Reinigungs-KV 2026 and 2027

How much salaries under the Reinigungs-KV (also: building cleaning agreement) rise in 2027, what is left of it after tax and whether the rounds since 2018 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 cleaners and building caretakers (blue-collar workers) in Austria.

Your net pay 2026 and 2027

+€82.84 vs. 2026
€2,956.98
per month from 1 January 2027 · agreed
€2,874.14
per month since 1 January 2026
Net 68.14% SI 18.14% Income tax 13.72%
Net raise
2.88%
net 2027 ÷ net 2026
Deductions on the raise
50.99%
SI + wage tax ÷ gross raise

2026 and 2027 compared

Value20262027
Min. salaries
+3.25%≥ +3.10%
Actual salaries
––
Inflation
3.01%3.26%
Your gross €4,317.00€4,451.00
per year €60,438.00€62,314.00
Your net €2,874.14€2,956.98
per year €41,257.45€42,460.43
Purchasing power
−0.66%+0.28%

Raise compared with inflation

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

Main employment

€

2028 round

  1. Next round
    around October 2027
  2. 2027 agreement
    agreed on 6 November 2025 · applies from 1 January 2027
    Minimum salaries–
    Actual salaries–

Your grade in the agreement

LG 1 Skilled workers (apprenticeship in cleaning technology)per month
Minimum 2026€2,618.78
per year€36,662.92
Your gross€4,317.00
Above the minimum+€1,698.22 (+64.85%)

What the Reinigungs-KV covers

The Reinigungs-KV (Kollektivvertrag für Arbeiterinnen/Arbeiter in der Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereinigung, im sonstigen Reinigungsgewerbe und in Hausbetreuungstätigkeiten) covers cleaners and building caretakers (blue-collar workers). It is negotiated between WKÖ: Bundesinnung der Chemischen Gewerbe und der Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereiniger and Gewerkschaft vida. It sets a minimum salary for 6 groups, currently from €2,142 to €2,619 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 minimum salaries under the Reinigungs-KV rose by 49.85%, prices over the reference periods by 41.08%.

Minimum salaries
Inflation, reference period

Reinigungs-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each minimum raise on top of the last, +49.85% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+41.08%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.

Minimum salaries, blue-collar, from 1 January 2026

Group
per hour
per month (× 173.20 h)
LG 1 Skilled workers (apprenticeship in cleaning technology)
€15.12
€2,618.78
LG 2 Special cleaning, without the final exam, drivers, storekeepers
€13.30
€2,303.56
LG 3 Hotel cleaning
€12.99
€2,249.87
LG 4 Residential building care (housing estates, private homes)
€13.03
€2,256.80
LG 5 Care homes, hospitals, laboratories
€12.73
€2,204.84
LG 6 Routine maintenance cleaning (offices, plants, transport etc.)
€12.37
€2,142.48

Wage table: one agreed hourly wage per wage group, gross, nationwide, with no seniority steps. Normal working time is 40 hours; the agreement converts to a month at 173.2 hours (apprentice pay is a percentage of an LG 1 month). Special cleaners without training received 95% of the LG 2 rate in their first 4 months until 2024. Allowances, meal money and apprentice pay are not included. From 1 Jan 2027 four wage groups apply (LG 4 merges into LG 2, LG 5 becomes LG 3b, LG 6 becomes LG 4).

Agreements since 2018

Year
From
Minimum salaries
Actual salaries
Inflation in period
2027
1 January 2027
at least +3.10%, by inflation
–
3.26%
2026
1 January 2026
Ø +3.25%
–
3.01%
2025
1 January 2025
+3.80%
–
3.82%
2024
1 January 2024
Ø +9.03%
–
9.17%
2023
1 January 2023
Ø +8.56%
–
6.90%
2022
1 January 2022
Ø +3.50%
–
2.06%
2021
1 January 2021
Ø +1.59%
–
1.46%
2020
1 January 2020
Ø +2.75%
–
1.71%
2019
1 January 2019
avg. +3.44% (from the salary tables)
–
2.02%
2018
1 January 2018
avg. +2.63% (from the salary tables)
–
1.88%

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Branch
2026
Inflation
2027
History
Bewachungs-KV
+3.09%
3.01%
≈ +3.40%in talks
Arbeitskräfteüberlassungs-KV
+2.30%
3.01%
+2.00%agreed
IT-KV
+2.75%
3.52%
≈ +2.90%in talks
Banken-KV
+3.14%
3.52%
≈ +3.20%forecast
Versicherungs-KV
+3.10%
3.52%
≈ +3.30%forecast

Frequently asked questions

Agreed: minimum salaries at least +3.10%, by inflation, from 1 January 2027.
Under the salary table from 1 January 2026, between €2,142.48 (LG 6 Routine maintenance cleaning, offices, plants, transport etc., 173.2 hours a month) and €2,618.78 (LG 1 Skilled workers, apprenticeship in cleaning technology, 173.2 hours a month) 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 October 2024 – September 2025: 3.01%).
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 2027 minimum salaries rose by 49.85% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 41.08%. In 8 of 10 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds kept up with inflation.
  • Table, 2027 · WKO: Lohnordnung Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereinigung, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.1.2026 (Wien, am 6.11.2025), mit Lohnabschluss ab 1.1.2027
  • 2026 · WKO: Zusatzkollektivvertrag Mitarbeiterprämie Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereinigung, gültig 1.7.–31.12.2026 (Wien, am 28.10.2026)
  • 2025 · WKO: Lohnordnung Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereinigung, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.1.2025 (Wien, am 3.12.2024), mit Lohnabschluss 2026 und 2027
  • 2024 · WKO: Zusatzkollektivvertrag Mitarbeiterprämie Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereinigung, gültig 1.1.–31.12.2024 (Wien, am 3.4.2024)
  • 2023 · WKO: Information zum KV-Abschluss Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereinigung 2023 (Verhandlungsergebnis)
  • 2022 · WKO: Lohnordnung Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereinigung, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.1.2022 (Wien, am 21.10.2021)
  • 2021 · WK Wien, Landesinnung: Sauber+ Dezember 2020 (KV-Einigung für 2021)
  • 2020 · WK Wien, Landesinnung: Sauber+ Dezember 2019 (Ergebnis der Verhandlungen, gültig ab 1.1.2020)
  • 2019 · WKO: Lohnordnung Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereinigung, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.1.2019 (Wien, am 28.11.2018)
  • 2018 · WKO: Lohnordnung Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereinigung, Arbeiter/innen, gültig ab 1.1.2018 (Wien, am 20.11.2017)