Friseur-KV 2026 and 2027 forecast

How much salaries under the Friseur-KV 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 hairdressers and workers in hairdressing in Austria.

Your net pay 2026 and 2027

+€94.60 vs. 2026
€2,945.71
per month from 1 April 2027 · forecast
€2,851.11
per month since 1 April 2026
Net 68.22% SI 18.14% Income tax 13.64%
Net raise
3.32%
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%≈ +3.70%
Actual salaries
––
Inflation
3.42%3.15%
Your gross €4,270.00€4,428.00
per year €59,780.00€61,992.00
Your net €2,851.11€2,945.71
per year €40,907.81€42,289.34
Purchasing power
−0.98%+0.70%

Raise compared with inflation

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

Main employment

€

2027 round

  1. 2027 deal, forecast≈ +3.70%
    range 2.50% to 5.50%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 April 2027
  2. Talks begin
    around February 2027
  3. Inflation over the reference periodØ 3.15%
    February 2026 – January 2027 · 4 months forecast
  4. 2026 agreement
    agreed on 5 March 2026 · applies from 1 April 2026
    Minimum salaries+2.80%
    Actual salaries–

No talks announced yet. The raise usually applies from 1 April and is mostly agreed between November and March before.

Your grade in the agreement

Hairdresser, from the 6th year in the tradeper month
Minimum 2026€2,287.00
per year€32,018.00
Minimum 2027, forecast≈ €2,371.62
Your gross€4,270.00
Above the minimum+€1,983.00 (+86.71%)
Above the minimum 2027, forecast≈ +€2,056.38 (+86.71%)

What the Friseur-KV covers

The Friseur-KV (Kollektivvertrag für das Friseurgewerbe Österreichs (Arbeiter), Lohnabkommen für Friseurinnen und Friseure) covers hairdressers and workers in hairdressing. It is negotiated between WKÖ: Bundesinnung der Friseure and Gewerkschaft vida. It sets a minimum salary for 5 groups, currently from €2,020 to €2,287 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 February; the raise applies from 1 April. 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.

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 minimum salaries under the Friseur-KV rose by 49.08%, prices over the reference periods by 37.47%.

Minimum salaries
Inflation, reference period

Friseur-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each minimum raise on top of the last, +49.08% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+37.47%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.

Minimum salaries, blue-collar, from 1 April 2026

Group
per month
Semi-skilled workers
€2,020.00
Hairdresser, 1st year in the trade
€2,071.00
Hairdresser, years 2–3 in the trade
€2,087.00
Hairdresser, years 4–5 in the trade
€2,133.00
Hairdresser, from the 6th year in the trade
€2,287.00

Wage table: one agreed minimum monthly wage per wage group, gross, full-time, nationwide. Hairdressers with an apprenticeship qualification move up by years in the trade (1st, 2nd–3rd, 4th–5th, from the 6th year), counted across employers; semi-skilled workers without the qualification have a group of their own. Until 2018 there was also a group for the retention period after the apprenticeship exam. For part-time work the agreement divides the monthly wage by 173. Allowances (salon management, training, master) and apprentice pay are not included.

Agreements since 2017

Year
From
Minimum salaries
Actual salaries
Inflation in period
2027
1 April 2027
Next round from 1 April 2027
3.15%*
2026
1 April 2026
+2.80%
–
3.42%
2025
1 April 2025
Ø +5.21%
–
2.83%
2024
1 April 2024
Ø +7.30%
–
7.32%
2023
1 April 2023
Ø +9.95%, +€165 to +€165 by pay
–
9.04%
2022
1 April 2022
+3.50%
–
3.12%
2021
1 April 2021
+1.40%
–
1.35%
2020
1 April 2020
avg. +2.89% (from the salary tables)
–
1.53%
2019
1 April 2019
avg. +3.35% (from the salary tables)
–
1.98%
2018
1 April 2018
avg. +4.69% (from the salary tables)
–
2.08%
2017
1 May 2017
Ø +4.69%
–
1.06%

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Branch
2026
Inflation
2027
History
Gewerbe-KV
+2.70%
3.19%
≈ +3.20%forecast
Gastro-KV
+3.03%
3.52%
≈ +3.50%forecast
Bau-KV
+3.60%
3.52%
≈ +3.20%forecast
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+1.80%
3.01%
+1.80%agreed
Tischler-KV
+3.50%
3.33%
≈ +3.50%forecast

Frequently asked questions

Not agreed yet. Our forecast: minimum salaries about +3.70% (range 2.50% to 5.50%). 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 April 2026, between €2,020.00 (Semi-skilled workers, per month) and €2,287.00 (Hairdresser, from the 6th year in the trade, per month) 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 February; the new salaries apply from 1 April. 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 minimum salaries rose by 49.08% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 37.47%. In 7 of 9 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds kept up with inflation.
  • Table, 2026 · WKO: Lohnordnung Friseur/in, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.4.2026 (Wien, am 5. März 2026)
  • 2027 · WKO Bundesinnung der Friseure: Kollektivvertrag für Friseurinnen und Friseure (Lohnabkommen 2016–2026)
  • 2025 · WKO: Lohnordnung Friseur/in, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.4.2025 (Wien, am 6. März 2025)
  • 2024 · WKO: Lohnordnung Friseur/in, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.4.2024, mit Anhang A für 1.4.2025 (Wien, am 1. Februar 2024)
  • 2023 · WKO: Lohnordnung Friseur/in, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.1.2023 und 1.4.2023 (Wien, am 23. November 2022)
  • 2022 · WKO: Lohnordnung Friseur/in, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.4.2022 (Wien, am 1. März 2022)
  • 2021 · WKO: Lohnordnung Friseur/in, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.4.2021
  • 2020 · WKO: Lohnordnung Friseur/in, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.4.2020 (Wien, am 24. Februar 2020)
  • 2019 · WKO: Lohnordnung Friseur/in, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.4.2019 (Wien, am 26. März 2019)
  • 2018 · WKO: Lohnordnung Friseur/in, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.4.2018 (Wien, am 12. März 2018)
  • 2017 · WKO: Lohnordnung Friseur/in, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.5.2017, mit Anhang A für 2018–2020 (Wien, am 22. März 2017)