Ziviltechniker-KV 2026 and 2027 forecast

How much salaries under the Ziviltechniker-KV (also: architects’ agreement) are expected to 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, a 2027 forecast and the net effect on your salary, for employees of chartered architects and engineers (Ziviltechniker:innen) in Austria.

Your net pay 2026 and 2027

+€93.13 vs. 2026
€2,968.25
per month from 1 January 2027 · forecast
€2,875.12
per month since 1 January 2026
Net 68.06% SI 18.14% Income tax 13.80%
Net raise
3.24%
net 2027 ÷ net 2026
Deductions on the raise
50.99%
SI + wage tax ÷ gross raise

2026 and 2027 compared

Value20262027 · forecast
Min. salaries
+2.99%≈ +3.60%
Actual salaries
––
Inflation
3.19%3.20%
Your gross €4,319.00€4,474.00
per year €60,466.00€62,636.00
Your net €2,875.12€2,968.25
per year €41,272.33€42,631.55
Purchasing power
−0.85%+0.62%

Raise compared with inflation

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

Main employment

€

2027 round

  1. 2027 deal, forecast≈ +3.60%
    range 3.00% to 4.50%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 January 2027
  2. Talks begin
    around November 2026
  3. Inflation over the reference periodØ 3.20%
    November 2025 – October 2026 · 1 month forecast
  4. 2026 agreement
    agreed on 1 December 2025 · applies from 1 January 2026
    Minimum salariesØ +3.00%
    Actual salaries–
    +€95 to +€95 by pay

No negotiating dates, demands or results published yet (as of 8 Nov 2026); the last deals were concluded in the December before 1 January.

Your grade in the agreement

Employment group 4per month
Minimum 2026€4,235.00
per year€59,290.00
Minimum 2027, forecast≈ €4,387.46
Your gross€4,319.00
Above the minimum+€84.00 (+1.98%)
Above the minimum 2027, forecast≈ +€86.54 (+1.97%)
Next group: Employment group 5+€958.00

What the Ziviltechniker-KV covers

The Ziviltechniker-KV (Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte bei Ziviltechnikerinnen und Ziviltechnikern (Architektinnen/Architekten und Ingenieurkonsulentinnen/Ingenieurkonsulenten/Zivilingenieurinnen und -ingenieuren)) covers employees of chartered architects and engineers (Ziviltechniker:innen). It is negotiated between Bundeskammer der Ziviltechniker:innen (Arch+Ing) and Gewerkschaft GPA (bis 2020 GPA-djp), Wirtschaftsbereich Wirtschaftsdienstleistungen. It sets a minimum salary for 6 groups with up to 6 steps, currently from €2,211 to €6,278 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 November; the raise applies from 1 January. 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 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 2019 minimum salaries under the Ziviltechniker-KV rose by 39.54%, prices over the reference periods by 34.30%.

Minimum salaries
Inflation, reference period

Ziviltechniker-KV: pay and prices since 2018. How much salaries have risen in total since 2018 (each minimum raise on top of the last, +39.54% 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 January 2026

Group
1st and 2nd year
from year 3
from year 5
from year 8
from year 11
from year 14
Employment group 1
€2,211.00
€2,263.00
€2,315.00
€2,367.00
€2,419.00
€2,472.00
Employment group 2
€2,329.00
€2,435.00
€2,538.00
€2,645.00
€2,747.00
€2,848.00
Employment group 3
€2,579.00
€2,741.00
€2,900.00
€3,065.00
€3,230.00
€3,393.00
Employment group 4
€3,145.00
€3,349.00
€3,572.00
€3,796.00
€4,019.00
€4,235.00
Employment group 5
€3,840.00
€4,118.00
€4,394.00
€4,675.00
€4,957.00
€5,193.00
Employment group 6
€4,940.00
€5,210.00
€5,478.00
€5,745.00
€6,012.00
€6,278.00

Minimum gross monthly salaries for technical and commercial staff in employment groups 1–6, by years in the group (including credited prior service): steps in the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 11th and 14th year, no further advancement after that. Each step is the minimum salary, not cumulative; whole euros. Apprentices, allowances and the separation allowance are not included.

Agreements since 2018

Year
From
Minimum salaries
Actual salaries
Inflation in period
2027
1 January 2027
Next round from 1 January 2027
3.20%*
2026
1 January 2026
Ø +3.00%, +€95 to +€95 by pay
–
3.19%
2025
1 January 2025
+3.60% to 4.20%
–
3.52%
2024
1 January 2024
+10.00%
–
8.70%
2023
1 January 2023
+4.50%, + €85
–
7.51%
2022
1 January 2022
+3.00%
–
2.26%
2021
1 January 2021
+1.50%
–
1.48%
2020
1 January 2020
+2.50%
–
1.62%
2019
1 January 2019
+2.90%
–
2.02%
2018
1 January 2018
–
–
1.95%

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Branch
2026
Inflation
2027
History
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+3.26%
3.19%
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+4.70%
3.43%
no roundnext 2028
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+2.75%
3.52%
≈ +2.90%in talks
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+3.14%
3.52%
≈ +3.20%forecast
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+2.30%
3.01%
+2.00%agreed

Frequently asked questions

Not agreed yet. Our forecast: minimum salaries about +3.60% (range 3.00% to 4.50%). It starts from inflation over the reference period November 2025 – October 2026 (3.20%, partly a WIFO forecast) and adds how far above or below inflation the branch settled in its last 3 rounds.
Under the salary table from 1 January 2026, between €2,211.00 (Employment group 1, 1st and 2nd year) and €6,278.00 (Employment group 6, from year 14) 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 November; the new salaries apply from 1 January. The round is negotiated against inflation over the reference period, the twelve months before it (last time November 2024 – October 2025: 3.19%).
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 2019 to 2026 minimum salaries rose by 39.54% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 34.30%. In 7 of 8 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds kept up with inflation.
  • Table, 2024–2025, 2027 · Bundeskammer der Ziviltechniker:innen: Kollektivvertrag zum Download (Archiv 2005–2026)
  • 2026 · BMASGPK (evi.gv.at): Kundmachung Kollektivvertrag KV 421/2026, abgeschlossen am 1.12.2025
  • 2023 · Bundeskammer der Ziviltechniker:innen: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte bei Ziviltechnikern, Stand 1.1.2023 (Anhang I Mindestgehälter)
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  • 2021 · Bundeskammer der Ziviltechniker:innen: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte bei Ziviltechnikern, Stand 1.1.2021 (Anhang I Mindestgehälter)
  • 2020 · Bundeskammer der Ziviltechniker:innen: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte bei Ziviltechnikern, ab 1.1.2020 (Anhang I Mindestgehälter)
  • 2019 · Bundeskammer der Ziviltechniker:innen: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte bei Ziviltechnikern, ab 1.1.2019 (Anhang I Mindestgehälter)
  • 2018 · Bundeskammer der Ziviltechniker:innen: Kollektivvertrag für Angestellte bei Ziviltechnikern, ab 1.1.2018 (Anhang I Mindestgehälter)