Güterbeförderungs-KV 2026 and 2027 forecast

How much salaries under the Güterbeförderungs-KV (also: truck drivers’ 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 truck drivers and workers in road haulage in Austria.

Your net pay 2026 and 2027

+€86.76 vs. 2026
€2,954.04
per month from 1 January 2027 · forecast
€2,867.28
per month since 1 January 2026
Net 68.16% SI 18.14% Income tax 13.70%
Net raise
3.03%
net 2027 ÷ net 2026
Deductions on the raise
50.99%
SI + wage tax ÷ gross raise

2026 and 2027 compared

Value20262027 · forecast
Min. salaries
+2.74%≈ +3.30%
Actual salaries
––
Inflation
3.01%3.26%
Your gross €4,303.00€4,445.00
per year €60,242.00€62,230.00
Your net €2,867.28€2,954.04
per year €41,153.30€42,415.81
Purchasing power
−1.02%+0.42%

Raise compared with inflation

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

Main employment

€

2027 negotiations

  1. 2027 deal, forecast≈ +3.30%
    range 3.00% to 3.30%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 January 2027
  2. Round 2
    12 November 2026 · scheduled
  3. Round 1
    4 November 2026 · no agreement; the employers named no figure, reject full inflation compensation and want cuts to overtime supplements, time off in lieu and liability for damage
    Union demand
    Minimum salaries+3.30%
    Actual salaries–
    Compensation for the average inflation of 3.3%, plus better working conditions.
    Employers’ offer
    Minimum salaries–
    Actual salaries–
  4. Inflation over the reference periodØ 3.26%
    October 2025 – September 2026
  5. 2026 agreement
    agreed on 16 December 2025 · applies from 1 January 2026
    Minimum salaries+2.70% to 3.00%
    Actual salaries–

Talks cover around 50,000 truck drivers.

Your grade in the agreement

7 Tanker drivers (fuel and heating oil)per month
Minimum 2026€2,633.06
per year€36,862.84
Minimum 2027, forecast≈ €2,719.95
Your gross€4,303.00
Above the minimum+€1,669.94 (+63.42%)
Above the minimum 2027, forecast≈ +€1,725.05 (+63.42%)

What the Güterbeförderungs-KV covers

The Güterbeförderungs-KV (Kollektivvertrag für das Güterbeförderungsgewerbe Österreichs (Arbeiter)) covers truck drivers and workers in road haulage. It is negotiated between WKÖ: Fachverband Güterbeförderung and Gewerkschaft vida. It sets a minimum salary for 10 groups with up to 5 steps, currently from €2,135 to €2,633 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 November; the raise applies from 1 January. 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 lifts the minimum salaries only. Anyone paid above them gets the raise only where the new minimum exceeds their pay; the over-payment shrinks accordingly.

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 Güterbeförderungs-KV rose by 45.08%, prices over the reference periods by 36.62%.

Minimum salaries
Inflation, reference period

Güterbeförderungs-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each minimum raise on top of the last, +45.08% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+36.62%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.

Minimum salaries, blue-collar, from 1 January 2026

Group
up to 5 years in the company
over 5 to 10 years
over 10 to 15 years
over 15 to 20 years
over 20 years
1 Labourers, co-drivers, trucks up to 3.5 t, forklift drivers
€12.34
€12.63
€12.96
€13.27
€13.60
2 Trucks over 3.5 t, up to 3 axles
€12.59
€12.92
€13.23
€13.63
€13.94
3 Trucks over 3.5 t, more than 3 axles
€12.78
€13.07
€13.44
€13.79
€14.12
4 Truck-trailers and articulated trucks, team leaders, yard masters
€12.92
€13.23
€13.63
€13.94
€14.27
5a Dangerous-goods drivers (on dangerous-goods days), crane operators
€13.23
€13.63
€13.94
€14.27
€14.58
5b Tradespeople with an apprenticeship
€13.23
€13.63
€13.94
€14.27
€14.58
6.1 Certified professional drivers, trucks up to 3 axles
€12.92
€13.23
€13.63
€13.94
€14.27
6.2 Certified professional drivers, trucks over 3 axles
€13.29
€13.56
€13.94
€14.29
€14.58
6.3 Certified professional drivers, truck-trailers and articulated trucks
€13.63
€13.94
€14.27
€14.59
€14.92
7 Tanker drivers (fuel and heating oil)
€13.94
€14.27
€14.60
€14.92
€15.22

Wage table: one collectively agreed hourly wage per wage group, gross, in five steps by years in the company (up to 5, over 5, 10, 15 and 20 years); each cell is the full hourly wage, not cumulative. The agreement converts it to a month at 173 hours (40-hour week). Certified professional drivers count up to 15 years with other employers. Apprentices, allowances and daily travel allowances are not included.

Agreements since 2017

Year
From
Minimum salaries
Actual salaries
Inflation in period
2027
1 January 2027
2027 round under negotiation: demand 3.30%
3.26%
2026
1 January 2026
+2.70% to 3.00%
–
3.01%
2025
1 January 2025
+3.80%
–
3.82%
2024
1 January 2024
+9.67%
–
9.17%
2023
1 January 2023
+7.39%
–
6.90%
2022
1 January 2022
+4.96%
–
2.06%
2021
1 January 2021
+1.50%
–
1.46%
2020
1 January 2020
+2.50%
–
1.71%
2019
1 January 2019
+3.00%
–
2.02%
2018
1 January 2018
+2.70%
–
1.88%
2017
1 January 2017
+2.70%
–
0.75%

Related agreements

Branch
2026
Inflation
2027
History
Speditions-KV
+2.80%
3.52%
≈ +2.50%forecast
Eisenbahn-KV
+3.00%
3.01%
≈ +3.10%in talks
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 3.30%). Our forecast: minimum salaries about +3.30% (range 3.00% to 3.30%). 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 January 2026, between €2,134.82 (1 Labourers, co-drivers, trucks up to 3.5 t, forklift drivers, up to 5 years in the company) and €2,633.06 (7 Tanker drivers, fuel and heating oil, over 20 years) 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 November; the new salaries apply from 1 January. 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 minimum salaries rose by 45.08% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 36.62%. In 7 of 9 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds kept up with inflation.
  • Table · WKO: Lohnordnung Güterbeförderungsgewerbe, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.1.2026
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  • 2020–2021, 2023–2026 · WKO Fachverband Güterbeförderung: Kollektivvertrag Güterbeförderung und Kleintransportgewerbe (Erhöhungen 2020–2026)
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  • 2018 · WKO Wien, Fachgruppe Güterbeförderung: Rundschreiben 1/2018 (KV-Abschluss 2018)
  • 2017 · Kollektivvertrag Güterbeförderungsgewerbe, Arbeiter, 2017: Abschrift der beim BMASK hinterlegten Fassung (Drittanbieter)