Rechtsanwälte-KV 2026

How much salaries under the Rechtsanwälte-KV are expected to rise in 2028, 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 and the net effect on your salary, for employees of law firms in Vienna (e.g. legal assistants) in Austria.

Your net pay 2026 and 2027

+€17.17 vs. 2026
€2,984.91
per month in 2027 · no round
€2,967.74
per month since 1 July 2026
Net 67.95% SI 18.14% Income tax 13.91%

2026 and 2027 compared

Value20262027 · no round
Min. salaries
+4.70%no raise
Actual salaries
––
Inflation
3.43%2.60%
Your gross €4,508.00€4,508.00
per year €63,112.00€63,112.00
Your net €2,967.74€2,984.91
per year €42,678.42€42,884.46
Purchasing power
+0.38%−1.97%

Raise compared with inflation

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

Main employment

€

2028 round

  1. 2028 deal
    would apply from 1 July 2028
  2. Talks begin
    around May 2028
  3. Inflation over the reference periodØ 2.60%
    July 2027 – June 2028 · 12 months forecast
  4. 2026 agreement
    agreed on 27 May 2026 · applies from 1 July 2026
    Minimum salaries+4.70%
    Actual salaries–

The 2026 agreement can be changed from 1 Jul 2028 at the earliest; no negotiating dates or demands have been published yet (as of 8 Nov 2026).

Your grade in the agreement

Group II (highest office work, office managers, law graduates)per month
Minimum 2026€3,278.00
per year€45,892.00
Your gross€4,508.00
Above the minimum+€1,230.00 (+37.52%)

What the Rechtsanwälte-KV covers

The Rechtsanwälte-KV (Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte in Rechtsanwaltskanzleien Wien) covers employees of law firms in Vienna (e.g. legal assistants). It is negotiated between Rechtsanwaltskammer Wien and Gewerkschaft GPA (bis 2020 GPA-djp), Wirtschaftsbereich Wirtschaftsdienstleistungen. It sets a minimum salary for 2 groups with up to 15 steps, currently from €2,059 to €3,278 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 May; the raise applies from 1 July. The starting point is inflation over the reference period, last time July 2025 – June 2026 at 3.43%. 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 Rechtsanwälte-KV rose by 37.27%, prices over the reference periods by 40.21%.

Minimum salaries
Inflation, reference period

Rechtsanwälte-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each minimum raise on top of the last, +37.27% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+40.21%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.

Minimum salaries, white-collar, from 1 July 2026

Group
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Year 13
Year 14
Year 15
Group I (all staff)
€2,059.00
€2,141.00
€2,227.00
€2,316.00
€2,409.00
€2,469.00
€2,531.00
€2,594.00
€2,646.00
€2,699.00
€2,753.00
€2,808.00
€2,865.00
€2,921.00
€2,980.00
Group II (highest office work, office managers, law graduates)
€2,265.00
€2,356.00
€2,450.00
€2,548.00
€2,650.00
€2,716.00
€2,784.00
€2,853.00
€2,911.00
€2,969.00
€3,028.00
€3,089.00
€3,150.00
€3,213.00
€3,278.00

Minimum gross monthly salaries for full time (40 hours), paid 14 times a year, by group and year of experience 1 to 15; each step is the minimum salary, not cumulative. Prior service in law firms counts up to ten years, with notaries or tax advisers up to five. 2021 and 2022 in cents, whole euros since 2025. Apprentices are not included. Applies to Vienna only.

Agreements since 2017

Year
From
Minimum salaries
Actual salaries
Inflation in period
2028
1 July 2028
Next round from 1 July 2028
2.60%*
2026
1 July 2026
+4.70%
–
3.43%
2025
1 January 2025
avg. +17.02% (from the salary tables)
–
2.94%
2024
1 July 2024
no raise (no new agreement)
–
4.94%
2023
1 July 2023
no raise (no new agreement)
–
9.91%
2022
1 October 2022
+5.80%
–
6.90%
2021
1 April 2021
+5.90%
–
1.30%
2020
1 July 2020
no raise (no new agreement)
–
1.42%
2019
1 July 2019
no raise (no new agreement)
–
1.89%
2018
1 July 2018
no raise (no new agreement)
–
2.03%
2017
1 October 2017
–
–
1.88%

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Branch
2026
Inflation
2027
History
Steuerberater-KV
+3.26%
3.19%
≈ +3.30%forecast
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+2.99%
3.19%
≈ +3.60%forecast
IT-KV
+2.75%
3.52%
≈ +2.90%in talks
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+3.14%
3.52%
≈ +3.20%forecast
Arbeitskräfteüberlassungs-KV
+2.30%
3.01%
+2.00%agreed

Frequently asked questions

Under the salary table from 1 July 2026, between €2,059.00 (Group I, all staff, Year 1) and €3,278.00 (Group II, highest office work, office managers, law graduates, Year 15) 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 May; the new salaries apply from 1 July. The round is negotiated against inflation over the reference period, the twelve months before it (last time July 2025 – June 2026: 3.43%).
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 37.27% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 40.21%. In 3 of 9 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds fell short of inflation.
  • Table · RAK Wien: Gehaltsordnung Rechtsanwaltskanzleien Wien ab 01.07.2026
  • 2028 · GPA: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte in Rechtsanwaltskanzleien Wien, Stand 1.7.2026 (unterzeichnet am 27.5.2026, mit Zusatz-KV für geringfügig Beschäftigte)
  • 2026 · RAK Wien, 22.10.2026: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte in Rechtsanwaltskanzleien Wien (rückwirkend ab 1.7.2026, „Gehaltsanpassungen von 4,2 %“, nicht befristet)
  • 2025 · GPA: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte in Rechtsanwaltskanzleien Wien, Stand 1.12.2024, Mindestgehaltsschema ab 1.1.2025 (unterzeichnet am 11.12.2024)
  • 2022–2024 · GPA: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte in Rechtsanwaltskanzleien Wien, Stand 1.10.2022 (unterzeichnet am 24.5.2022, Laufzeit bis 30.6.2024)
  • 2018–2021 · RAK Wien: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte in Rechtsanwaltskanzleien Wien, Stand 1. April 2021 (Wien, 22. Februar 2021; ersetzt den KV vom 1. Oktober 2017)
  • 2017 · RAK Wien / GPA-djp (OTS): Erfolgreiche Einigung bei Mindestlohnverhandlungen (Mindestgrundgehalt 1.500 € ab 1.10.2017)