IT-KV 2026 and 2027 forecast

How much salaries under the IT-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 employees of IT companies in Austria.
Your net pay 2026 and 2027+€98 vs. 2026
€3,624.96
per month from 1 January 2027 · forecast
€3,527.42
per month since 1 January 2026
Net 64.62% SI 18.14% Income tax 17.23%
Net raise
2.77%
net 2027 ÷ net 2026
Deductions on the raise
40.52%
SI + wage tax ÷ gross raise
Agreement20262027 · forecast
Min. salaries
+2.91%≈ +2.90%
Actual salaries
+2.75%≈ +2.90%
Inflation
3.52%3.08%
Your gross €5,650.00€5,814.00
per year €79,100.00€81,396.00
Your net €3,527.42€3,624.96
per year €51,175.06€52,601.23
Purchasing power
−0.89%+0.36%

Raise compared with inflation

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

Main employment

€

2027 negotiations

  1. 2027 deal, forecast≈ +2.90%
    range 2.30% to 3.80%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 January 2027
  2. Round 2
    5 November 2026 · scheduled
  3. Round 1
    19 October 2026 · no result after four hours
    Union demand
    Minimum salaries+3.90%
    Actual salaries+3.90%
    Also on apprentice pay and allowances. Plus a right to more contract hours with regular extra work, paid days off on 24 and 31 December, and fewer exceptions from the actual-salary raise.
    Employers’ offer
    Minimum salaries+2.00%
    Actual salaries+1.20%
  4. Inflation over the reference periodØ 3.08%
    January – December 2026 · 3 months forecast
  5. 2026 agreement
    agreed on 10 March 2026 · applies from 1 January 2026
    Minimum salaries+2.70% to 3.10%
    Actual salaries+2.75%

Your grade in the agreement

Job family ST2per month
Minimum 2026€5,444.00
per year€76,216.00
Minimum 2027, forecast≈ €5,601.88
Your gross€5,650.00
Above the minimum+€206.00 (+3.78%)
Above the minimum 2027, forecast≈ +€212.12 (+3.79%)
Next group: Job family LT+€1,337.00

What the IT-KV covers

The IT-KV (Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte von Unternehmen im Bereich Dienstleistungen in der automatischen Datenverarbeitung und Informationstechnik) covers employees of IT companies. It is negotiated between WKÖ Fachverband Unternehmensberatung, Buchhaltung und Informationstechnologie (UBIT) and Gewerkschaft GPA (früher GPA-djp). It sets a minimum salary for 5 groups with up to 4 steps, currently from €2,236 to €6,781 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 January. The starting point is inflation over the reference period, last time January – December 2025 at 3.52%. 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 IT-KV rose by 38.76%, prices over the reference periods by 37.49%.

Actual salaries
Inflation, reference period

IT-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each actual raise on top of the last, +38.76% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+37.49%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.

Minimum salaries, white-collar, from 1 January 2026

Group
Career starter (§ 15 I. (11))
Entry level
Standard level
Experienced level
Job family ZT
€2,236.00
€2,459.00
€3,057.00
Job family AT
€2,420.00
€2,547.00
€3,155.00
€3,819.00
Job family ST1
€3,104.00
€3,267.00
€3,954.00
€4,476.00
Job family ST2
€4,061.00
€4,611.00
€5,444.00
Job family LT
€5,301.00
€6,059.00
€6,781.00

Five job families (ZT, AT, ST1, ST2, LT), each with three steps (entry, standard, experienced); each step is its own minimum salary, not cumulative. The career-starter step exists only in AT and ST1. Time in step: at most three years at entry level, then at most four more at standard level (WKO commentary 2019).

Agreements since 2017

Year
From
Minimum salaries
Actual salaries
Inflation in period
2027
1 January 2027
2027 round under negotiation: demand 3.90%, offer 2.00% (actual 1.20%)
3.08%*
2026
1 January 2026
+2.70% to 3.10%
+2.75% of the actual salary bill
3.52%
2025
1 January 2025
+3.20%
+3.70% of the actual salary bill
2.94%
2024
1 January 2024
+7.80%
+7.25% of the actual salary bill, at least €175
7.88%
2023
1 January 2023
Ø +8.81%
+7.70% of the actual salary bill, at least €200
8.53%
2022
1 January 2022
+3.10%
+3.20% of the actual salary bill
2.77%
2021
1 January 2021
+1.50%
+1.45% of the actual salary bill
1.45%
2020
1 January 2020
+2.30%
+2.20% of the actual salary bill
1.51%
2019
1 January 2019
Ø +2.85%
+2.80% of the actual salary bill
1.98%
2018
1 January 2018
+2.60%
+2.50% of the actual salary bill
2.10%
2017
1 January 2017
+1.30%
+1.25% of the actual salary bill
0.89%

Frequently asked questions

Not agreed yet (2027 round under negotiation: demand 3.90%, offer 2.00% (actual 1.20%)). Our forecast: minimum salaries about +2.90% (range 2.50% to 3.30%), actual salaries about +2.90%. It starts from inflation over the reference period January – December 2026 (3.08%, 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 January 2026, between €2,236.00 (Job family ZT, Entry level) and €6,781.00 (Job family LT, Experienced level) 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 January. The round is negotiated against inflation over the reference period, the twelve months before it (last time January – December 2025: 3.52%).
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 38.76% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 37.49%. In 6 of 9 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds kept up with inflation.
  • Table · WKO: Information zum KV-Abschluss für Angestellte in der Informationstechnologie 2026
  • 2027 · GPA: Kollektivvertrag IT: Erste Verhandlungsrunde ergebnislos beendet (19.10.2026)
  • 2017–2026 · WKO: IT-Kollektivvertrag (Abschlüsse 2014–2026)