Vienna increases salaries for community services - appreciation in times of crisis!

Vienna increases salaries for community services - appreciation in times of crisis!

The city of Vienna has announced that it will again take over the public service salary this year. From January 2025, the salaries of the municipal services will be raised by a whopping 3.5 percent, with the minimum of EUR 82.40 and the maximum at EUR 437.80. This agreement was achieved in discussions with the Younion - the existence union. Personnel city council Jürgen Czernohorszky emphasized that this was a clear sign of appreciation for the city's employees who make a decisive contribution to working in Vienna. "It is a matter of course for us this year that the employees of the City of Vienna have to benefit from this salary qualification," said Czernohorszky.

The union representatives were satisfied with the result. Christian Meidlinger, chairman of the Younion, emphasized: "It is good to know that the social partnership in Vienna works and the salary is taken over. We had to fight hard with the federal government so that there is no zero -wage round. achieve. " As reported, as reported, a similar regulation is also carried out in Upper Austria, which underlines solidarity and fairness within the public service.

For 2026, another increase is planned, which is based on the full annual inflation plus three tenth percentage points. These steps show that both Vienna and Upper Austria are determined to adequately make the salaries of their civil servants in order to increase the attractiveness of the public departments and to strengthen the unions of the unions. In the current economic situation, this is an important step for the future of the public sector in both regions.