Nahrungsmittel-KV 2026 and 2027 forecast
Your net pay 2026 and 2027
2026 and 2027 compared
| Value | 2026 | 2027 · forecast |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum salaries | +2.55% | ≈ +2.90% |
| Actual salaries | +2.55% | ≈ +2.90% |
| Inflation | 3.19% | 3.20% |
| Your gross | €4,393.00 | €4,520.00 |
| ↳per year | €61,502.00 | €63,280.00 |
| Your net | €2,911.39 | €2,990.80 |
| ↳per year | €41,822.93 | €42,973.87 |
| Purchasing power | −1.16% | +0.12% |
| Value | 2026 | 2027 · forecast |
|---|---|---|
| Min. salaries | +2.55% | ≈ +2.90% |
| Actual salaries | +2.55% | ≈ +2.90% |
| Inflation | 3.19% | 3.20% |
| Your gross | €4,393.00 | €4,520.00 |
| ↳per year | €61,502.00 | €63,280.00 |
| Your net | €2,911.39 | €2,990.80 |
| ↳per year | €41,822.93 | €42,973.87 |
| Purchasing power | −1.16% | +0.12% |
Raise compared with inflation
Main employment
2027 round
- 2027 deal, forecast≈ +2.90%range 2.60% to 3.30%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 November 2026
- Talks beginaround November 2025
- Inflation over the reference periodØ 3.20%November 2025 – October 2026 · 1 month forecast
- 2026 agreementagreed on 16 January 2026 · applies from 1 November 2025Minimum salaries+2.55%Actual salaries+2.55%actual salaries at most €150
No negotiating dates or demands published yet (as of 8 Nov 2026). The 2025 deal ran twelve months; recently talks began in early November, and agreements sometimes came later and applied retroactively from 1 Nov.
Your grade in the agreement
| V | per month |
|---|---|
| Minimum 2026 | €4,329.31 |
| ↳per year | €60,610.34 |
| Minimum 2027, forecast | ≈ €4,454.86 |
| Your gross | €4,393.00 |
| Above the minimum | +€63.69 (+1.47%) |
| Above the minimum 2027, forecast | ≈ +€65.14 (+1.46%) |
| Next step: after 2 y | +€235.95 |
| Next group: Va | +€405.20 |
| V | per month |
|---|---|
| Minimum 2026 | €4,329.31 |
| ↳per year | €60,610.34 |
| Minimum 2027, forecast | ≈ €4,454.86 |
| Your gross | €4,393.00 |
| Above the minimum | +€63.69 (+1.47%) |
| Above the minimum 2027, forecast | ≈ +€65.14 (+1.46%) |
| Next step: after 2 y | +€235.95 |
| Next group: Va | +€405.20 |
What the Nahrungsmittel-KV covers
The Nahrungsmittel-KV (Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie (Gehaltsordnung der allgemeinen Gruppe)) covers salaried employees of the food and drink industry. It is negotiated between WKÖ: Fachverband der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie and Gewerkschaft GPA (Angestellte; bis 2020 GPA-djp). It sets a minimum salary for 12 groups with up to 7 steps, currently from €2,215 to €8,812 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 November; the raise applies from 1 November. The starting point is inflation over the reference period, last time November 2024 – October 2025 at 3.19%. 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 Nahrungsmittel-KV rose by 34.93%, prices over the reference periods by 34.30%.
Nahrungsmittel-KV: pay and prices since 2018. How much salaries have risen in total since 2018 (each actual raise on top of the last, +34.93% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+34.30%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.
Minimum salaries, white-collar, from 1 November 2025
Increments (euro per advancement)
Salary table of the general group: monthly salaries per grade (I to VI with IVa and Va, foremen M I to M IV) by years in the grade, advancing every two years by the amount in the BS row. Grade I ends after 4 years, grade VI after 8; in I and M I to M III the salary of the first two years also applies after 2 years. Until October 2021 the foreman grades were called M I, M II o. M., M II m. M. and M III. Brewing, feed, dairy, mills, confectionery, sugar and industrial bakeries are excluded. Apprentice pay and allowances are not included.
Agreements since 2018
Related agreements
Frequently asked questions
- •Table · Fachverband der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie: Gehaltsordnung der allgemeinen Gruppe, gültig ab 1. November 2025
- •2025–2026 · Fachverband der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie: Rundschreiben, Ergebnis der Gehaltsvertragsverhandlungen 2025 der allgemeinen Gruppe (Wien, am 19.1.2026)
- •2024 · Fachverband der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie: Rundschreiben, Ergebnis der Gehaltsvertragsverhandlungen 2024 der allgemeinen Gruppe (Wien, am 6.11.2024)
- •2023 · Fachverband der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie: Rundschreiben, Ergebnis der Gehaltsvertragsverhandlungen 2023 der allgemeinen Gruppe (Wien, am 7.12.2023)
- •2022 · Fachverband der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie: Rundschreiben, Ergebnis der Gehaltsvertragsverhandlungen 2022 der allgemeinen Gruppe
- •2021 · Fachverband der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie: Rundschreiben, Ergebnis der Gehaltsvertragsverhandlungen 2021 der allgemeinen Gruppe
- •2020 · Fachverband der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie: Rundschreiben, Ergebnis der Gehaltsvertragsverhandlungen 2020 der allgemeinen Gruppe
- •2019 · Fachverband der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie: Rundschreiben, Ergebnis der Gehaltsvertragsverhandlungen 2019 der allgemeinen Gruppe
- •2018 · Fachverband der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie: Rundschreiben, Ergebnis der Gehaltsvertragsverhandlungen 2018 der allgemeinen Gruppe (Wien, am 18.12.2018)