Metaller-KV 2026 and 2027

The Metaller-KV (Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeiter:innen bzw. Angestellten der Metalltechnischen Industrie (ausgenommen Berufsgruppe Gießereiindustrie)) covers employees of the metal technology industry. It is negotiated between WKÖ Fachverband Metalltechnische Industrie (FMTI) and PRO-GE (Arbeiter:innen) und Gewerkschaft GPA (Angestellte, bis 2020 GPA-djp). It sets a minimum salary for 12 groups with up to 6 steps, currently from €2,569 to €9,093 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 September; the raise applies from 1 November. 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 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 2019 actual salaries under the Metaller-KV rose by 40.00%, prices over the reference periods by 38.48%.

Metaller-KV: pay and prices since 2018. How much salaries have risen in total since 2018 (each actual raise on top of the last, +40.00% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+38.48%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.