG 1 to BG 15, by years in the group (1st and 2nd year, then every two years up to after 10 years; BG 1 only up to after 4, BG 15 up to after 8 years). Each step is the monthly minimum, not cumulative; the two-year increment (Biennalsprung) is the euro amount between two steps. Staff who joined before 1 Feb 2019 keep the old Verwendungsgruppen tables (not included); apprentice pay and allowances are not included either.

Agreements since 2017

Year
From
Minimum salaries
Actual salaries
Inflation in period
2027
1 February 2027
Next round from 1 February 2027
3.15%*
2026
1 February 2026
+2.80%
+2.80%
3.42%
2025
1 February 2025
+3.30% to 3.50%
+3.30% to 3.40%
2.83%
2024
1 February 2024
+7.80% to 8.40%
+7.80% to 8.40%
7.32%
2023
1 February 2023
+8.60% to 9.60%
+8.60% to 9.60%
9.04%
2022
1 February 2022
+3.60% to 4.00%
+3.50% to 3.90%
3.12%
2021
1 February 2021
+1.50%
+1.50%
1.35%
2020
1 February 2020
+2.60%
+2.60%
1.53%
2019
1 February 2019
+3.40%
+3.40%
1.98%
2018
1 February 2018
+3.00%
+3.00%
2.08%
2017
1 February 2017
+1.55%
+1.55%
0.96%

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Frequently asked questions

Not agreed yet. Our forecast: minimum salaries about +3.50% (range 2.50% to 4.20%), actual salaries about +3.50%. It starts from inflation over the reference period February 2026 – January 2027 (3.15%, 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 February 2026, between €2,616.03 (Group 1, 1st and 2nd year in group) and €10,821.74 (Group 15, after 8 y) 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 February. The round is negotiated against inflation over the reference period, the twelve months before it (last time February 2025 – January 2026: 3.42%).
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 44.88% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 37.47%. In 8 of 9 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds kept up with inflation.
  • Table · Oesterreichs Energie: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte der Elektrizitätsunternehmen, Fassung 1.2.2026 (§ 19 Mindestgrundgehälter, Anhang I)
  • 2027 · GPA: Kollektivvertrag Energie / EVU (Übersichtsseite; neuester Eintrag 28.1.2026)
  • 2026 · Protokoll zum Gehaltsabschluss zwischen der Gewerkschaft GPA und Österreichs E-Wirtschaft vom 27.01.2026
  • 2025 · GPA: Kollektivvertragsverhandlungen 2025 für Angestellte der Elektrizitätsunternehmen Österreichs, Abschluss in der zweiten Verhandlungsrunde (20.1.2025)
  • 2024 · Oesterreichs Energie: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte der Elektrizitätsunternehmen, Fassung 1.2.2024 (§ 19 Mindestgrundgehälter, Anhang I)
  • 2023 · Oesterreichs Energie: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte der Elektrizitätsunternehmen, Fassung 1.2.2023 (§ 19 Mindestgrundgehälter, Anhang I)
  • 2021–2022 · Protokoll zum Gehaltsabschluss zwischen der Gewerkschaft GPA und Österreichs E-Wirtschaft vom 03.02.2022 (mit Beilage 1.1: Mindestgehälter alt und neu)
  • 2020 · GPA-djp: Kollektivvertragsverhandlungen 2020 für die Angestellten der Elektrizitätsversorgungsunternehmen erfolgreich abgeschlossen (Abschlussbrief mit Mindestgehältern ab 1.2.2020)
  • 2019 · GPA-djp: Kollektivvertragsverhandlungen 2019 für die Angestellten der Elektrizitätsversorgungsunternehmen erfolgreich abgeschlossen (Abschlussbrief mit Mindestgehältern ab 1.2.2019)
  • 2018 · GPA-djp: Kollektivvertragsverhandlungen 2018 für die Angestellten der Elektrizitätsversorgungsunternehmen erfolgreich abgeschlossen (Abschlussbrief)
  • 2017 · GPA-djp: Kollektivvertragsverhandlungen 2017 für die Angestellten und ArbeiterInnen der Elektrizitätsversorgungsunternehmen erfolgreich abgeschlossen (Abschlussbrief)