Metallgewerbe-KV salaried 2026 and 2027

The Metallgewerbe-KV salaried (Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte im Metallgewerbe) covers salaried staff in the metal trades. It is negotiated between WKÖ: Bundesinnungen der Metalltechniker, Dachdecker, Glaser und Spengler, Sanitär-, Heizungs- und Lüftungstechniker, Elektro-, Gebäude-, Alarm- und Kommunikationstechniker, Mechatroniker, Fahrzeugtechnik, Kunsthandwerke und Gesundheitsberufe and Gewerkschaft GPA (Wirtschaftsbereich Metall; früher GPA-djp). It sets a minimum salary for 9 groups with up to 11 steps, currently from €1,961 to €7,504 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 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 2018 actual salaries under the Metallgewerbe-KV salaried rose by 40.88%, prices over the reference periods by 41.08%.